HELEN TING

PhD (Sciences Po, Paris)

 

Helen Ting, PhD (Sciences Po, Paris), is a political scientist, whose research interests include issues related to nationalism, multiculturalism, identity formation and social relations (ethnicity, religion, gender), and national integration. Her publication includes “Khadijah Sidek and Fatimah Hashim: Two Contrasting Models of (Malay) Feminist Struggle?” in Malaysia: Public Policy and Marginalised Groups, (ed.) Phua Kai Lit, Bangi: Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia (2007), 115-142; “Gender Discourse in Malay Politics: Old Wine in New Bottle?” in Politics in Malaysia: The Malay Dimension, (ed.) Edmund Terence Gomez, London & New York: Routledge (2007), 75-106, “Social Construction of Nation: A Theoretical Exploration”, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 14: 3, July 2008, 453-482. She has also contributed a chapter, entitled, “Malaysian History Textbooks and the Discourse of Ketuanan Melayu” in Interrogating Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore, (eds) Khoo Gaik Cheng, Daniel Goh, Philip Holden & Matilda Gabrielpillai, due to be published in February 2009 by Routledge. She is currently editing part of her PhD thesis into a book, entitled tentatively, The Politics of National Identity in West Malaysia.