DR TERENCE CHONG KING SHAN
Senior Fellow
   

Books and Monographs :

The Theatre and the State in Singapore, Routledge, November 2010.   

The AWARE Saga: Drawing Lines Across the Nation, (edited), forthcoming. 

Management of Success: Singapore Revisited, (edited), Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010.

Globalisation and its Counter-forces in Southeast Asia, (edited), Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008.

Modernisation Trends in Southeast Asia, 2005, Southeast Asia Background Series No. 9, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 72.

Book Chapters, Academic Journal Articles, Working Papers (Selected Bibliography) :

"Manufacturing Authenticity: The Cultural Production of National Identities in Singapore", in Modern Asian Studies, doi:10.1017/Soo26749X09000158. (Hardcopy version will appear in Modern Asian Studies, April 2011) 

"In Search of Graciousness”, in Tan Tarn How (ed.) Singapore Perspectives 2010, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic

“The Role of Success in Singapore’s National Identity”, 2010, in Terence Chong (ed.) The Management of Success: Singapore Reassessed, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

“Fluid Nation: The Perpetual “Renovation” of Nation and National Identities in Singapore”,2010, in Terence Chong (ed.) The Management of Success: Singapore Reassessed, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

“Conclusions”, 2010, in Terence Chong (ed.) The Management of Success: Singapore Reassessed, Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

“Political Outlook: Singapore ”, in Regional Outlook Southeast Asia 2009-2010, Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

“The State and the New Society: The Role of the Arts in Singapore’s Nation-building”, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 34 (June 2010), pp. 131-149

“‘At least my Singapore is real’: The Politics of Authenticity in Identity-formations”, Moving Worlds, Special Issue “Reviewing Singapore”, Guest Editor: Koh Tai Ann, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2010), pp.3-31

“Nationalism in Southeast Asia : Revisiting Kahin, Roff and Anderson”, in SOJOURN , Vol.   24, No. 1 (April), 2009, pp 1-17

“Contesting Authenticity: Cultural Politics and Singapore Theatre”, 2008 , in Judith Kapferer (ed.) The Arts and the State: Articulating Power and Subversion (London: Berghahn Books). pp 29-41

“The Cultural Politics of English and Singlish in Singapore”, 2007 , in Lee Su Kim, Thang Siew Ming and Lee King Siong (eds.), Border Crossings (Kuala Lumpur: Pelanduk Publications), pp.56-77

Practising Global Ethnography in Southeast Asia: Reconciling Area Studies with Globalisation Theory”, 2007, in Asian Studies Review, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 211-225.

Embodying Society’s Best: Hegel and the Singapore State”, 2006,  in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 283-304. 

 “Ethnic Identities and Cultural Capital: An Ethnography of Chinese Opera in Singapore”, 2006, in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Spring), pp. 283-307.

Singapore: Globalising on Its Own Terms”, 2006, in Southeast Asian Affairs 2006, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 265-282.

From Global to Local: Singapore’s Cultural Policy: and Its Consequences”, 2005, in Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 551-565.

The Construction of the Malaysian Malay Middle Class: The Histories, Intricacies and Futures of the Melayu Baru”, 2005, in Social Identities, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 573-587.

Civil Society in Singapore: Popular Discourses and Concepts”, 2005, in SOJOURN: Special Focus: Democracy and Civil Society: NGO Politics in Singapore, Vol. 20, No. 2, (October), pp. 273-301.

The Emerging Politics of Islam Hadhari”, 2005, in K Kesavapany and Saw Swee Hock (ed.), Malaysia: Recent Trends and Challenges, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 26-46.

“Society-State Collaboration in Singapore: The Necessary Stage and the Arts Education Programme”, 2004, in Tan Chong Kee and Tisa Ng (eds.), Ask Not, Singapore: Times Publishing, pp. 269-286.

“Mediating the Liberalisation of Singapore Theatre”, 2004, in Tan Chong Kee and Tisa Ng (eds.), Ask Not, Singapore: Times Publishing, pp. 223-248.

“Chinese Opera in Singapore: Negotiating Globalisation, Consumerism and National Culture”, 2003, in Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 449-471.

Opinion Pieces :

”Don’t pretend that Christian activism doesn’t exist here”,TODAY, 25-26 April 2009.

“The Wild West, Carnivals and Cyberspace in Singapore ”,Opinion Asia, 9 April 2009.

”From Zero to hero: Reinstating a Singapore Icon”,Opinion Asia ,7 October 2008.

Bohemia - The Singapore Way ”,TODAY, 2 August 2008.

Re-thinking Singapore Nationalism”,Opinion Asia, 11 March 2008.

“Malay Nationalism Then and Now”,The Straits Times,31 August 2007.

“Patriotism in a time of globalisation”,TODAY, 9 August 2007.

 “Quest for a Coherent Regional ASEAN Identity”, The Business Times, 29 June 2006.
(http://www.opinionasia.org/StrongASEANSecretariat)

 “PAP’s Sterling Work Wins the Day”, TODAY,  7 May 2006.
(http://www.opinionasia.org/node/44)
 
“The European Politics of Islam”, The Straits Times, 5 May 2006.
(http://www.opinionasia.org/node/43)

 “Understanding a Phantom Generation”, TODAY, 7 April 2006.
(http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/analysis/view/202019/1/.html)

 “BENG IS COOL, SINGLISH A SIGNAL”, TODAY, 20 March 2006.
(http://www.todayonline.com/articles/107703.asp)

 “Beating Terror, the McDonald’s Way”, TODAY, 1 February 2006.
(http://www.todayonline.com/articles/98458.asp)

 “Courting Alienation”, TODAY,  3 January 2006.
(http://www.todayonline.com/articles/93053.asp)

“The front door’s open, the back door’s locked”, TODAY, 12 December 2005. (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tc12dec05.pdf)

“Local groups wilt in the wings as Singapore enters global stage”, The Straits Times, 2 May 2005.

“Myanmar Question: Asean Dilemma”, (with Ooi Kee Beng), The Straits Times, 16 April 2005. (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tcokb16apr05.pdf)

“Globalisation has another defender, but he is found wanting”, The Straits Times, 12 March 2005. (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tc14mar05.pdf)

“Time to Rouse Ourselves from Apathy”, The Straits Times, 14 January 2005. (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tc14jan05.pdf)

“Progressive Islam: A Tussle of 2 Visions”, The Straits Times, 13 November 2004.
(http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tc13nov04.pdf)

“Malay Capitalists: Ambassadors for Moderate Islam”, The Straits Times, 27 September 2004.
(http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tc27sep04.pdf)

“A Defeated PAS Moves To Put on a Multicultural Face”, The Straits Times, 22 May 2004.
(http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/tc22may04.pdf)

“PAS Turns Islam Into A Strategic Tool”, The Straits Times, 17 March 2004.

Conference Papers presented :

“In Search of Graciousness”, at the Institute of Policy Studies Singapore Perspectives 2010, 25 January 2010 , Raffles City Convention Centre , Singapore

“The Citizen-Consumer and the Consumption of Political Pluralism in Singapore”, at the Third International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA), University of Malaya, 8-9 December 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“Singapore Theatre Groups and the Arts Education Programme: Profit for Nonprofit Arts Groups”, at the Deakin University Symposium “Intersecting Art and Business in the Creative Economy”, 23-25 November 2008 , Melbourne , Australia

2007   “Movement of People”, at the 3rd SIF-ASEAN “Quest for ASEAN Community: Aspirations and Actions” Conference, Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel, 17-19 November 2007, Singapore

Cultural Identity Formation in Singapore: Multiculturalism and Beyond, paper presented at the Asian Cultural Symposium 2007, organized by the Korean Cultural and Tourism Institute, Seoul, Korea, 26 October 2007.

Post-65ers in the 2006 General Elections, paper presented at the Institute of Policy Studies’ IPS Post-Election Forum, Orchard Hotel, Singapore, 2 June.

Surviving and Resisting in the Global City: Cultural Politics in the Singapore Theatre Field,paper presented at The Art of Comparison, 6th Conference European Sociological Association Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3-5 November 2004.|

Meditating the Liberalisation of Singapore Theatre: Towards a Bourdieusian Analysis, paper presented at the Policy and Politics in a Globalising World Conference, Bristol University, School for Policy Studies, Bristol,  UK, 24-26 June 2003.