skip to Main Content

International Academic Exchange Office

[5th Talk] Asst. Prof. Dr. Xie Kankan: “The Chinese National Salvation Movement: A Comparative of British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, 1937-1942”

Upcoming Event

Introduction

The fifth talk in the “Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series” will take place later this month. Dr. Xie Kankan is going to present a comparative study of British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies during the Chinese national salvation movement (1937-1942).

Speaker

Dr. Xie Kankan (Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University)
Dr. Xie Kankan, a historian, holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, specializing in modern and contemporary history of Indonesia. Dr. Xie has studied or conducted research in the United States, the Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and other countries. His papers have been published in prestigious academic journals, including Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Journal of British Studies, Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, Nanyang Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies.
Dr. Xie is currently leading several research projects, including a youth project under the National Social Science Fund of China, a subproject of a major research initiative, and projects sponsored by the Chinese Overseas Chinese Federation and the Talent Start-up Project of Peking University.

Moderator

Dr. Lew Siew Boon ((Assistant Professor at the International Education College of New Era University College))
Dr. Lew Siew Boon completed her Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore in 2021. She is currently an (Assistant Professor at the International Education College of New Era University College). Her primary research focuses on folklore and folk culture, as well as the history of the Chinese communities in Singapore and Malaysia. She has published monographs such as Guest of Jinshan: The Shuiyue Palace of Kelantan and its Guan Yin Belief and China and Southeast Asia's Hakka: A Cross-regional Exploration and Discussion (second author). Her doctoral thesis was nominated for the Wang Gongwu Best Thesis Award (Social Sciences) by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. She has also published more than ten academic papers.

Information

Date: 23 March 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Platform: Zoom (ID & password will be sent through WhatsApp and Email)
Free registration. Please register by 21 March 2022 (Monday) via this link: https://ibit.ly/5Nhc

Trailer (Video)

Lecture Postscript

The 5th session of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series," organized by the Institute of International Education, New Era University College (IIE, NEUC) and the Tan Lark Sye Institute, was held on 23th March 2022. The guest speakers for this event was Asst. Prof. Dr. Xie Kankan from the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, China. It was attended by more than 240 people.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Xie Kankan holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an assistant professor at the School of Foreign Languages at Peking University, with a research focus on modern and contemporary history of Indonesia. Dr. Xie has studied and conducted research in countries such as the United States, the Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Dr. Xie's lecture is titled “The Chinese National Salvation Movement: A Comparative of British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, 1937-1942.” It primarily introduces the anti-Japanese salvation movements among the Chinese in British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies from 1937 to 1942, comparing the two to highlight the differing perspectives between regions and countries. This will help the audience gain a clearer understanding of the overall landscape of the anti-Japanese salvation movement's development in Southeast Asia. The event was moderated by Assistant Professor Dr. Lew Siew Boon from NEUC. It received enthusiastic feedback, with the audience actively participating in the Q&A session and eagerly engaging in discussions.

Back To Top