DR. FRANCES TAY (鄭愛蓮)
In brief
Completed a PhD in History research degree at the University of Manchester between 2010 and 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Yang-wen Zheng, Dr Ana Carden-Coyne, Dr Jean-Marc Dreyfus and Dr Pierre Fuller. My external examiners were Dr Tim Harper (University of Cambridge) and Dr Steven Pierce (University of Manchester). I contributed the chapter "Remembering the Japanese occupation massacres: mass graves in post-war Malaysia" to the volume Human Remains and Identification: Mass Violence, Genocide and the 'Forensic Turn' (edited by Elisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus, University of Manchester Press, 2015). Papers presented include: 7th Asian Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies (National University of Singapore) in 2012, 2nd Annual & International Conference of the Research Programme Corpses of Mass Violence and Genocide (University of Manchester) in 2013, Violence and Conflict Graduate Conference: Remembering Violence and Violent Memory (University of Cambridge) in 2014, In the Shadow of the First World War: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict in Global Perspective (University of Manchester) in 2014 and at the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) Conference (University of Brighton) in 2014.
The longer yarn
I graduated from Australian National University with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1994 and obtained a Masters in Social Development and Sustainable Livelihoods at the University of Reading in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, I was involved in a project with Holocaust survivors in Lithuania. This culminated in a documentary, which I co-produced, titled Surviving History: Portraits from Vilna. This short film received the Audience Poll Award at the Imperial War Museum Film Festival 2009 and the Winton Train Award 2009. As part of the project, I also co-produced a touring exhibition. This exhibition was hosted at Holocaust museums in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, at University College Dublin, Shropshire Council's Shire Hall, the Central Synagogue and London Jewish Cultural Centre, and at Biddenham Upper School in Bedfordshire. In part, the impetus for my research on Japanese war crimes emerged out of my experiences with this project. I've had a pretty varied career, from editor of a magazine, freelancing as a business development consultant to running a bookshop. My most recent projects include co-writing Tree Tops, currently in development with Blunt Stuff Pictures.
Completed a PhD in History research degree at the University of Manchester between 2010 and 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Yang-wen Zheng, Dr Ana Carden-Coyne, Dr Jean-Marc Dreyfus and Dr Pierre Fuller. My external examiners were Dr Tim Harper (University of Cambridge) and Dr Steven Pierce (University of Manchester). I contributed the chapter "Remembering the Japanese occupation massacres: mass graves in post-war Malaysia" to the volume Human Remains and Identification: Mass Violence, Genocide and the 'Forensic Turn' (edited by Elisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus, University of Manchester Press, 2015). Papers presented include: 7th Asian Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies (National University of Singapore) in 2012, 2nd Annual & International Conference of the Research Programme Corpses of Mass Violence and Genocide (University of Manchester) in 2013, Violence and Conflict Graduate Conference: Remembering Violence and Violent Memory (University of Cambridge) in 2014, In the Shadow of the First World War: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict in Global Perspective (University of Manchester) in 2014 and at the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) Conference (University of Brighton) in 2014.
The longer yarn
I graduated from Australian National University with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1994 and obtained a Masters in Social Development and Sustainable Livelihoods at the University of Reading in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, I was involved in a project with Holocaust survivors in Lithuania. This culminated in a documentary, which I co-produced, titled Surviving History: Portraits from Vilna. This short film received the Audience Poll Award at the Imperial War Museum Film Festival 2009 and the Winton Train Award 2009. As part of the project, I also co-produced a touring exhibition. This exhibition was hosted at Holocaust museums in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, at University College Dublin, Shropshire Council's Shire Hall, the Central Synagogue and London Jewish Cultural Centre, and at Biddenham Upper School in Bedfordshire. In part, the impetus for my research on Japanese war crimes emerged out of my experiences with this project. I've had a pretty varied career, from editor of a magazine, freelancing as a business development consultant to running a bookshop. My most recent projects include co-writing Tree Tops, currently in development with Blunt Stuff Pictures.