Dr. Ng Sze Chieh – IIE

Dr. Ng Sze Chieh

Senior Lecturer, Vice-Chancellor’s Office
szechieh.ng@newera.edu.my

Academic Qualification:
PhD (University of Melbourne)
M.A. (Arizona State University)
B.A. (Arizona State University)
B.A. (Wichita State University)

Professional Field
Major	Southeast Asian History
Research Areas	Cold War in Asia, Southeast Asian Studies, Malaysian History, Communism in Southeast Asia
Working Experience	Senior Lecturer At Vice Chancellor’s Office, New Era University College (2021- ) Seri Omega International School, Johor Bahru,English Language, History, and Geography (IGCSE) Teacher (2017-2018) Assistant Head Of Academic Affairs Cum Head Of English Language Department (Senior Section), Kluang Chong Hwa High School (2016 – 2017) (2020) Undergraduate Subject Tutor and Guest Lecturer, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne Semester 2, 2015 Undergraduate Subject Tutor, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Semester 2, 2014 Undergraduate Subject Tutor and Guest Lecturer, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Semester 1, 2013 Head of english language department (Senior Section), Kluang Chong Hwa High School (2012 – 2013)
Membership of Advisory Boards Committees / Professional Bodies	Member, Australian & New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES) (2016-) Junior Editor, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS) (2015-) Postgraduate Representative, Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA), (2014-) Board Member, Melbourne Historical Journal (2013-2014)

Related Achievements
Dissertation / Thesis	[Master] Silenced Revolutionaries: Challenging the Received View of Malaya’s Revolutionary Past [PhD] Red Shadow: Malayan Communist Memoirs as Parallel Histories of Malaysia
Book Chapter	“Nostalgia and Memory: Remembering the Malayan Communist Revolution in the Online Age,” in Catherine Gomes (ed.), The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for Community and Identity on and through Social Media (New York: Anthem, 2016) “When the Reds Go Marching In,” in David P. Chandler, Robert Cribb, and Li Narangoa (eds.), End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World (Copenhagen: NIAS 2016)
Book Review	Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore by Kevin Blackburn and ZongLun Wu (London and New York: Routledge 2019). Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol.94 Part 1 (June 2021): 232-234.
Conference Papers	Revisiting the Education Policy during the British Malaya Era, Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES) Mid-Year Symposium, Melbourne, 8 - 9 July 2016 Jungle Lives: Malaya as Depicted in Malayan Communist Memoirs Association for Asian Studies Conference (AAS), Chicago, IL, USA, 26 - 19 March 2015 Readings on the Malayan Emergency, New Research in Southeast Asian Studies Workshop, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 22 Aug 2014
Honours and Awards	Ronald Provencher Travel Grant, 2015 Research and Graduate Studies Scheme (RAGS), 2014 Graduate Research in Arts Travel Scheme (GRATS), 2014 Research Support Fund (RSF) and Competitive Additional Fund (CAF), 2014 Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship (MIFRS) and Melbourne International Research Scholarship (MIRS), 2013 NUS Research Scholarship and FASS Promising Graduate Scholar Award, 2013
Talks and Public Lectures	Silenced Revolution: The Malayan Communist Struggle in Retrospect. New Era University College, 21 April 2021. Malayan Communist Memoirs: Reclaiming Historical Agency and a Place in the History of the Anti-Colonial Struggle in Malaysia. Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), University of Western Australia, 8-10 July 2017.