Danny Wong Tze Ken

Danny Wong Tze Ken is currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. He is a Professor of History at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, where he teaches History of Southeast Asia and History of China. His research interests include the Chinese in Malaysia, China’s relations with Southeast Asia, history of Vietnam, and history of Sabah. He was the Director of Global Planning & Strategy Centre, Universiti Malaya, and Director of the Institute of China Studies. He was the Visiting Professor at Peking University (2018). He was also the Visiting Yip (China) Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge University (20172018) and Visiting Professor at the Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University (2010).

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, United Kingdom. He is also a Member of the Board of Governors, Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore and Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Among his publications are: Wang Gungwu and Malaysia (2021), The Kinabalu Guerrillas and the 1943 Jesselton Uprising (2020 & 2021), Chinese Studies in Malaysia and Singapore in a Global Context (2019), One Crowded Moment of Glory: The Kinabalu Guerrillas and the 1943 Jesselton Uprising (2019), The Diaries of G.C. Woolley, Vol. 1: 1901-1907 (2015); Vol. 2: 1907-1913 (2016) & Vol. 3: 1913-1919 (2018); The Nguyen and Champa during 17th and 18th Century (2007), and The Transformation of an Immigrant Society: A Study of the Chinese of Sabah (1998).