FASS Staff Profile

DR HUE GUAN THYE
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
DEPARTMENT of CHINESE STUDIES

Appointment:
SENIOR FELLOW
Office:
AS8/ #05-20
Email:
chshueg@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
65166457
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Homepage:
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Brief Introduction

Education

  • 2011 Ph.D. (Chinese Philosophy) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2005 M.A. (Chinese Traditional Culture) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
  • 2001 B.A. (Chinese Language and Literature) Peking University, People’s Republic of China

Employment

  • 07.2016 – present     Senior Research Fellow. Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore
  • 08.2015 – 01.2016    Adjunct Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), for the Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies, NTU
  • 02.2014 – 01.2016    Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany.
  • 01.2012 – present     Adjunct Lecturer, Division of Chinese, SHSS, NTU
  • 10.2011 – 04.2012    Research Assistant, Asia Research Institute, NUS
  • 08.2010 – 07.2013    Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Chinese Studies, NUS
  • 02.2010 – 08.2010    Research Associate, Religion & Globalization Cluster, Asia Research Institute, NUS
  • 08.2006 – 01.2011    Teaching Assistant, Division of Chinese, SHSS, NTU

Teaching Areas

CHS 5314 Chinese Religion (MA Module)


Current Research

SCCC Grant 2019-21: Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore: 1912–2019 Project (Co-PI)

NHB Grant 2018-20: Qing Dynasty Tombs of Singapore: A Digital Archival Project (Co-PI)

NHB Grant 2017-19: Collective Biography of the Singapore Chinese Community (1922-1972): The Digitization and Analysis of the Bukit Brown Burial Records in the National Archives (Co-PI)

NHB Grant 2016-19: Tombs in a Tropical Forest, from the Heng San Ting: New Sources for the History of Singapore’s Earliest Hokkien Community (Co-PI)

NHB Grant 2016-18: The Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore: History, Rituals, Institutions, and Network (Co-PI)

MOE Tier 2 Grant: 2016-19 Singapore Historical GIS: Mapping the Transformation of Singapore Chinese Associations (Senior Research Fellow)


Research Interests

  • Buddhism
  • Daoism
  • Chinese Folk Religion
  • Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia
  • Chinese Education in Singapore and Malaysia

Publications

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

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    Hue, G. T. (in preparation) Tombs in a Tropical Forest: Qing Dynasty Tombs of Singapore. (with Kenneth Dean, Xue Yiran. English & Chinese bilingual)

    Hue, G. T. (in preparation) Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore: United Temples. (with Kenneth Dean. English & Chinese bilingual)

    Hue, G. T. (in preparation) Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore: 1912–2019. (with Kenneth Dean. English & Chinese bilingual)

    Hue, G. T. (2020) The Buddha Lights of Lion City: The Hundred-Year Development of Buddhism in Singapore. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong & Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2017) Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore: 1819-1911 (2 Volumes). Singapore: NUS Press Singapore and Guangxi Normal University Press. 1455 pages. (with Kenneth Dean, English & Chinese bilingual)

    Hue, G. T. (2013) Evolution and Model: The Propagation of Taoism and Buddhism in Singapore. S. Wong ed., Singapore: Dept of Chinese Studies, NUS, and Global Publishing. 283 pages. (Chinese)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

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    Hue, G. T. (2020). "Origin and Character: The Taoism in Singapore:” in Bak Lin, Kua. etc., eds. Receives the Dignity from Heaven: From Keng Teck Whay to Yu Huang Gong. Singapore: Taoist Mission of Singapore, 2020, pp. 31-43. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2019). "Singapore Chinese Temples and Transnational Networks: Hokkien Communities in Singapore" in A General History of the Chinese in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Association. 2019, pp.1-16. (English)

    Hue, G. T., & Dean, K. (2018). "Mahayana Buddhism and Harmonious Society: The Mutual Cooperation of Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism in Singapore.” in Collection of the 120th Anniversary of Singapore Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery. Singapore: Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, 2018, pp. 2-9. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2018). "The Cultural Preservations and Social Contributions of Chinese Monasteries and Temples in Singapore: A Case Study of Wak Hai Cheng Bio”. In Y. Y. Chen ed., Taiwan Monasteries and Temples: The Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Social Contributions. Taiwan: Liren Bookshop, 2018, pp. 561-586. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T., & Dean, K. (2016). "Chinese Religious Traditions in Singapore: Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity." In K. K. Phua ed., 50 Years of the Chinese Community in Singapore. Singapore: Global Publishing and World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, pp. 157-177. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T., & Dean, K. (2015). "Chinese Religious Traditions in Singapore: Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity." In Pang Cheng Lian ed., 50 Years of the Chinese Community in Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, pp. 169-190. (English)

    Hue, G. T. (2015). "A Preliminary Survey of the Guan Shi Yin (Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva) Belief in Singapore." In Y. Y. Chen ed., City Big Guan Yin Pavilion & the Study of Guan Yin Belief. Taiwan: Liren Bookshop, pp. 865-880. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2013). "A Transformation of the Baosheng Dadi Belief in Singapore." In Y. Y. Chen ed., Zhou Maoqi, City Sing-Ji Temple & the Baosheng Dadi Belief. Taiwan: Liren Bookshop. (pp. 321-332, in Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2013). "The Discussion of the Epigraphic Materials of Singapore Mahayana Buddhism." in H. D. Lin, & Y. L. Chen eds., Searching and Exploration: The Study of the Minnan Culture's Inheritance, Innovation, and Social Development Across the Taiwan Straits. China: Xiamen University Press, pp. 361-376. (Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2011). "Buddhism in Singapore." In A. Oliver, & T. Asanga eds., 2600 Years of Sambuddhatva: Global Journey of Awakening. Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs, pp. 237-250. (English)

    Hue, G. T. (2009). "Chinese Female Migrants and the Development of Buddhism in Singapore - A Case Study of Three Female Lay Buddhists in the Mid-twentieth Century." in S. K. Wong, & S. R. Quah eds., Cross-disciplinary Dialogue and Collision: Collected Essays of Chinese Studies Graduate Students of NUS and NTU. Singapore: Youth Publication, pp. 35-54. (Chinese)

EDITORIAL WORK ON BOOKS

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    Hue, G. T., eds. (2020). Receives the Dignity from Heaven: From Keng Teck Whay to Yu Huang Gong. Singapore: Taoist Mission of Singapore. (with Kua Bak Lin & Kenneth Dean, etc., in Chinese)

    Hue, G. T., eds. (2019). Hong San See Temple Singapore: the journey to UNESCO.  Beijing: Palace Museum Publisher.  (with Kua Bak Lin, Lee Chee Hiang, etc., in Chinese)

    Hue, G. T., eds. (2010). A Brief Overview of the Development of Singapore Mahayana Buddhism. Singapore: Buddha of Medicine Welfare Society. (with Neng, D., Xian, T., & He, X. J., 548 pages, in Chinese)

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

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    Hue, G. T. (2020). “Chinese Temple Networks in Southeast Asia: A WebGIS Digital Humanities Platform for the Collaborative Study of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia” (with Yingwei Yan, Kenneth Dean, etc) in Religions, 2020, 11, 334; MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. www.mdpi.com/journal/religions.

    Hue, G. T. (2019).  “Research on the Chinese Cemeteries of Singapore: A Case Study of the Founding of Hokkien Charitable Pavilion of the Eternal Mountain Cemetery and its Management Model.” in Journal of the South Seas Society, Issue 73 (2019). Singapore: South Seas Society, 2019, pp. 41-64. (with Kenneth Dean, Yingwei, Yan. & Yiran, Xue, in Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2017). "The Process of the Localization of Humanistic Buddhism: On the “Intellectualization” and “Institutionalization" of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism in Singapore." in Studies in Humanistic Buddhism, (9). Hongkong: Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 75-101. (in Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2017). "Chinese Temples and the Transnational Networks_Hokkiens Communities in Singapore." in Cultural Diversity in China, 2017. Germany: Berlin: De Gruyter, 1-36. (in English and Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2013). "The Discussion of the Epigraphic Materials of Singapore Mahayana Buddhism." in The Journal of Quanzhou Normal University, 31(1). China: Quanzhou Normal University, 32-37. (in Chinese)

    Hue, G. T. (2011). "The Evolution of the Singapore United Temple: The Transformation of Chinese Temples." in Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, 5. Australia: Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, 157-174. (in English)

    Hue, G. T. (2011). "The Origin of Singapore Taoism." in Religious Studies, 90. China: Institute of Chinese Daoism and Religious Culture Studies, Sichuan University,  60-63. (in Chinese)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

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    Hue, G. T. (2019). Construct a Harmonious Society Across Borders and Ethnic Groups: The Mutual Cooperation of Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism in Singapore. Presented at The First Taishan International Cultural Forum. (19-22 Sept 2019), organized by the Chinese National Academy of Arts, Institute of Ancient History of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Tai'an Municipal Government of Shandong Province, China.

    Hue, G. T. (2019). On the Betweenness Centrality: The Betweenness Character of Singapore Chinese Network. Presented at The International Conference on Spatial Humanities and GIS. (20-21 Sept 2019), organized by Research Center for Chinese Cultural Subjectivity and the Center for GIS, RCHSS, Academia Sinica.

    Hue, G. T. (2019). The Evolution and Characteristics of Guanyin Belief in Singapore. Presented at The International Symposium on Asian Guanyin and Goddess Faith. (4-8 Sept 2019), organized by The Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and National Cheng Kung University.

    Hue, G. T. (2019). The Evolution of Singapore's Mazu Belief and Transnational Network. Presented at The International Symposium on Local Faith and Rural Revitalization. (20-25 Aug 2019), organized by The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Fujian Normal University.

    Hue, G. T. (2019). The Identity Crisis and the Survival Dilemma: A Case Study of Singaporean Mahayana Buddhists and Immigrants before Singapore's independence. Presented at The International Symposium to Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Founding Singapore Ceremony: Mahayana Buddhism and the life of Asian City. (17-18 Aug 2019), organized by The Dept. of Chinese Studies, NUS, & Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, Singapore

    Hue, G. T. (2019). Construct a harmonious society: The Demonstration Features and Connotations of the Reunion of Religious Association. Presented at The Reunion of Religious Association Symposium (12-21 July 2019) organized by The Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Hall and the Fo Guang Shan Humanistic Buddhism Research Institute, ROC

    Hue, G. T. (2019). From Temasek to Founding of Singapore. Presented at The Singapore Bicentennial Conference (31 Jan 2019), organized by The Goh Loo Club & Tan Kah Kee Foundation, Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2019). The Popular Religion in Lion City: Visits to Ancient Chinese Temples of Singapore. Presented at the National Museum of Singapore Seminar (5 Jan 2019), organized by The National Museum of Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2018). The Challenges and Opportunities: A Case Study of Singapore Po Chiak Keng Tan Si Chong Su. Presented at 7th International Kai Zhang Cultural Exchange Convention (8-10 Dec 2018), organized by the Myanmar Ying Chuan Zong Tang & Chen Si Da Zong Ci.

    Hue, G. T. (2018). The Tang Shipwreck’s Porcelain and the Song-Yuan Period’s Unearthed Cultural Relics: Discuss the Origin of the Port of Singapore. Presented at the 3rd Belt and Road International Symposium on Cultural and Art Exchanges and Cooperation (18-21 Nov 2018), organized by The Cultural Development Strategy Research Centre of Chinese National Academy of Arts.

    Hue, G. T. (2018). The Opportunities and Challenges: The Belief of Singapore Baosheng Dadi. Presented at The International Conference of Baosheng Dadi Belief (19-21 Oct 2018), organized by the Minnan Normal University, National Quemoy University, National Cheng Kung University.

    Hue, G. T. (2018). Mahabodhi School in Penang & Singapore.” Presented at The International Conference of the 2018 Classical Penang: The Straits Settlements (16 Jun 2018), organized by The Penang Chinese Town Hall & Ministry of Education, Penang, Malaysia.

    Hue, G. T. (2018). Mahayana Buddhism and Harmonious Society: The Mutual Cooperation of Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism in Singapore. Presented at The International Conference on Chinese Buddhism Monastery & Social Spaces in Asia (15-16 Jun 2018), organized by The Dept. of Chinese Studies, NUS, & Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2018). A Life for Others: The Research on the Ardent Benevolence of Female Buddhists in Singapore. Presented at The International Conference of The Spread of Humanistic Buddhism in East Asia and Southeast Asia (06-07 Jan 2018), organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.

    Hue, G. T. (2017). The Singapore Historical GIS (SHGIS) and the Study of Singaporean Chinese Temples. Presented at the Temples, Trust, and Trade: Chinese Temples Network in Southeast Asia (21-2 November 2017), organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2017). The Dunhuang’s Element and the Silk Road’s Impact of Singapore Thian Hock Keng & Chongwen Ge. Presented at the 2017 Belt and Road International Symposium on Cultural and Art Exchanges and Cooperation (10-14 October 2017), organized by The Cultural Development Strategy Research Centre of Chinese National Academy of Arts and Dunhuang Cultural Assoc.

    Hue, G. T. (2017). Tombs in a Tropical Forest: The Earliest Tombs from the Heng Shan Ting. Presented at Asia: The Region and the World (2-3 October 2017), organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2017). The Four Main Chinese Cemeteries in Selat: Heng San Teng. Presented at To Be Prudent in Performing Funerary Rites and to Remember Our Ancestors: The Four Main Chinese Cemeteries in Selat (09 September 2017), organized by Singapore Federation Of Chinese Clan Association, Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2017). The Cultural Preservations and Social Contributions of Chinese Monasteries and Temples in Singapore: A Case Study of Wak Hai Cheng Bio. Presented at International Conference of the Cultural Preservations and Social Contributions of Monasteries and Temples (22-23 July 2017), organized by National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

    Hue, G. T. (2017). The Compilation of Singapore Chinese Epigraphy and Seeking the Root of Culture. Presented at Tan Lark Sye Institute Forum: Historical Documents: General History, Book Series, Documentation, Encyclopaedia (16 June 2017), organized by Tan Lark Sye Institute, New Era University College, Malaysia. 

    Hue, G. T. (2017). The Compilation of Singapore Chinese Epigraphy and Seeking the Root of Culture. Presented at Chinese Civilization and SOuth East Asia Forum (25 Feb 2017), organized by General Association of Chinese Culture and the Department of East Asia Studies, National Taiwan Normal University.

    Hue, G. T. (2016). The Process of the Localization of Humanistic Buddhism: On the "Intellectualization" and "Institutionalization" of the Chinese Mahayana Buddhism in Singapore. Presented at The International Conference on Implementation of Humanistic Buddhism in East Asia and Southeast Asia (02-03 December 2016), organized by Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.

    Hue, G. T. (2016). The Challenges and Opportunities of the Quemoy Organizations and Temples in Singapore. Presented at The International Conference on Quemoy Studies 2016 (26 November 2016), organized by National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), National Quemoy University, and the University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.

    Hue, G. T. (2016). Non-mainstream Singaporean Buddhist Monks and their Networks in Southeast Asia and Beyond- Master Guangxuan and Vajra Supreme Master Yuan Fan. Presented at Comparative Approaches to Inter-Asian Religious and Trade Networks (03-04 March 2016), organized by Asia Research Institute (NUS, Singapore) and Max Planck Institute (Gottingen, Germany).

    Hue, G. T. (2015). The Internationalization and Localization of Mazu Belief: the Studies of Mazu Belief in Singapore. Presented at The International Conference of Mazu Culture (20-23 October 2015), organized by Putian University, China.

    Hue, G. T. (2015). Dr. Soon Cheong Jian (1916 - 2000) and the Sanjiao Shengtan Jinlongsi (Grand Hall of the Three Teachings Golden Dragon Monastery) --- the Opening Up of Alternative Pathways in Singaporean Buddhism. Presented at Religious Networks in Asia (12 June 2015), organized by Max Planck Institute, Gottingen, Germany.

    Hue, G. T. (2014). Temples and the Transformation of Transnational Networks - Chinese Communities in Singapore. Presented at Religious Networks in Asia Programme (18 October 2014), organized by Max Planck Institute, Gottingen, Germany.

    Hue, G. T. (2014). A Preliminary Survey of the Guan Shi Yin (Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva) Belief. Presented at The International Conference of Guan Yin Belief (17-18 October 2014), organized by National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

    Hue, G. T. (2014). A Double-edged Sword: Buddhist Evangelism Strategies in Present-Day Singapore. Presented at 2014 Annual Conference of Association for Asian Studies (23 March 2014), organized by Association for Asian Studies, USA.

    Hue, G. T. (2013).  A Transformation of the Baosheng Dadi belief in Singapore: the Studies of Zhenren Gong. Presented at International Conference of Tainan City Sing-Ji Temple & the Baosheng Dadi Belief (13-14 Sept 2013), organized by National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

    Hue, G. T. (2013). The Development and Transformation of the United Temples in Singapore. Presented at the 8th International Conference of The International Society for the Studies of Chinese Overseas (16-19 Aug 2013), organized by Institute of Chinese Studies, University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.

    Hue, G. T. (2011). The Discussion of the Epigraphic Materials of Singapore Mahayana Buddhism. Presented at The 3rd Local Historical Materials Forum (11th Dec 2011), organized by Xiamen University, China.

    Hue, G. T. (2011). The Network of Minnan Main Gods in Singapore. Presented at 2011 International Conference on Minnan Culture (25th - 28th Nov 2011), organized by the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

    Hue, G. T. (2010). A preliminary survey of the Taoist Ritual Masters of Singapore. Presented at Daoist Ritual and Chinese Popular Religion: Historical interactions and Regional Differentiation (2 Dec 2010 – 3 Dec 2010), organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2010). The transformation of Chinese Temples in Singapore: A case study of United Temples. Presented at Graduate Students Forum (19th March 2010), organized by Division of Chinese, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

     Hue, G. T. (2010). The three founders of the Mahayana Buddhism in Singapore. Presented at Chinese Forum (14th March 2010), organized by Hai Yin Culture and Arts Research Gallery, Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2010). Urban Redevelopment Programme vs. Survival of Chinese Temples: A case study of the influence of the Land Acquisition Act on Chinese Temples in Singapore. Presented at The 4th Asian Graduate Forum (15-17 July 2009), organized by Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

    Hue, G. T. (2010). Chinese Female Migrants and the Development of Buddhism in Singapore - A Case Study of Three Female Lay Buddhists in the Mid-Twentieth Century. Presented at Cross-disciplinary Dialogue and Collision (11 Jan 2008), organized by the Chinese Studies of the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.


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