Curriculum Vitae

MR. LOOI SIEW TEIP

Lecturer
  • Department of English
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • looist
  • +603-79675512

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES(INCL. GRAMMER,PHONOLOGY, LEXICON,SEMANTICS)
    Malaysian English, phonology, suprasegmentals, New Englishes
  • ORANG ASLI LANGUAGES
  • METRICS AND VERSIFICATION
  • MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE
  • LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES(INCL. GRAMMER,PHONOLOGY, LEXICON,SEMANTICS)
    English, Phonology, Suprasegmentals

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MA (Modern International Studies) (Leeds), (MODERN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES)
    Leeds University, Leeds, UK
  • Cert .TESL, (English as a Second Language)
    Royal Society of Arts
  • MA (Medieval English Literature) (Leeds), (MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE)
    Leeds University, Leeds, UK
  • BA (ARTS) (ENGLISH) (UM), (ENGLISH)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Head of Malaysian Literature Research Group
    05 Nov 2024 - 04 Nov 2026 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Committee Members
    15 Apr 2024 - 30 Sep 2025 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Committee Member, BA Curriculum Review Committee
    01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department)
  • Task Force Member
    01 Nov 2023 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Committee Member , Committee for the Bachelor of Arts with Education Programme.
    15 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Journal Manager for Southeast Asian Review of English https://sare.um.edu.my
    01 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department)
  • Committee Member, MA Curriculum Review Committee
    01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department)
  • Coordinator
    01 Sep 2023 - 30 Sep 2024 (Department)
  • Head of Department
    01 Jan 2022 - 01 Oct 2022 (English Department, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Head of Department
    10 Mar 2021 - 31 Dec 2021 (English Department, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Representative for the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, in the TESL Programme, Faculty of Education
    25 Feb 2019 - 13 Sep 2020 (Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education)
  • Department Representative to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' Timetable & Workload Committee
    10 Jan 2013 - 31 Aug 2014 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Department Representative to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' eLearning Committee
    01 Jun 2012 - 31 May 2013 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Webmaster
    01 Jun 2012 - 31 May 2013 (Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Representative to the Sports Centre
    01 Sep 2010 - 31 Oct 2010 (Faculty)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Run For a Chance 2020 - Virtual Charity Run
    Lovely Disabled Home, 2020 (Private)
  • 11km Orange Run 2018
    Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd, 2018 (Private)
  • KHIDMAT SETIA 20 AWARD
    University of Malaya, 2014 (University)
  • Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014
    Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, 2014 (International)
  • Penang Bridge International Marathon
    Penang Bridge International Marathon & Penang Amateur Athletic Association, 2013 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Looi S.T. (2021). Suon Sorin, A New Sun Rises Over the Old Land. Translated by Roger Nelson [Book Review]. Southeast Asian Review of English 58: 224-226
  2. Looi Siew Teip (2020). Review of Beth Yahp, The Red Pearl and Other Stories, and Eat First, Talk Later: A Memoir of Food, Family and Home. Southeast Asian Review of English 57: 241-44.
  3. Looi Siew Teip (2018). Review of Simon Armitage, Pearl: A New Verse Translation. Southeast Asian Review of English 55: 103-108.
  4. Looi Siew Teip (1998). When Paradise is Hell , Southeast Asian Review of English 36, pp. 138-143.
Books
  1. Looi S.T., A. Baer and Jalil M (2018). Temuan World of Words: A Temuan-Malay-English Word List. Subang Jaya: Center for Orang Asli Concerns.
  2. Looi S.T., R.T. Bell, B. Templer, O. Steinmayer & Ainun Rozana Mohd. Zaid (2010). Proceedings of Found in Translation: International Conference on Translation and Multiculturalism. Kuala Lumpur: Dept of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences & Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya.
  3. Agnes Yeow, C.S. Lim and Looi Siew Teip (ed), Critical Voices from Malaysia: Perspectives on English Literature, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2006
Chapter in Books
  1. Looi, S.T. (2020). Imagined Heritage: Ee Tiang Hong's Eternal 'Melaka'. In S.P. Gabriel (Ed.), Making Heritage in Malaysia: Sites, Histories, Identities. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Pillai, S., Muthiah A., & Looi S.T. (2012). The production of back vowels in Malaysian English. In S. Abdul Manan & H. Abdul Rahim (Eds.), Linguistics, literature and culture: Millennium realities and innovative practices in Asia (pp. 49-67). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  3. Looi Siew Teip, Henryson s Morall Sweit Sentence . in Yeow, Lim and Looi (eds.), Critical Voices from Malaysia: Perspectives on English Literature, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2006, pp. 1-12.

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • A Temuan-English-Malay Wordlist

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2022 - 2025, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Diaspora And Post-diaspora In Sinophone, Anglophone And Tamil Literature From Malaysia: Constructing An Inclusive National Narrative ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2019 - 2020, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    And Introduction to Mahua Poetry ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2011 - 2012, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    The Sounds of Malaysian English ( Consultant)
  4. 2010 - 2011, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    Development of the Corpus of Spoken Malaysian English (COSME) ( Consultant)
  5. 2009 - 2010, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    Corpus of Spoken Malaysian English ( Consultant)

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Migrant Worker Poetry Competition, Singapore; Refugee and Migrant Worker Poetry Competition, Malaysia, Group of Volunteers, Shivaji Das and others
    01 Dec 2020 - 01 Dec 2020 (International)
  • Migrant Worker Poetry Competition, Singapore, Group of Volunteers, Shivaji Das and others
    01 Dec 2019 - 01 Dec 2019 (International)
  • Judge At Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2016 (Singapore), Group of Volunteer Organizers, Shivaji Das and others
    01 Dec 2016 - 01 Dec 2016 (International)
  • Judge At Migrant Worker Poetry Competition, Cooler Lumpur
    01 Jul 2015 - 01 Jul 2015 (National)
  • Examiner for Ma Dissertation: "Homoerotic Elements in Selected Works of Oscar Wilde" Submitted by Seach Jin Beng, Faculty of Arts & Soc. Sciences, University of Malaya
    01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2013 (National)
  • Examiner for Ma Dissertation, "Representations of Chinese Women in American Cinema" Submitted by Hong Ling Feon,  Faculty of Arts & Soc. Sciences, University of Malaya
    01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2013 (National)
  • Examiner for Ma Dissertation: "An Analysis of Politics and Power in Selected Plays of Harold Pinter" Submitted by Somayeh Mohammadzadeh Pakdel, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UM
    01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2013 (National)
  • Chief Judge in International Medical University Arts Festival Poetry-Writing Competition, 07 October 2011, International Medical University
    01 Oct 2011 - 01 Oct 2011 (International)

PAPER PRESENTED

PLENARY SPEAKER
  1. The Guqin and its Music, Opening Ceremony of "The Sounds of Antiquity", an exhibition of guqin., Yin Yang Art Centre and Museum of Asian Art (International) (29 Jul 2005)
INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Giving Feedback in Moodle, Personalising Teaching and Learning with Moodle, ADEC, University of Malaya (National) ( )
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Ee Tiang Hong s Eternal Melaka: an exile s vision, Trans-Asian Networks: Continuity and Change. Brunei-Malaysia Forum 2021, Universiti Brunei Darussalam and University of Malaya (International) (14 Sep 2021 - 15 Dec 2021)
  2. Will the Correct Malaysian English Please Raise Your Hand?, Transformations in Language and Literature, Dept of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya (University) (02 Dec 2009)
  3. The Phonology of North Selangor Temuan, 12th International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics, International Institute for Asian Studies, University of Leiden (International) (26 Jun 2008 - 27 Jun 2008)
PRESENTER
  1. THE EVOCATION OF TIME AND PLACE IN EE TIANG HONG S POETRY OF NOSTALGIA, Persidangan Antarabangsa Hubungan Malaysia Indonesia Kesembilan, Faculty of Social Sciences Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (International) (15 Sep 2015 - 17 Sep 2015)
  2. Imagery and Figurative Language in the English Poetry of Muhammad Haji Salleh, Persidangan Antarabangsa Hubungan Malaysia Indonesia Kelapan, Universitas Lancang Kuning (International) (23 Sep 2014 - 25 Sep 2014)
  3. Rowing Down Muhammad Haji Salleh's Two Rivers, Space, Place and Time in Literature, Language and Culture, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya (University) (07 Dec 2011 - 07 Dec 2011)
OTHERS
  1. ., Journey of/Toward Identity, Department of English , Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya (University) (15 Oct 2015 - 15 Oct 2015)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Contribution to event
  1. (2024) Moderator for Session On Anglophone and Tamil Literature, University, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
Master
  1. (2020) Discourse and Story in the Short Stories of Somerset Maughm and Anton Chekhov, Sayed Ahmad Zulsyahir B. Sayed Abdul Rahman
  2. (2020) Ars Instapoetica: the Art of Being #Relatable by Rupi Kaur and Warsan Shire, NAQIYYAH HANA QURRATU'AIN BINTI MOHD ABD GHANI FIRDAUS
  3. (2017) Bawds and Subversion of Gender, Marriage and Sexual Norms in Ford's "'Tis' Pity She's A Whore" and Middleton's "Women Beware Women", Chai Sze Ling
  4. (2015) RESISTING HOMOGENEITY: IDENTITY AND BELONGING IN THE POEMS OF MUHAMMAD HAJI SALLEH AND SALLEH BEN JONED, FARHANA YON BINTI MOHAMED FUAD
  5. (2011) We Are United: Female Utilitarian Cross-Class Reciprocity in Early Modern England, Nour Elhouda Elsayed Sabra
  6. (2011) WE ARE UNITED: CROSS-CLASS FEMALE RECIPROCITY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, NOUR ELHODA ABDALLA ELSAYED SABRA
  7. (2011) Shakespeare's Sonnets, Faridah binti Ibrahim
  8. (2011) Mythology and the Superhero Comic: Wonder Woman and the Role of Women, Suloshini A/P Jahanath
  9. (2009) The Scale of Nature: Hierarchy and Subversion in Paradise Lost, Mona binti Ahmad (University of Malaya (UM))
  10. (2009) Subverting Defoe's Utopia: Coetzee'S Reinterpretation Of Robinson Crusoe In Foe, Morteza Yousefi
  11. (2008) The Abstract & the Concrete: Imagery in the Poems of Wilfred Owen, Alia (University of Malaya (UM))
  12. (2007) Fragmentation and Regeneration in the Poetry of Yeats and Heaney, Vimalawathy Nadarajah (University of Malaya (UM))
Under Graduate Students
  1. (2024) Representations of Childhood in K.S. Maniam’s The Return and Between Lives.
  2. (2024) Epistemological concerns in representations of AI in video games: a case study of Detroit: Become Human.
  3. (2024) Industrial Training, Claveron Ronan Ho
  4. (2023) The Human Psyche and Genesis of Evil: How Satan's Character in John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Reflects the Basis of Rebellion in Nature
  5. (2023) The Coming of Age Narrative in Korean Boy Band TxT’s Discography: a Transmedia Analysis
  6. (2023) Psychoanalytic Criticism in Ernest Hemingway’s "The Old Man and the Sea"
  7. (2023) Loss in Wordsworth's Poetry: An Ecocritical Approach
  8. (2023) Industrial Training, Wu Junyi
  9. (2020) AIC3002 Research Project I
  10. (2017) AIC3002: Research Project 1

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2023) AOA7026 - Critical Strategies in Literary Analysis
  2. (2021) AOA7016 - Medieval English Literature
  3. (2013) ACGB6115 - Critical Strategies in Literary Analysis
  4. (2012) ACGB6304 - The Augustan Age
  5. (2009) ACGB6182 - Research Methodology
  6. (2009) ACGB6388 - Literature of The Augustan Age
  7. (2008) ACGB6113 - Medieval English Literature
Bachelor
  1. (2024) AIC1003 - Aspects of Poetry
  2. (2024) AIC3014 - Malaysian Literature
  3. (2024) AIC3008 - Texts and Contexts in The Middle Ages
  4. (2024) AIC1007 - Writing About Literature I
  5. (2023) AIC2013 - Literature and The Environment
  6. (2023) AIC3016 - Reading World Literature
  7. (2023) AIC1007 - Writing About Literature I
  8. (2021) AIC1003 - Aspects of Poetry
  9. (2021) AIX3001 - Ethics and Professionalism in Social Sciences
  10. (2021) AIC2007 - World Literature
  11. (2021) AIC1007 - Writing About Literature I
  12. (2013) ACEA1115 - Pronunciation Skills in English
  13. (2013) ACEA1116 - The Elements of English Literature
  14. (2013) ACEA2112 - Background to English Literature
  15. (2013) ACEA2311 - English Literature in Middle Age
  16. (2013) ACEA3103 - English for Journalism
  17. (2012) ACEA1116 - The Elements of English Literature
  18. (2009) ACEA1112 - Oral Skills
  19. (2009) ACEA2102 - Linguistic I
  20. (2009) ACEA2312 - Effective Writing
  21. (2009) ACEA3114 - Selected Texts III
  22. (2009) ACEA3117 - English in Journalism
  23. (2009) PXET3108 - The Language of Literature
  24. (2008) ACEA1112 - Oral Skills
  25. (2008) ACEA2311 - Medieval English Literature
  26. (2008) ACEA2312 - Effective Writing
  27. (2008) ACEA3117 - English in Journalism

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Judge for The Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2023 (Singapore), (25 Nov 2023 - 25 Nov 2023) (International)
  • Judge for The Refugee and Migrant Worker Poetry Competition, (19 Nov 2023 - 19 Nov 2023) (National)
  • Judge for Themigrant Worker Poetry Competition 2021 (Singapore) Judge for The Refugee and Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2021 (Kuala Lumpur), (01 Oct 2022 - 05 Nov 2022) (International)
  • Judge for The Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2021 in Singapore Judge for The Refugee and Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2021 in Malaysia, (13 Nov 2021 - 14 Nov 2021) (International)
  • Judge At The Migrant Poetry Competition in Kuala Lumpur (01 Oct) and The First Round of The Migrant Poetry Competition in Singapore (03 Dec), (15 Sep 2017 - 03 Dec 2017)
  • Cheeseman Essay Prize Committee Member, (05 Feb 2013 - 04 Feb 2018)
  • Teaching The Guqin At Tzu Chi Continuing Education Centre, Kuala Lumpur, (01 Mar 2012)
  • Member, Education Committee Ti-Ratana Welfare Society Salak South, Kuala Lumpur, (01 Oct 2007)