• Researcher - Thock Ker Pong 祝家丰

Researcher - Thock Ker Pong 祝家丰

Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies Department, UM

Kuala Lumpur Pantai Teachers’ Training College
B. A. (Hons), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
M. A., Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Ph. D., University of Malaya (UM)

Email: kpthock@um.edu.my

Tel No.: 03-79675646

Dr. Thock Ker Pong is a senior lecturer based at the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Malaya. He was born in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. He specializes in Malaysian Chinese politics and has given many public talks on current political developments of the Malaysian Chinese community. His research interests cover areas such as Chinese politics and education; the NGO movement and ethnic relations in Malaysia and contemporary China. He has participated in a major research project initiated by the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies on the contributions of the Malaysian Chinese towards nation-building. In relation to this, he has conducted research on the development of Chinese guilds and associations and their articulated interests, as well as issues concerning the Chinese education system in contemporary Malaysia. His major publication is Ketuanan Politik Melayu: Pandangan Kaum Cina (Malay Political Hegemony: Perceptions of Malaysian Chinese), released in 2005.

祝家丰博士现任马来亚大学中文系高级讲师兼系主任。他生于森美兰州的波德申镇。他的专业领域为马来西亚华人政治, 因此时常受媒体邀请针对国内华社政治课题发言。他的研究兴趣则包含了华人政治与华文教育，马来西亚的非政府组织运动、种族关系研究和当代中国研究。

祝博士曾参与马来西亚华社研究中心的研究计划：“马来西亚华人与国族建构”。另外他也曾对国内华人会馆处理华文教育课题进行研究。他的主要著作有Ketuanan Politik Melayu: Pandangan Kaum Cina (《马来人政治主权：华族的观点》）Malay Political Hegemony: Perceptions of Malaysian Chinese) (2005)。