Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

NAME : WONG Yee Tuan

OFFICE TELEPHONE NO. : +604-2283306 Ext. 203

E-MAIL ADDRESS : [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

University of Tasmania ― Bachelor of Arts 7/1991 — 7/1994

University of Wollongong ― M.A. & M.A. (Hons) 1995 — 1997

The Australian National University ― Ph.D. in History 4/2003 — 8/2007

CAREER HISTORY:

9/1997 – 4/2003 Lecturer INTI College, No.3 Jalan SS15/8, Subang Jaya,

2/1/2008 – 31/1/2009 Researcher J. A. Russell & Co. Sdn. Bhd. P.O. Box 10245 Kuala Lumpur

1/7/2009 – 28/2/2010 Research Fellow Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies 1, Jalan Maharajalela 50150 Kuala Lumpur

1/3/2010 – 28/2/2011 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Research Cluster of Social & Behavioral Science University of Malaya

1/6/2011 – Present Fellow & Head of History & Heritage Research Group, Institute (formerly known as SERI)

PUBLICATIONS:

Book (edited): Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang, Think City and MBRAS, 2013.

Chapter in Book: “Penang’s Big Five Families and Southern Siam during the Nineteenth Century”, in ed. Michael J. Montesano and Patrick Jory, Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula, NUS Press Singapore, 2008, Chapter 8.

“The Penang’s Baba Businesses and Networks: From Regional Dominance to Disintegration and Resurgence/Disappearance” in ed. Leo Suryadinata, Peranakan Communities in the Era of Decolonization and Globalization, Chinese Heritage Centre and NUS Baba House. Forthcoming.

Articles: “The Censorship and the Truth: An Analysis of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Coverage on the World War II in the Pacific, 1941-1942” Sejarah: Journal of The Department of History University of Malaya, No.7.1999.

“Australian Diplomatic Policy towards the Southeast Asian Region, 1945-1965” Sejarah: Journal of The Department of History University of Malaya, No.10.2002.

“The Big Five Families in Penang, 1830s-1890s”, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, vol.1, 2007. (Electronic journal published by the Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University. Website Address: http://csds.anu.edu.au/volume_1_2007/index.php

“Khean Guan Insurance Company and Penang’s Big Five Families, 1855-1911” Asian Culture (亚洲文化), No.33, June 2009.

“The short but significant story of the Khean Guan Insurance Company” Penang Economic Monthly, Issue 3.10 March 2010.

“More Than a Tea Planter: John Archibald Russell and his Businesses in Malaya 1899-1933” Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS), vol.83, Part 1 (2010).

2 “Before palm oil, there was coconut oil…” Penang Economic Monthly, Issue 02.11 February 2011.

“The Evolution of Penang’s Chinese Associations” Penang Monthly, Issue 5.12 May 2012.

“Learning From the 1918 Penang Influenza Pandemic” Penang Monthly, Issues 02.13 February 2013.

“Penang’s Chinese Merchants and the Indian Ocean in the Entrepot Age, 1820s-1890s”, in ed. Loh Wei Ling, T.N. Harper, and Sunil S. Amrith, Penang & the Indian Conference Proceedings, Think City, February 2012.

“Loh Boon Siew” in ed. Leo Suryadinat, Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, ISEAS Singapore 2012.

“Uncovering the Myths of Two 19th-century Business Personalities in the Straits Settlements”, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, vol.5, 20011-12.

“Aceh-Penang Maritime Trade and Chinese Mercantile Networks in the 19th Century”, co-authored with Dr. Lee Kam Hing in the Archipel journal 2014. Forthcoming.

UNPUBLISHED ACADEMIC WORKS:

Title of Thesis for M.A.(Hons) : The Foreign Direct Investment of Overseas Chinese (from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia) in Vietnam : Magnitude, reasons, Trend, and Implication.

Title of Thesis for Ph.D. : The Rise and Fall of the Big Five of Penang and their Regional Networks, 1800s – 1900s.

PRESENTATIONS:

Paper presenter for International Workshop: A Plural Peninsula: Historical Interactions among the Thai, Malays, Chinese and Others, Thailand, on 5 – 7 February 2004, organized by Asia Research Institute of National University of Singapore, Regional Studies Program of Walailak University, and Institute of Asian Studies of Chulalongkorn University.

3 Paper Presenter for the Second Water Frontier Workshop, Phuket, Thailand, on 18-19 February 2006, organized by Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora of the Australian National University.

Paper presenter for Symposium: The Evolution of Sino-Southeast Asian Communities, Penang, on 18 – 20 July 2008, organized by the Penang Chinese Clan Council, Malaysia.

Session Chairperson for the Conference on Towards Building An Inclusive Malaysian Chinese Society, on 17 July 2010, organized by Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies and Huazhong’s Committee on Innovation & Reform in the Malaysian Chinese Community.

Paper presenter for the Penang and the Indian Ocean International Conference 2011, on 17 September 2011, organized by Think City Sdn Bhd and the Penang Heritage Trust.

Paper presenter for the Peranakan Convention Penang 2011 - Peranakan Philanthropy: From Family to State, on 26 November 2011, organized by the Straits Chinese Penang Association.

Paper presenter for the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Lecture Series, on 14 March 2012, organized by Nalanda Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.

Paper presenter for Penang Story Symposium: Khaw Sim Bee na Ranong and Shared History of Malaysia-Thailand Relations: From the Past to Future Cooperation on 11 & 12 May 2013, co-organized by Penang Heritage Trust, Royal Thai Embassy (Kuala Lumpur), Royal Thai Consulate-General (Penang), and Think City.

Paper presenter for Chingay (Movie Screening & Forum) on 18 September 2013, organized by Penang Institute.

Paper presenter for International Conference: Peranakan Communities in the Era of Decolonization and Globalization on 27th September 2013, co-organized by Baba House (NUS), Chinese Heritage Centre, and National Library Singapore.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

History of inter-ethnic business relations in a diaspora space: Russell family in Malaya as a case study. (1/2008 – 1/2009)

History and Evolution of Chinese Diasporas’ social organizations in colonial Malaya. (7/2009 – 12/2009)

4 Biographical Dictionary of Penang Mercantile Personalities. (10/2010 – 10/2011/ 3/2012 – 3/2013)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Business history of Chinese diasporas in Malaya/Malaysia and other Southeast Asian states.

History of the adoption and adaptation of technologies from India and in the Southeast Asian societies.

Environmental History of Penang

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

Spoken: English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hakka

Written: English, Malay, and Chinese

AWARD:

Australia-Asian Society of Tasmania Prize

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