我生在世界文明隨季風流動相互交匯的馬來半島上。地處東/西地緣政治交夾的馬來西亞，建國以來始終無法擺脫多元宗教、族裔和文化如何兼容共存的現代性難題。受此影響，我的研究旨趣關心：馬來西亞乃至東南亞華裔族群如何在日常生活中抵抗同化、種族支配、排他的族裔宗教民族主義？少數族裔如何維繫記憶中的宗教、文化和認同？

我的博士論文計劃《眾「神」再生的政治：馬來西亞華人社群的現代性、宗教實作、族裔民族主義》，主張帶回「與宗教交纏」的分析視角，深入探究生活宗教實作中的氛圍、紀念和抵抗，如何可能促進民主化與重構民族共同體的邊界、記憶和想象。我使用多元混合的質性研究方法，包括民族誌、深度訪談和歷史檔案分析等，捕捉西方理論和國家視角所忽視，但充滿在地智慧、日常洞見、和微觀啟發的「生活經驗」。

此外，我從碩士論文延伸研究計劃，探討馬來西亞同化主義教育體制中華文教師與華裔學生的抵抗與認同。我同時正在執行的其他工作計劃有《林連玉基金訪談錄》。

I was born on the Malay Peninsula, where civilizations intersect along the monsoon winds. Situated at the crossroads of East-West geopolitics, Malaysia has long faced the challenge of integrating diverse religions, ethnicities, and cultures. My research focuses on how Malaysian and Southeast Asian Chinese communities resist assimilation, racial dominance, and exclusionary ethnic nationalism in their daily lives, and how they sustain religious, cultural, and identity practices.

My doctoral project, The Politics of Spirit Regeneration: Modernity, Religious Practices, and Ethnic Nationalism in Malaysian Chinese Communities, explores how resistance in religious ambience, commemoration, and ritual can promote democratization and redefine boundaries, memories, and identity of the imagined community. I employ ethnography, in-depth interviews, and historical analysis to capture the lived experiences often overlooked by Western theories and state-centric narratives.

I am also extending my master’s research to study resistance and identity among Chinese language teachers and students in Malaysia’s assimilationist education system. Other projects include Interviews of the Lim Lian Geok Cultural Development Centre.