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Panel of Advisers

Through the format of informal dinners and drinks, the s/pores panel of advisers advises the editorial collective on directions and possibilities which we ourselves may neglect to look at, as we concern ourselves with more immediate matters relating to the next issue of s/pores. Our esteemed advisers:

Chua Beng Huat teaches sociology and cultural studies at NUS and travels frequently in Asia in conjunction with work on Inter-Asia Cultural Studies journal, of which he is a co-executive editor.

Tan Dan Feng is executive director of Select Books, a book retailer, distributor and publisher. He is also involved in language translation and technology as CEO of language software developer GistXL Technology and translation group Interlexis.

Tan Pin Pin is a filmmaker who explores the notion of Singapore in her films. Her credits include Singapore GaGa, Invisible City, Moving House. 80km/h. www.tanpinpin.com.

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The s/pores Editorial Collective (in alphabetical order)

By vocation, Daniel PS Goh is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. He has been a life-long history buff and current affairs junkie, and harbored pastoral, scientific and journalistic aspirations, but found his calling in comparative-historical sociology and cultural studies instead. His favorite cable TV channels are History Channel, BBC, Discovery, Nat Geo and the Asian Food Channel.

A former colleague of Siew Min and Hui Kian at the History Department, National University of Singapore, Hong Lysa is currently researching on Singapore history and history writing on her own steam.

Kwee Hui Kian is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia and South China, where she has examined various themes relating to colonialism, capitalism, political economy and diasporic entrepreneurship, from the seventeenth century to the present. Currently, besides archival and library research, she is also doing fieldwork and collecting oral histories in many Chinese temples and related associations in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. When she has spare time, she tries to gather data on the history of her parents’ old kampung near the Paya Lebar airport.

Edgar Liao will soon become an independent writer, right after he finishes his M.A. thesis on the history of student activism in the University of Malaya and Singapore, 1949-1975 in the Department of History, NUS. His bio will be longer once he finds sufficient cause to extend it.

Lim Cheng Tju is a secondary school history teacher who writes about history and popular culture in Singapore. His articles have appeared in Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, Journal of Popular Culture and Print Quarterly. He is also the country editor for the International Journal of Comic Art.

Francis Lim Khek Gee teaches in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University. His research interests include religion, tourism and globalization, covering various Asian regions.

Having enjoyed traversing cultures and negotiating differences overseas for most of the last decade, Teng Siao See is resettling back in Singapore. Previously teaching at a Taiwanese university, she currently works on various research projects and engages in some teaching. She has interests in local history, postcolonial societies, education and cross-cultural communication.

Sai Siew Min is Assistant Professor at the Department of History, National University of Singapore, where she teaches courses on history in Singapore, Indonesia as well as gender history in Asia.

s/pores editorial members (L to R) Siew Min, Lysa, Cheng Tju and Daniel made a trip to KL in August 2007 to attend a conference on Asian Studies in the Malaysian capital for the very first time as the s/pores collective.

s/pores is an independent, non-profit e-journal run by dedicated volunteers with a common passion for reasoned and diverse social discourse. Opinions and editorial decisions expressed do not represent those of the organizations the members of the editorial collective are affiliated with.