Self-introduction

Education

• Ph.D., University of London, United Kingdom
• B.A.Hons, M.A., University of Malaya, Singapore

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Resumé

• Rose Morgan Visiting Professor, University of Kansas, John A. Burns Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii
• All Souls College Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, UK
• Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, University of London, UK
• Professor and Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (1997-2007)
• Vice-Chancellor (President), University of Hong Kong (1986-1995)
• Professor and Head, Department of Far Eastern History (1968-1986), Director, Research School of Pacific Studies (1975-1980), Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra
• Professor (1963-1968), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
• Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Malaya, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (1959-1963)

Academic honors

• University Professor, National University of Singapore (2007)
• Honorary Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, London (1996)
• Honorary Research Member, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1996)
• Honorary Professor, Peking University, University of Hong Kong, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Tsinghua University, Jinan University, Xian Jiaotong University
• Honorary Doctorates, University of Hong Kong; University of Sydney; Australian National University; University of Melbourne; Monash University, Melbourne; Griffith University, Brisbane; University of Hull, UK; Soka University, Tokyo; University of Cambridge, UK
• Fukuoka Asian Cultural (International Academic) Prize (1994)
• Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
• Academician, Academia Sinica (1992)
• Commander of the British Empire (CBE 1991)
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1971)

Research fields

• History, Anthropology, Political Science

Research projects

Publications