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Citation for Emeritus Prof Wang Gungwu CITATION FOR EMERITUS PROF WANG GUNGWU Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Wang Gung Wu A teacher, scholar, an internationally renowned historian whose views on overseas Chinese and Southeast Asian culture and issues are much respected by scholars the world over as well as the popular media. His life and his immense volume of works have transcended boundaries and countries. Wang Gung Wu was born in Surabaya, Indonesia on 9th October 1930, the only child of Wang Fo Wen and Ting Yien. His father had earlier moved from Taizhou in the Jiangsu province, China to work as a teacher, teaching the overseas Chinese in Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Singapore before going to Surabaya to be a headmaster. Thus Wang Gungwu belongs by birth to the overseas Chinese community whose history and presence in Southeast Asia was to become the subject of his life-long scholarship and research. When his father returned to work in Malaya, the family moved and settled into a mixed ethnic locality in Ipoh in 1936. The young Wang received his early formal education from the Anderson School in Ipoh during the British rule in Malaya. Formal schooling for him stopped during the Japanese Occupation. He was then home-schooled by his scholarly parents from 1941 to 1945. When World War II ended, with his interest piqued in another direction, he proceeded in 1946 to his parents‟ homeland, China to study foreign languages at the National Central University in Nanjing. He was there for one-and-a-half years before his studies got disrupted by Civil War. He returned to Malaya at the end of 1948 and resumed his studies at the University of Malaya in Singapore, from 1949 to 1954. He majored in English literature, history and economics. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History degree in 1953 and his Master of Arts in History degree two years later. While in UM, he was also equally active as a student union leader involved in many student activities. 1 He met his wife Margaret Lim Ping-Ting at the University of Malaya, in 1951, where both had studied and served in the student body, he as President and she as a student council member. They got married in London on 21 December 1955, and are blessed with three children – Shih- chang, Lin-chang and Hui-chang. The next phase of his knowledge seeking journey took him to the University of London in 1954. There he obtained his PhD degree in Chinese History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1957. His thesis was on „The structure of power in North China during the Five Dynasties‟. Wang Gungwu‟s entry into working-life, somewhat fittingly one might say, started with a lecturing career in the University of Malaya in Singapore, from 1957 to 1959, first as an assistant lecturer and moving up to become a lecturer (1959) in the History Department. Shortly after Malaya had gained its independence, when the opportunity came along, he was among the pioneering few who chose to come to the Pantai Valley of Kuala Lumpur in 1959 to start up the KL division of the University. He continued as lecturer at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur till 1961, rising to become Dean of the Faculty of Arts at a young age of 32 in 1962, and Professor of History from 1963-68. Many international job offers began to pour in for this teacher and researcher. He finally accepted the position of Professor of Far Eastern History in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra in 1968, where he later also served as its Director (1975-80). His teachings at ANU had opened the minds and eyes of the Australians to a better understanding on China and Southeast Asia. He worked at the ANU until 1986 and was conferred an Emeritus Professorship by ANU in two years later. Prof. Wang is ever ready to share his scholarly mind and research talents with overseas institutions which hold him and his academic works in high esteem. He was, for example: a Rockefeller Fellow at the University of London from 1961-62; Senior Visiting Fellow at University of London in 1972; Visiting Fellow at Oxford University from 1974-75; 2 a John A. Burns Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Hawaii in 1981; and Rose Morgan Professor of History at the University of Kansas in 1983. Prof. Wang‟s career path then took an interesting turn in 1986. Intrigued by the idea and the opportunity to sharpen the minds of the young Chinese in Hong Kong, in the era prior to Hong Kong coming under Chinese sovereignty in 1997, he accepted the offer to become the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, a position he held from 1986 to 1995. With his vision and support, the University of Hong Kong established the Hong Kong University Foundation of Educational Development and Research. The mission of the Foundation is to foster stronger links with the community and enhance Hong Kong University's capacity for teaching and research. Prof. Wang‟s academic career next led him to Singapore in 1996. During his stint there, he was: Chairman of the Institute of East Asian Political Economy from 1996- 97; Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies from 1996-2002; Director of East Asian Institute and Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS) from 1997 to 2007. In recognition for his service to the community, contributions to the Chinese historio-graphy, and for achieving the highest standards in research excellence, Prof. Wang was appointed a University Professor at NUS in 2007 – the third person to receive the University‟s highest academic appointment at the time. Over the span of a prolific and illustrious career, Prof. Wang has amassed an unparalleled array of accolades. He has been honoured with numerous awards and Honorary Doctorates by governments, universities and organisations from across the globe. In view of time constraint, I can only cite a few examples here this morning. Prof. Wang was awarded the Commander of the British Empire, or CBE, by Governor David Wilson of Hong Kong in 1991. 3 He received from the Government of Singapore, the Public Service Award in 2004 and the Public Service Star Award in 2008. In the field of academia, he was conferred: the Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from three universities, namely Monash University, Melbourne (1993)‟ the Australian National University (1996), and from the University of Melbourne (1997); he was also conferred the Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) from five other universities, namelt university of Sydney (1991), University of Hull (1998), University of Hong Kong (2002), the Open University of Hong Kong (2007), and University of Cambridge (2009). Age does not seem to hold back his continued lifelong interest in cultures and his contributions to education and society. He is currently a University Professor (since 2007) and Chairman of the East Asian Institute as well as the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. His leadership at the East Asian Institute, first as Director, then as Chairman, has transformed the Institute into a leading think-tank on modern China. Prof Wang is also the Chairman of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Over the past 45 years or so, he has been invited on numerous occasions to deliver named lectures in prestigious universities all over the world, such as Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, Peking University, University of Melbourne, Academia Sinica, George Washington University, University of California, and London School of Economics. Authors have called him an “intellectual bridge builder” that the world dearly needs and can use. His many writings and body of works reveal his intimate knowledge on Chinese history, in particular on the overseas Chinese, especially those in Southeast Asia, and their links to mainland China. Among the topics of his articles and writings are Peranakan Chinese in a Globalising Southeast Asia, Asian Ethnicity, and China’s Place in Asia. Prof. Wang has greatly improved our understanding about the overseas Chinese, and deepened our insights into China as China becomes a major economic power today. 4 A recent book written by a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore entitled „Wang Gungwu - Junzi: Scholar-Gentleman‟ provides an interesting, in-depth look into the life, times, thoughts and life-long works of this leading scholar, historian, Sinologist and public intellectual. Today, Wawasan Open University joins the chorus of your admirers, Prof. Wang, in saluting your accomplishments, in praying for your continual success, and welcoming you to the company of the Alumni of this University. Tun Chancellor, on behalf of the University, it is my great privilege to present Prof Wang Gungwu for the award of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. 5 .
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