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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 
MajorSoutheast Asian History
 
Research AreasCold 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
  1. “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)
  2. “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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  2. Jungle Lives: Malaya as Depicted in Malayan Communist Memoirs Association for Asian Studies Conference (AAS), Chicago, IL, USA, 26 - 19 March 2015
  3. Readings on the Malayan Emergency, New Research in Southeast Asian Studies Workshop, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 22 Aug 2014

Honours and Awards
  1. Ronald Provencher Travel Grant, 2015
  2. Research and Graduate Studies Scheme (RAGS), 2014
  3. Graduate Research in Arts Travel Scheme (GRATS), 2014
  4. Research Support Fund (RSF) and Competitive Additional Fund (CAF), 2014
  5. Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship (MIFRS) and Melbourne International Research Scholarship (MIRS), 2013
  6. NUS Research Scholarship and FASS Promising Graduate Scholar Award, 2013

Talks and Public Lectures
  1. Silenced Revolution: The Malayan Communist Struggle in Retrospect. New Era University College, 21 April 2021.
  2. 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.

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