Zhou Ziqian Jan
Senior Lecturer
Contact Information
Telephone: 6516 6156
Email: elczz@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #03-05 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)
| I am a philosopher by training, and I publish mainly in the domain of metaphysics. My teaching interests, however, lie in the fields of ethics and philosophical aspects of the law (especially the criminal law). Teaching is the most satisfying work I do: my students, perhaps unbeknownst to them, have taught me more than I have them. I am Singaporean, but with an outsider’s eye; and, I think that in a genuinely pluralistic society one might need to seek membership in more than one religious tradition, heretical as this may sound. Yet, and certainly more importantly, I am also a son, a friend, a lover of early Japanese cinema and am becoming a lifelong reader of Hong Lou Meng—a novel which I hope to discuss with future generations of younger Singaporeans.
I received an MA (Philosophy and Politics) from the University of Edinburgh, an MPhil (Philosophy) and a PhD (Philosophy) from University College London. I am director of CELC’s master’s degree, the MA in English Communication Teaching. I serve on the University Teaching Excellence Committee, the General Education Committee (Provost's Office) and CELC’s Department Evaluation Committee. I have served on CELC’s Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Teaching Excellence Committee, the Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Committee, and the committee in charge of the professional socialization of new CELC faculty members and the career development of existing ones. I hope, one day, to chair the committee to end all committees. |
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Recent Courses Taught
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Awards & Recognition
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Selected Publications (since 2019)Publications in Philosophy
Publications in Educational Research
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