HOON Chang-Yau is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Singapore Management University. He received a PhD in Asian Studies (with Distinction) from the University of Western Australia, where he also obtained Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce. Prior to joining SMU in June 2008, he taught Asian Studies and Indonesian at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of the monograph "Chinese Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Culture, Media and Politics" (2008, Sussex Academic Press), and has published book chapters and refereed articles in international journals such as Asian Ethnicity, Asia Pacific Education Review, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, Journal of Asian Business, Life Writing and The Indonesian Quarterly. He has co-edited special issues of Journal of Asian Business and Inside Indonesia, and is currently co-editing a volume contracted with Routledge entitled "Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging" (forthcoming, 2012). He was the external examiner for graduate dissertations from Edith Cowan University, National University of Singapore and the University of Western Australia. He regularly presents academic papers at international conferences and comments on socio-cultural issues in the media.
Identity
Chinese Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Culture, Politics and Media, Research Collection School of Social Sciences (2008)
Defining (Multiple) Selves: Reflections on Fieldwork in Jakarta, Life Writing (2006)
The 'Self' in late-modernity is never singular but multiplies across different discourses, practices and positions....
How to be Chinese: Ethnic Chinese Experience a Reawakening of Their Chinese Identity, Inside Indonesia (2004)
Revisiting the Asian Values Argument used by Asian Political Leaders and its Validity, The Indonesian Quarterly (2004)
Multiculturalism
More than a Cultural Celebration: The Politics of Chinese New Year in Post-Suharto Indonesia, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies (2009)
In the aftermath of the May 1998 riots that forced President Suharto to step down,...
A Hundred Flowers Bloom: The Reemergence of the Chinese Press in Post-Soeharto Indonesia, Media and Chinese Diaspora: Community, Communication and Commerce (2006)
Assimilation, Multiculturalism, Hybridity: The Dilemmas of Ethnic Chinese in Post-Suharto Indonesia, Asian Ethnicity (2006)
The dominant discourse in accommodating the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during Suharto's regime was one...