University Professor, (2007—), National University of Singapore
Education
B.A.Hons, M.A., University of Malaya, Singapore
Ph.D., University of London, United Kingdom
Professional Experience
Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Malaya, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (1959-1963)
Professor and Head of Department of History (1963-1968), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Professor and Head, Department of Far Eastern History (1968-1986), Director, Research School of Pacific Studies (1975-1980), Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra
Vice-Chancellor (President), University of Hong Kong (1986-1995)
Professor and Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (1997-2007)
Chairman of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2004-2017)
Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, University of London, UK
All Souls College Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, UK
John A. Burns Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii
Rose Morgan Visiting Professor, University of Kansas
Chairman of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (2007-2018)
Chairman, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2002-2019)
Specialties
History, Anthropology, Political Science
Awards and Honors
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1971); President (1980-1983)
Commander of the British Empire (CBE 1991)
Academician, Academia Sinica (1992)
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
Fukuoka Asian Cultural (International Academic) Prize (1994)
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; University of Malaya, KL; National University of Singapore
Honorary Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, London (1996); Wolfson College, University of Cambridge (2009)
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, China Foreign Affairs University
Distinguished Service Award, National University of Singapore (2005)
Public Service Star Award, Government of Singapore (2008)
Darjah Dato’ Paduka Makhota Perak, Malaysia (2011 )
Meritorious Service Medal, Government of Singapore (2013)
Economic and Social Science Prize, Nara Cosmopolitan Awards (2014)
Order of Australia (AO 2018)
Tang Prize in Sinology (2020)
Distinguished Service Order (Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang)(2020)