Qi Wu

Dr Wu Qi

Lecturer, Chinese Studies

School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences

Educational Qualifications

2019
Ph.D., National University of Singapore

2014
M.A., National University of Singapore

2012
B.A. 1st Class Hons., National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2024 - Present
Lecturer, Chinese Studies, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences, SUSS

2021 - 2024
Research Fellow, Religion and Globalisation Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

2020 - 2023
Adjunct Lecturer, National University of Singapore

2019 - 2020
Adjunct Lecturer, Ngee Ann Polytechnic

2016
Visiting Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong

2016
Visiting Graduate Student, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge

Books:

Wu Qi. Looking at the Flying Clouds from the South: Transregional Network of the Dejiao Charity Organization in Southeast Asia (南望飛雲：東南亞德教慈善團體的跨域網路). Singapore: Chinese Studies Department of NUS and World Scientific Publishing, 2024.

Wu Qi. Journey to the East, Roots Searching of Dejiaohui. Manuscript in preparation.

Book Chapter:

“Comparative Study of Haw Par Villa in Singapore and Yongding (新加坡、永定兩地虎豹別墅的比較研究)”, in Wong Sin Kiong, eds. Trans-regional and Cross-disciplinary Studies on Hakka Culture (Singapore: NUS Chinese Studies, Char Yang Association, Global Publishing, 2015), pp.39-58.


Refereed Article:

“Discourse of the City in Fiction and Memory: A Study on the Material History in Tian Gong Kai Wu: A Practical Guide to Imaginary Inventions（天工开物﹒栩栩如真）”, in The Journal of Chinese Literature and Cultural Studies 華人文學與文化研究輯刊, Vol.3 (Shanghai: Fudan University Press), In Press, expected October 2025.

“Join from home – Three scenarios of Singaporean Chinese temples in the time of COVID”, CoronAsur Religion & Covid-19. 2022. https://ari.nus.edu.sg/20331-111/

“Bo Juyi’s Chang’an Mentality and the Composition of Poetry (白居易的長安心態與詩歌創作)”, in Journal of Chinese Language and Culture 中國言語文化, Vol.3 (Seoul: Chinese Language and Culture Society, 2013), pp.359-376.

“If False Make the True and True as Well False- Zhen Shiyin, Jia Yucun and the Theme of Reality and Illusion in The Story of the Stone (假作真時真亦假——甄士隱和賈雨村與《紅樓夢》中的真假題旨)”, in Cao Xueqin Studies 曹雪芹研究, Vol.2 (Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2012), pp.124-136.

  • Project: “Reconstructing and Rediscovering Kampong Heritage through Local Chinese Temples”.

    Period: January 2023 - February 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grantors: National Heritage Board Heritage Research Grant

  • Project: “Cohesion, Community Care and Confi dence in Singaporean Chinese Temples and Associations and Other Asian Religious Institutions: The Impacts of Globalisation and Religious Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic”.

    Period: 19 July 2021 – 30 December 2024
    Role: Co-investigator
    Principal Investigator: Professor Kenneth Dean (NUS)
    Grantors: Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)

  • 2 November 2024, “Discourse of the City in Fiction and Memory: A Study on the Material History in Tian Gong Kai Wu: A Practical Guide to Imaginary Inventions（天工开物﹒栩栩如真）”, 2024 Zhejiang University-Harvard University International Symposium on Sinology, Zhejiang University.
  • 16 August 2024, “Embracing Digital Transformation in Singapore’s Getai Performances”, Digital Religion: Social, Political, and Legal Futures, Centre for Asian Legal Studies & Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • 4 April 2024, Discussant for Panel 2- Fieldwork Findings in Malaysia, “Southeast Asian Chinese Associations and Traditional Networks”, Department of Chinese Studies, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • 5 October 2023, “Mapping Evolution of Chinese Institutions in Singapore: A Historical GIS Study”, Connecting to the World Talk Series, City University of Hong Kong.
  • 23 August 2023, “From Replicating Hometown to Tracing Roots: A Case Study of Singapore’s Ling Hong Tong Temple”, Global China in a Religious World: BRINFAITH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, BRINFAITH, Asian Religious Connections Research Cluster, HKIHSS, HKU & Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore & Centre for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai.
  • 11th May 2023, “A Singapore Historical GIS Analysis: the transformations of Chinese institutions”, Invited talk for Cultural Exchange Oasis of City University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore.
  • 12th -13th February 2020, “The Charitable Activities of the Dejiaohui (Society for the Teaching of Morality)”, Conference on Cross-cultural and Comparative Study of Donation, Endowment and Benefit, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • 13th September 2016, “The Dejiaohui and the Construction and Development of Its Transnational Network”, Spirituality, Religion and Society Lecture Series, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong.
  • 3rd-4th March 2016, “Divine Mechanisms: The Recent Spread of Dejiaohui”, Conference on Comparative Approaches to Inter-Asian Religious & Trade Networks, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • 4th June 2015, “Tang Poems and Urbanization: A Study of Chang’an Poems in Post-Chang’an Era”, Conference on Chinese Linguistic, Literature & Culture, National University of Singapore and Hong Kong Baptist University, Singapore.
  • 15th June 2013, “Bo Juyi’s Chang’an Mentality and the Composition of Poetry”, the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Language and Culture. Chinese Studies, Hanyang University, Korean Chinese Language and Culture Academic Committee, Seoul, Korea.
  • 14th March 2013, “The Expansion and Evolution of Cao Tang’s ‘Longer Poems on Roaming in Transcendence’ within the Poetic Tradition論曹唐《大遊仙詩》對遊仙詩的創拓”, the 26th conference of “Chinese Literature Studies” (Vol.36), Research Institution, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
  • November 2024—January 2025, Organizing an exhibition "Kampong: Present and Past".
  • November 2024—January 2025, Organizing a talk "Rediscovering Kampong Heritage".
  • 19 October 2024, Discussant for the “Emerging Writers’ Roundtable”, Singapore Tertiary Chinese Reading Festival 2024, SUSS, Singapore.
  • 27 July 2024, Moderator for the “What is Dejiao(何谓德教)” round table sharing session, International Conference of Dejiao, Zi Jing Cultural Centre, Chui Huay Lim Club, Singapore.
  • Reviewer, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2024-present.
  • Reviewer, Journal Religions, 2024-present.
  • Consultant and On-screen Expert, participated in the production of a feature series by MediaCorp News, Kampong Days (Broadcast Dates: June17, June 25, and July 1, 2024)
  • Overseas Chinese Society
  • Southeast Asia Chinese
  • Chinese Religion
  • Globalisation, transregional networks
  • Classical Chinese Literature
  • Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, AUG 2014- AUG 2018.
  • Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, JAN 2012- JAN 2014.
  • Dean’s List, National University of Singapore, 2012.
  • Dean’s List, National University of Singapore, 2011.
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