Chee Soon Juan launched a new book.Among the chapters:
The book includes a chapter written by Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Terence Harper, from Cambridge University.
1.Does Terence Harper carring the title
''Professor of Southeast Asian Studies''?
Or is he the Professor in Southeast Asian Studies (Center)?
There is no such center in Cambridge.
Only ''CENTRE OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES''
Further,there is no such person currently in the staff list.
There is only one person carrying the title'' Professor'',
ie Professor C.A. Bayly --- Director of the Center.
U may say ha Terence Harper just left.
If so,he has not published any
Occasional Paper
since 2002.
Also,Cambridge U libraries provide
no book/publication from this Terence Harper.
http://depfacoz-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/
http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/location.html
http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/publish.html

http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/997-has-singapore-been-cheated
So,who are cheated?
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Magdalene College Cambridge CB3 0AG Tel: (+44) (0)1223 332100 Fax: (+44) (0)1223 462589 |
Research Interests
Modern Southeast Asian history and World history.
Current undergraduate Teaching
Tim Harper lectures for the Part I papers 'The Expansion of Europe from 1500 to the First World War' and 'The West and the "Third World" from 1918', for which he acts as convenor. He also contributes to the Themes and Sources option, 'Migrants; emigration and immigration within and without Europe, the New World, Asia and the Antipodes from the fourth to the twentieth century' and to Faculty classes on historiography.
He currently teaches a Part II document-based special subject: 'T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell: Britain and the Arabs, 1914-22'.
Areas of Research supervision
Dr Harper has supervised PhD theses on a range of topics on modern Southeast Asian history, the region’s connections with the wider world and other areas of imperial history. Examples of Ph.D. theses on Southeast Asia are: European travel and knowledge in early modern Southeast Asia; nature, Islam and colonial rule in Trengganu; globalization and religious revival in the Indian Ocean Rim in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries; United States relations with Singapore in the 1950s; modernity, popular culture and urban life in colonial Singapore; South Vietnamese intellectual history, and women’s movements in Malaysia. More widely, other projects supervised have included opium consumption in Qing China; the political economy of the rubber trade in the British Empire; cathedrals and urbanism in the colonial Indian Ocean; civilian internees in Southeast Asia, 1941-45; cosmopolitanism and port city elites in Asia; Pan-Islamism and the British empire, and counter-insurgency during the Palestine mandate.
Dr Harper supervises students for the M.Phil in Historical Studies.
Selected Publications
Other current projects:
Tim Harper acts as Secretary to the Research Committee of the Association of Southeast Asian Scholars in the UK (ASEASUK).
With Dr Sunil Amrith, he is co-convenor of panel for the SSRC Conference on ‘Inter-Asian Connections’ in Dubai in February 2008.
http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/academic_staff/further_details/harper.html
Ouch did I just step on a kitten tail? Sorry. . .
Thanks to quick response.
U must be Dr Chee lah or his buddy.
But i still feel cheated!!Dr Chee said in his site:
The book includes a chapter written by Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Terence Harper, from Cambridge University.
''Professor of Southeast Asian Studies'' is a FAKE TITLE!!
First,he is just a Reader.Secondly,has Cambridge awarded
this title to him?
But the reponse above shown
OMG!! In complete plain English language,Doctor is not equivalent to Professor,
so does Reader .
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_(academic_rank)
Reader (academic rank)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the academic hierarchy in the United Kingdom and some universities in Australia and New Zealand, reader is the rank between senior lecturer (or principal lecturer in the New Universities) and professor. The title of Reader is given in recognition of research and scholarship.
Reader is NOT a Professor!!
3.So,before we going to read Dr Chee 's book.
We are cheated in board day light.
My English in very bad.But i still understand explanations from
simple dictionary.
Dr Chee and his buddies,can u refrain from misleading us again?
U no need cheat us He is a Professor to brighten your book
or to impress us.A lectuer or student from Cambridge will do,
so long what they tell us is facts!!
Black is black.White is white.
Why do u follow James Gomez telling lie in board day light?
Thanks God there was CCTV.If not,how the junior staffs
in Election Dept face their family,neighbours,friends and relatives
(in order of meeting frequency)??
2.Dr Chee,Will u correct this minor mistake expressly?
Every one will make mistake,intenionally or not!!
3.Reader or Doctor is not Professor!!
first you say someone don't exist.. then try to nit pick.. yawn...
Originally posted by dumbdumb!:first you say someone don't exist.. then try to nit pick.. yawn...
I said:
Does Terence Harper carring the title
''Professor of Southeast Asian Studies''?
Or is he the Professor in Southeast Asian Studies (Center)?
There is no such center in Cambridge.
Only ''CENTRE OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES''
Officially,he is not a Professor,just a Reader!!
CSJ or Harper's buddies can call him Chancellor in private.
But as a scholar and PhD,Chee Soon Juan shall
address him properly when his audience is public.
This leave room to doubt his intention for addressing
him as Professor.
Originally posted by lionnoisy:I said:
Does Terence Harper carring the title
''Professor of Southeast Asian Studies''?
Or is he the Professor in Southeast Asian Studies (Center)?
There is no such center in Cambridge.
Only ''CENTRE OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES''
Officially,he is not a Professor,just a Reader!!
CSJ or Harper's buddies can call him Chancellor in private.
But as a scholar and PhD,Chee Soon Juan shall
address him properly when his audience is public.
This leave room to doubt his intention for addressing
him as Professor.
1st you say he does not exist and did not publish anything,
"there is no such person currently in the staff list.
...he has not published any"
now you want to quarrel about his titles...
You are just an as-sniffing blind dog that thinks he/she is a lion....
Damned Despots and their as-sniffing dogs....
Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
1st you say he does not exist and did not publish anything,
"there is no such person currently in the staff list.
...he has not published any"
now you want to quarrel about his titles...
You are just an as-sniffing blind dog that thinks he/she is a lion....
your view points can flip flop... other people's view points cannot flip flop???
Originally posted by Chin Eng:your view points can flip flop... other people's view points cannot flip flop???
Aiyoh, Uncle Chin, my uncle Andrew is the only mama in serangoon that is famous for his prata, ONLY HE CAN FLIP Flop, for the rest of you, you can only flip and HOPE, so, watch your mouth ok.
Wha lau, so simple, if you think this ang mo terrance got substance, you read his books lah, if not, just dun bother. I took a Cam of myself at the medaka bridge yesterday, so me also Cambridge mah
You are an Idiot arent you T.S ?
You are like a two headed snake .
I dont usually reply to topics , But i will in this case & i did .
I am sorry i dunt have too good impression of CSJ.
Thats why i exam his writing word by word.
I think he want use The title to make this so
called pROFESSOR more credible.
In academic circle,like in SAF,there is strict rule of title,
MAJ is MAJ,pl dunt cal him LT COL.
U will embrass him.
If i am a COL,can u cal me General?
SG PAP get at least 2 Senior or Minister of State.
They are Associate Professor.
Strait Times never call them Professor.
U read my previous posts .like A matter of Chee etc.
Then u will know them better.
Minister of State for Defence Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee.
Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, Senior Minister Of State For Law.
I am sorry i dunt have too good impression of CSJ.
Thats why i exam his writing word by word.
lionnoisy, do you have good impression of Lee Kuan Yew?
Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:lionnoisy, do you have good impression of Lee Kuan Yew?
here's the problem.... mr poh....
the two links are either pure sdp or sdp-connected.
refering to such links probably underlines how one feels about any particular issue. if one is to really fair, one should provide links for pro and against...
.... i've always doubted the 60/40 rating you give to lky.... i'd say you will have zero liking for lky.
i'd think something along this line is a fairer view...
http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/lee1.html
the two links are either pure sdp or sdp-connected.
The two links provide facts.
There is no false propaganda in those two links.
Below is example of false propaganda or disinformation:
http://www.counterpunch.org/cohen1228.html
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHART
Awwwww............
Pussy cat got pwn again!!!
Still clueless as usual.
i'd think something along this line is a fairer view...
http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/lee1.html
What about below?
Are they fair views about Lee Kuan Yew?
http://www.feer.com/free-interviews/2006/october/
Oh no!!!!!
It's a global conspiracy by the independant medias "to do Singapore in". ![]()
Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:What about below?
Are they fair views about Lee Kuan Yew?
http://www.feer.com/free-interviews/2006/october/
fair enough.... this is the kind of rebuttal you should do first, not the sdp site.
You have obviously done no research whatsoever before posting a statement. Please refrain from posting from now on unless you clarify your facts with someone else first. And please for goodness sake, Readers at Universities in UK are well recognised figures in the industry and academic field where there is normally 1-2 in a University department of 20 lecturers. To be a reader, you definitely must be a lecturing Professor for a good 10 years before even being considered in that position.
s
right......
so being a reader will be so much less credible than being a professor...
right.......
wah.......
what a big hooha sia......
CSJ BLUFF us sia.......
wah........
You have obviously done no research whatsoever before posting a statement. Please refrain from posting from now on unless you clarify your facts with someone else first. And please for goodness sake, Readers at Universities in UK are well recognised figures in the industry and academic field where there is normally 1-2 in a University department of 20 lecturers. To be a reader, you definitely must be a lecturing Professor for a good 10 years before even being considered in that position.
I can say i am one of the most researched forumers before i post.
Of course ,my English is not the good model lah!!
Some body say CSJ calls Harper PROFESSOR as a mark of respect.
It is ok in private,but sure not in writing where the readers dunt know
the full picture.Readers just treat him full Professor.
Therefore,we have reasons to doubt CSJ's intention of caling Harper
as Professor.
CSJ said:
The book includes a chapter written by Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Terence Harper, from Cambridge University.
CSJ is a academic.He should know every word and letter must be
clear and leave no room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation.
U read all these thesis that there are many refernce to prove
every sentence they write.
2.Reader is below the rank of Professor.FULL STOP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_rank
United Kingdom
[edit] Academic ranks
[edit] Academic Teaching and Research/ Teaching and Scholarship Career Pathway
- Professor
- Reader
- Senior Lecturer or Senior Teaching Fellow (or Principal Lecturer in post-1992 institutions)
- Lecturer, or Teaching Fellow (or Senior Lecturer in post-1992 institutions)
Do u agree officailly,Professor isnot equal to Reader?
Can i call CSJ Master Chee Soon Juan iso Dr Chee?
CSJ can also calls him Chancellor in private---i dunt mind.
Can u guys write to Cambridge Chanelloer to ask if it is ok
Harper can be addressed in newspaper as Professor,without any explanations?