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TUNG Wan Qing Senior Lecturer wanqing.tung@newera.edu.my PhD Candidate of Gender Studies, University Malaya (In Progress) Master of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Bachelor of Media and Communication Studies, Murdoch University, Australia |
| MAJOR | Media and communication, cultural studies |
| RESEARCH AREAS | Media and culture, new media communication, media literacy, oral history |
| TEACHING SUBJECTS |
Media, Technology and Society; New Media Communication; Media Literacy; Activism and Cultural Participation; Feminism; Popular Culture; Cultural Diversity; Editing; Newspaper Production and Publication. |
| WORKING EXPERIENCE |
Senior Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, New Era University College (2025- ) |
| OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES |
Member of Editorial Board, High School General Studies Teachers’ Manual (2024) |
| RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS: | |
| BOOKS |
Anggota Kelompok Sejarah Lisan 13 Mei (Eds.). (2025). Kehidupan seterusnya: Sejarah lisan 13 Mei. Gerakbudaya. Members of the May 13 Oral History Group (Eds.). (2022). Life after: Oral histories of the May 13 Incident. Gerakbudaya. Members of the May 13 Oral History Group (Eds). (2020). Reborn from the wound: Personal Narratives of May 13 (在伤口上重生——五一三事件个人口述叙事). Gerakbudaya. L.P., Chung, Wong K.K., Yong K., Tung W.Q. (Eds). (2022). Proactive Netizens: A Guide of Media Literacy to Break Through Chaos (进击的网民:混乱世界中必修的媒体素养课). In Between Cultura. Danny Wong T. K., Tan, M. I., Por, H. H., & Tung, W. Q. (2021). Lead and grow: 115 years of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. University of Malaya Press. Danny Wong et.al. (Eds). (2021). Lead and grow: 115 years of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor (领航与创新:吉隆坡暨雪兰莪中华总商会115年). University of Malaya Press. Yong Kiat (Ed). (2015). The Monstrosity of Development: Rethinking and Resisting the Illusion of Economic Growth (发展的怪兽:经济成长幻梦下的反思与反抗). Genta Media. Street Voice Editorial Team (Eds). (2014). Street Voice (2013/09-2014/08) (街报一周年合辑(2013/09-2014/08). Genta Media. |
| CONFERENCE PAPERS |
Tung Wan Qing. (2024, July 30). A preliminary study of the oral histories of female garment workers in Malaysia in the 1970s. 13th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS). Goh Siew Poh. & Tung W. Q. (2019, March 10). Resistance or supplementation? A preliminary study of history and memory representations in community-based heritage museums/story museums of the Chinese community in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia. “The Rise of the Rest”: 20th Annual Conference and International Symposium of Cultural Studies. |
| RESEARCH PROJECTS |
Across the Footbridge 2.0: Reading Spaces and Living Memories in Kuala Lumpur (2025) Across the Footbridge: A Cultural Map of Kuala Lumpur — Bookstores and Libraries (2024) The Social Protection Response to COVID-19 in Southeast Asia. [Assisted in interviews] Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol University, Thailand (2021) The 120-year History of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor, Malaysian Chinese Research Centre, University of Malaya (2018-2019) |
| OTHER WORKS |
Selected Essays Special Commemoration of the Women’s Section of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (unpublished) Teachers’ Manual for Senior Secondary General Studies—Introduction to General Studies, Media Literacy Chapter (Dong Zong, 2024) The Rumah Attap Library: A Hidden Place Away from Distractions (After Work, 2024) “The unstoppable urban migration flow: the oral story of a new migrant woman in Hong Kong” (Lingnan Cultural Studies Journal, Issue 62, March 2018) “Searching for the ‘comfort women’ in Malaysia: war has no female face” (寻找马来西亚“慰安妇”身影:战争没有女人的脸), in Heteroglosia: From Gender Politics to Life Narratives, 2017, pp.27-40. “Two Ideas of Tacit Knowledge” (Lingnan Cultural Studies Journal, Issue 56, January 2017) “‘Comfort Women’—A Book of Forgetting and Laughter” (Hong Kong 01 – World, Issue 40, pp. 1–20, 9 December 2016) “Have You Got Shocked Today?! How Content Farms Generate Affective Publics in Cyberspace…” (Cultural Studies @ Lingnan, Vol. 51, March 2016) “Baram and the Civil Disobedience Movement.(巴南:公民不服从运动)” In The Monstrosity of Development: Rethinking and Resisting the Illusion of Economic Growth, 2015, pp. 90–92. “Seeing a Beautiful Negaraku.” In The Bersih 2.0: i-Witness Account (共赴709:Bersih实录), K.P., Yong, Chan W.S. (Eds), 2011, Kuala Lumpur: Prometheus Enterprise, Mkini Dotcom, Merdeka Review, 2011, pp. 102–109. Columns Majalah Pelajar 中学生 (2023-2025)
Other published articles: http://wqtung.wordpress.com/ Translation
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| AWARDS/ HONOURS |
2022: Co-published book Proactive Netizens: A Guide of Media Literacy to Break Through Chaos (进击的网民:混乱世界中必修的媒体素养课) was selected by Sin Chew as the Top 10 Best Books (Non-fiction). 2016: Best Academic Performance Award, MA in Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong 2007: Excellent Academic Achievement Award, Diploma in Media Studies, New Era College |
| TALKS / PUBLIC LECTURES |
Talks
YouTube
Book Talk
Hosting / Moderation
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| STUDENT’S ADVISOR |
Advisor of The Kajang Observer, students’ community newspaper
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