Name: LOW SHIANG YII

Position：Assistant Professor

Research Field：Cultural Anthropology, Malaysian Studies, Maritime and Island Studies, Austronesian Studies

Office: Room 206, Nan’an Building

Email: xiangyi@xmu.edu.cn

Education Background:

2019-2023  Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Law Peking University，

2016-2019  M.A., School of International Education ,Tianjin University

2009-2012  B.A., School of Humanities ,Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Work Experience:

2023.11 – present， Assistant Professor，School of International Relations/Research School of Southeast Asian Studies，Xiamen University

Teaching:

1. Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences （Undergraduate，2025-）

2. Fieldwork Methods （Graduate，2025-）

3. Society and Culture in Southeast Asia（Graduate，2024-）

Research Projects:

Anthropology Research on Malaysia’s Island Transformation and its Implications for Human-Island Sustainable Development，2025， Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (China), on going.

Publication:

1. Low Shiang Yii, Gao Bingzhong, (2023). “The interrelations Between global Mobility and local Organization: A case study of Marine Fisheries in Pangkor island”, Journal of Hubei Minzu University (Philosophy and Social Science). Volume 41, issue 3.

2. Low Shiang Yii, (2022). “The God-bound Transition of a Mortal: Ancestor and God Veneration by ethnic Chinese Malaysian”, Malaysian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume 11, issue 2.

3. Low Shiang Yii, (2021). “The Marine Economy of East coast Malaya in the 1940s – Review of Raymond Firth ‘The Malay Fishermen’”, XueWen, Volume 2.

4. Low Shiang Yii, Ma Zhiyao, (2018). “Opportunities and Challengers in the Development of Study in China under the Belt and Road intiative”, Ethno-National Studies in Gansu, Volume 2.

Publications in Edited Volumes:

1. “Malaysia Tourism Development Report (2020–2023)” , In Malaysia Development Report · 2024, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press(China), 2025, pp. 239–269.

2. “Existing Problems and Solutions in Chinese Language Education for International Students under the Belt and Road Initiative”, In Ma Zhiyao & Chang Guoyi (eds.), Studies on International Chinese Education from the Anthropological Perspective, Tianjin: Tianjin University Press(China), 2020, pp. 99–172.

3. “Zhang Hongli’s Craftsmanship Career”, In Ma Zhiyao & Wang Mingyue (eds.), Oral History Series of Heritage Bearers: Oral History of the Cloth Tiger Artisan, Tianjin: Tianjin University Press(China), 2020.

Newspaper Articles:

1. “The Urgent Need to Combat Domestic Scams and Transnational Crime Effectively”, Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia), 14 July 2024.

2. “Wandering and Returning: Malaysia–China Relations over the Past Fifty Years from a Malaysian Perspective” , Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia), 19 June 2024.

3. “The Israel–Palestine Conflict and Malaysia: Morality and Reason.” Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia), 31 December 2023.

4. “The Road to Recovery for Malaysia’s Tourism Industry: Branding, Communities, and Policy.” Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia), 8 October 2023.