See Ling QUEK

郭诗玲

PhD Candidate (2024-present)
Chinese Programme, School of Humanities
Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Scholar Poet Writer Visual Artist Editor Educator Translator

Network & Education

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ORCID
0009-0008-8893-2887
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Education
MA (2012 NTU Chinese Programme: Sinophone Linguistics)
BA (2009 NTU 1st Hons, Chinese Programme, Minor in Translation)
Cert. (2018 Distinction in Ink Wash Painting, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts)

Key Areas of Research

Translation and Literary Studies

Sinophone Language (Mandarin and Basic Cantonese), English, Malay, and French

Art History and Philosophy

Exploring the intersection of visual arts, cultural heritage, and philosophical inquiry

Creativity and Ekphrastic Studies

Research on creative expression and the verbal representation of visual art

Sociolinguistics

Language studies in Singapore and Malaysia context

Summary

See Ling QUEK is currently a PhD candidate of the Chinese Programme, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, awarded with the full-ride NTU Research Scholarship. With research interests in Translation and Literary Studies, Art History and Philosophy, Creativity and Ekphrastic Studies, as well as Sociolinguistics in the context of Singapore and Malaysia, she is a multilingual scholar who was raised and received her primary and secondary education in Malaysia, and has been based in Singapore for over two decades.


Her bilingual (English and Chinese) publication record spans from 2008 to the present, across the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Her academic contributions include 2 books, 1 book chapter, 4 journal articles, 6 conference papers, 1 encyclopedia entry, 1 translation, and 2 dissertations. She has presented her research at prestigious institutions, including University of Cambridge, National University of Singapore, and National Taiwan University.


She is also an experienced university educator and academic editor. In addition, she is an award-winning poet, writer, visual artist and translator with 18 published books.

Work Experience

Teaching Experience

2009-2011; 2015; 2025-present
University Tutorial Instructor and Grader
Chinese Programme, School of Humanities, NTU

"HC102 Introduction to Chinese Language" (5 times), "HC202 Critical Reading and Writing" (2 times), "HC201 Literature of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei and Jin", "HC204 Literature of Yuan, Ming and Qing", and "HC3001 Modern Chinese Literature"

2024-present
University Grader
Chinese Programme, School of Humanities, NTU

"HC5010 Animals in Chinese Culture", "HC3002 History of Chinese Thought", and "HC3003 Southeast Asian Chinese"

2019-present
MOE Registered Instructor
Sinophone Literature and Creative Writing
2005
Class Teacher
Foon Yew 1 Primary School, Malaysia

Editorial Experience

2015-2023
Senior Editor
Chou Sing Chu Foundation, Singapore
2011-2014
Executive Editor
The International Journal of Diasporic Chinese Studies 华人研究国际学报 and Nanyang Humanities Book Series 南洋人文丛书

Centre for Chinese Language and Culture, School of Humanities, NTU

Professional Certificate

2025-2030
Social and Behaviour Research Certificate
Conferred by US's Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
2025
University Teaching for Teaching Assistants Certificate
Conferred by NTU

Appointment and Service

2026
Judge, Literary Camp for Junior College Students, organised by Singapore's Ministry of Education and NTU SoH's Chinese Programme
2025-present
Member, Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS); European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA); International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
2025
Organising Committee Member, NTU MA in Translation and Interpretation's Conference "Translation, Missionary Activities, and Lexical in Dictionaries: 19th-Century Straits Settlements and the Transmission of Knowledge" 翻译、传教与词汇、词典:19世纪海峡殖民地与知识传播
2024
Organising Committee Member, NTU Chinese Programme's 20th Anniversary Dinner
2019
Invited International Poet, Taipei Poetry Festival (organised by Taipei City Government's Department of Cultural Affairs)
2018-present
Judge, "Hong Ping Guo Chinese Creative Writing Competition", Malaysia

Fellowship, Award, Recognition and Scholarship

Fellowship

2025
Graduate Fellowship, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Academic Award

2024-present
NTU Research Scholarship (a full-ride PhD scholarship)
2009-2011
NTU School of Humanities and Social Sciences Teaching Assistantship (a full-ride MA scholarship)
2008
NTU Wan Boon Sow Award for Chinese Major Students (a First Place Award for each batch Chinese Major Student)

Literary Criticism Award

2009
Merit Prize, Literary Appreciation, The 11th Singapore Tertiary Chinese Literature Award
2008
Second Prize, Literary Appreciation, The 10th Singapore Tertiary Chinese Literature Award

Writer-Editor Award

2020
Booklist of Lianhe Zaobao 2019 (Lu Po-Yeh's Malayan Sketches and Singaporean Sketches [Newly Edited and Annotated] 鲁白野《马来散记(新编注本)》《狮城散记(新编注本)》)
2017
Booklist of Lianhe Zaobao 2016 (Passage of Time: Singapore Bookstore Stories 1881-2016 《致读者:新加坡书店故事 1881-2016》)

Creative Works Award / Selected Works

2025
Acrylic Painting "Hugging Moon" 《抱怨不如抱月》 was featured in the "Art Collective 7: Skyscapes in Motion" Group Exhibition, organised by Singapore's Be One Gallery, from 1 October to 30 December
2024
The 8th poetry collection The Edge of L 《L的棱角》was selected for the Reading List of the Aesop Women's Library Malaysia
2020
Ink Wash Painting "Distanced But Not Apart" 《停见不停爱》 was selected in the "#SGArtforHCW" Exhibition Project, co-organised by the National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Medical Association
2019
Poetry "Elderly People with Three Types of Waiting"〈三等老人〉was selected in: Selected Hundred-Year Sinophone Literary Works - Malaysian Sinophone Issue: Novel & Poetry 《华文文学百年选·马华卷2:小说、新诗》, edited by Da-Wei CHEN and Yee Voon CHOONG, Taipei: Chiu-Ko Publishing
2018
10 poems were selected by Foreign Literature 《外国文艺》Issue 5 (October), Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
2008
Consolation Prize, ConnectNANYANG Photography Competition, NTU

Academic Publications

Published in United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Books

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Conference Papers

Encyclopedia Entry

Translations

Dissertations

Creative Writing and Painting Publications

Poetry and Illustration Collections

The Absurdism of Absurdity 《比谬》
比谬
The Absurdism of Absurdity

1. The Absurdism of Absurdity 《比谬》

2023 | ISBN 978-981-18-8438-2

The Edge of L 《L的棱角》
L的棱角
The Edge of L

2. The Edge of L 《L的棱角》

2023 | ISBN 978-981-18-6360-8

Promised Not to Stir 《说好不搅拌》
说好不搅拌
Promised Not to Stir

3. Promised Not to Stir 《说好不搅拌》

2020 | ISBN 978-981-14-6370-9

To the Lovely Grey 《致美好的灰色》
致美好的灰色
To the Lovely Grey

4. To the Lovely Grey 《致美好的灰色》

2020 | ISBN 978-981-14-4631-3

Meat Up with You 《肉与肉的相遇》
肉与肉的相遇
Meat Up with You

5. Meat Up with You 《肉与肉的相遇》

2019 | ISBN 978-981-14-0376-7

Gaining While Losing 《得不到你时得到你》
得不到你时得到你
Gaining While Losing

6. Gaining While Losing 《得不到你时得到你》

2017 | ISBN 978-981-11-2387-0

When Your Muse Is Stuck in Traffic 《当你灵感塞车》
当你灵感塞车
When Your Muse Is Stuck in Traffic

7. When Your Muse Is Stuck in Traffic 《当你灵感塞车》

2016 | ISBN 978-981-09-8872-2

Bulletproof, Yet How Could We Embrace 《穿着防弹衣的我们怎么拥抱》
穿着防弹衣的我们怎么拥抱
Bulletproof, Yet How Could We Embrace

8. Bulletproof, Yet How Could We Embrace 《穿着防弹衣的我们怎么拥抱》

2015 | ISBN 978-981-09-4045-4

Walking Me on Me 《我走在我之上》
我走在我之上
Walking Me on Me

9. Walking Me on Me 《我走在我之上》

2014 | ISBN 978-981-09-1287-1

Painting Collection

Untamed Heart: Chinese Paintings by QUEK See Ling 《野生的心:郭诗玲水墨画集》
野生的心
Untamed Heart

Untamed Heart: Chinese Paintings by QUEK See Ling 《野生的心:郭诗玲水墨画集》

2018 | [Selected by Huan Lin YAP 叶欢玲] ISBN 978-981-11-7249-6

Children's Literature

Selected Chief-Edited Publications

Cross-Media Adaptation of Creative Works

Selected Invited Lecture and Talk

1. "Poetry and Language" 写诗这回事:浅谈诗歌创作与文字运用
Taipei University of Education [Online]
2023
2. "Self and Others" 自我与他者
Singapore's Nanyang Girls' High School
2022
3. "Poetry and Possibilities" 诗索心可能
Malaysia's Sultan Idris Education University [Online]
2020
4. "How Could We Hug with the Bulletproof Vests on" 穿着防弹衣的我们怎么拥抱
Taipei Poetry Festival
2019
5. "Let's Talk About Heart Rather Than Narration" 叙事不如叙心——谈诗说爱
Malaysia's Sultan Idris Education University and Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University
2019