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Wang Gungwu: Educator And Scholar (Hardcover)
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The name Wang Gungwu is iconic. He is one of the most eminent
scholars and historians in Asia today and is renowned for his
scholarship on the history of the Chinese diaspora in Southeast
Asia, and the history and civilisation of China and Southeast
Asia.A well-known scholar aside, Wang Gungwu has been an inspiring
educator since he embarked on an academic career first at the
University of Malaya and subsequently at the Australian National
University before making his mark as vice chancellor of the
University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1995, chairman of the
Institute of East Asian Political Economy from 1996 to 1997, and
director of the East Asian Institute (EAI) of the National
University of Singapore from 1997 to 2007.This book focuses on Wang
Gungwu as an educator and scholar. The volume is organised into
three parts. The first section highlights the writings of Wang in
the field of higher education. There are 24 selected articles in
this collection, many of which were previously published in
prominent journals. Several essays originated as keynote speeches
at conferences. Spanning over a period of more than three decades
from 1971 (when he was with the Australian National University) to
2008 (when he was with the East Asian Institute), Wang shares in
the essays his perspectives on a broad range of topics - the
relationship between the university and community (both of which
are not monolithic); the role of universities in Asia as global
institutions; the benchmark of excellence in education in the
Asia-Pacific region; the state of social science study in Asia; the
shifting paradigms and their impact on research and writing; and
the role of university in shaping modernity in Asia, etc. Despite
the publication dates of yore, the issues discussed are not passe
and are in fact of significant relevance to universities today.The
second section contains a selection of over 50 books written and
edited by Wang as well as those written in honour of him. The
selection is not exhaustive but it serves as a quick reference
guide for general readers to access the trove of Wang's works on
Chinese diaspora and overseas Chinese; Chinese culture, history and
civilisation; Chinese trade; maritime China; China's ideological
battles; the Chinese Communist Party; China's political economy;
China's reform; China's external relations; China and the new
international order; Chinese world order; migration;
nation-building; Hong Kong; Malaya; Malaysia; and, the Iraq War,
etc.The third section provides a detailed chronology of Wang
Gungwu's life and his illustrious academic career. Born in Java,
brought up in what was then British Malaya, and having lived under
Dutch and British colonial administration, the Japanese occupation,
the Chinese revolution and the newly independent countries of
Malaysia and Singapore, Wang's extraordinary set of experiences
have enriched his writings as one of the leading historians of
China and the doyen of scholarship on the Chinese communities of
Southeast Asia.
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