Holden, Philip (Joseph)

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HOLDEN, Philip (Joseph)

HOLDEN, Philip (Joseph). British, b. 1962. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China, foreign expert, 1986-87; Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore, lecturer, 1994-97, assistant professor of literature and cultural studies, 1998-. University of Hong Kong, visiting scholar at Centre for Asian Studies, 1991; Open University, Singapore, tutor and counselor, 1996-97, 1999-; visiting fellow at Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1996, and at Centre for British and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Warwick, 1997-98. Publications: Orienting Masculinity, Orienting Nation: W. Somerset Maugham's Exotic Fiction, 1996; Modern Subjects/Colonial Texts: Hugh Clifford and the Discipline of English Literature in the Straits Settlements, 1895-1907, 1999. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Division of Literature and Drama School of Arts, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 469 Bukit Timah Rd., Singapore 259756, Singapore. Online address: philiph@cyberway.com.sg; pjholden@nie.edu.sg

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