How Wee Ng

How Wee Ng is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Humanities, University of Westminster. Previously, he taught at the University of Hull and SOAS, University of London, where he completed his PhD. His research focuses on Sinophone film, media, and theatre, with an emphasis on censorship, audience studies, gender, and decolonizing film curation. Notable projects include examining television drama censorship in postsocialist China and collaborating on decolonizing Asian cinema curation. Ng teaches Chinese language, cinema, and translation at Westminster, advocating for critical pedagogy through Socratic questioning. He supervises PhD students in areas such as queer representation, bisexuality in China, and family dynamics in contemporary China.

Education: PhD from SOAS, University of London. Prior to academia, Ng worked in theatre and as a part-time radio producer-presenter in Singapore.

Research Interests: Censorship in Sinophone media, cultural intervention, gender and sexuality studies, Southeast Asia-China relations, and performance art. He is affiliated with the Contemporary China Centre and the Centre for Social Justice Research at Westminster.

Publications span book chapters and peer-reviewed journals, addressing topics like queer theatre in Singapore, working-class masculinities in Chinese television, and decolonial performance methods. His work bridges cultural studies and critical theory, emphasizing marginalized voices and systemic power dynamics.

Engagement: Ng is active in public talks, media commentary on Chinese and Singaporean film trends, and hosting film screenings.