Assistant Professor Dr Alwyn Lau Wing Wang
Assistant Professor
Academic Qualifications
PhD Arts (Humanities & Social Sciences)
MBA
Bachelor Divinity
BSc Economics
Areas of Interest
Media Studies and Alternative Journalism
Political Philosophy and Malaysian Studies
Anti-Fragility and Risk Studies in Educational Context
Publications
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Nurturing the Anti-Fragile Student: The Barbell Strategy and Academic Merit Sans the Strain¡± (forthcoming, 2022)
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°From Fetish to Forgiveness: A ?i?ekian Intrusion on How the Church ¡®Enjoys¡¯ Herself for the Sake of the World.¡± In From Malaysia to the Ends of the Earth: Southeast Asian and Diasporic Contributions to Biblical and Theological Studies Goh, Elaine W.F., Yong, Amos, Kuan, Jeffrey K. & Tan, Jonathan (eds.) (Claremont, CA: Claremont Press 2021)
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Agape As Death Drive: Christian Soteriology and Sacraments as Vectors of the Traumatic¡±, International Journal of ?i?ek Studies, 13:3 (2019)
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Forgiveness as Solidarity: The ¡®Allah¡¯ Controversy in Malaysia and the Public Discourse of Cheek-Turning¡±, Dialog, 57:1 (2018), 40-46)
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Saved By Trauma: A Psychoanalytical Reading of the Atonement¡±, Dialog, 55.3 (2016), 276-284
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Between Surplus and Lack: Constructing a ?i?ekian Political Theology of Forgiveness¡±, International Journal of Public Theology, 9.3 (2015), 313-332
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Intimating the Unconscious: A Psychoanalytical Refraction of Christian Theo-Political Activism in Malaysia,¡± Critical Research on Religion, 2.3 (2014), 280-298
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Disorderly Conduct: Neurosis, Psychosis & Perversion in Political Malaysia¡±, Asian Journal of Social Science, 42.6 (2014), 77-87
- Lau, Alwyn & Sim Chee Keong, ¡°Just Jouissance: Discerning and Undermining a Politics of Inherent Transgression in Malaysian Socio-Political Discourse,¡± Asian Journal of Political Science, 22.2 (2014), 147-163
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°A Primordial Anxiety: Ontological Trauma and Ethnic Solidarity in Malaysia,¡± Asian Journal of Social Science, 42.3-4 (2014) 291-320
- Lau, Alwyn & Oo Cheng Keat, Online Discussions for Learning: Boon, Bane or Banal? Investigating the Effectiveness of KDU¡¯s Mata Pelajaran Wajib (MPW) E-Forum, presented at the 2nd Global Summit on Education, Kuala Lumpur 2014
- Lau, Alwyn, Tan Hui Leng & Satesh Navasivayam, So You Think You Can Teach? (Kuala Lumpur: August Publishing, 2013)
- Lau A ¡°Naming Names: Can Preachers Tell You Whom to Vote For?¡± In: Woo, Joshua and Tan Soo-Inn (eds), The Bible and the Ballot: Reflections on Christian Political Engagement in Malaysia Today, (Singapore: Graceworks, 2012) 1¨C8.
- Lau, Alwyn ¡°Web 2.0 as a Catalyst for Rethinking Teaching and Learning in Tertiary Education: A Case Study of KDU College (Malaysia),¡± Leading Issues in Social Knowledge Management, 1 (2012), 139¨C157
- Lau, Alwyn, ¡°Deconstruction and the Daring Church: A Brief Dis/(Re)-Assembling of Faith and Politics in Malaysia,¡± Asian Journal of Theology, 25.1 (2011) 24-36
Professional Engagement
- Guest Speaker, EduTech Asia (Manila 2019, Jakarta 2019, Singapore 2020)
- Columnist for the Malay Mail ()
- Author for New Mandala ()
