Danny Wong Tze Ken

Biography

Danny Wong Tze Ken is currently Director, Global Planning & Strategy Centre, University of Malaya, and Professor of History at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya where he teaches history of Indochina and Southeast Asia. His research interests include the Chinese in Malaysia, China’s relations with Southeast Asia and history of Sabah. He was Visiting Scholar at the Research Center for Social Science & Humanities, National Tsinghua University, Visiting Professor at the Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University, Visiting Scholar at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Visiting Lecturer at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Visiting Professor at the Asia-Europe Institute. Among his publications are: The Diaries of G.C. Woolley, Vol. 1: 1901-1907 (2015) & Vol. 2: 1907-1913 (2016), Historical Sabah: The War (2010), The Spirit of Borneo (2009),The Nguyen and Champa during 17th and 18th Century (2007), Historical Sabah: the Chinese (2005), Historical Sabah: Community and Society (2004), The Transformation of an Immigrant Society: a Study of the Chinese of Sabah (1998) and Vietnam-Malaysia Relations during the Cold War (1995). Professor Wong is a Member of the Board of Governors, Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore and Council Member of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Member of the Board of Trustees, SEASREP Foundation, and Chairman of the UNESCO Southeast Asian Shared-History Textbook Technical Committee. He is also Director, Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya. He is currently working on Hakka Communities in Southeast Asia, Hybrid communities in Southeast Asia and Monuments and Memorials in Malaysia.

Research Interest

Chinese in Malaysia, History of Sabah, History of Southeast Asia, History of Vietnam