Ng Chin-Keong
Ng Chin-Keong | |
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吳振強 | |
Nationality | Singaporean |
Occupation | Historian, professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Nanyang University (B.A.) University of Wisconsin–Madison (M.A.) Australian National University (Ph.D.) |
Doctoral advisor | Wang Gungwu |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Chinese history, economic history of China |
Ng Chin-Keong (simplified Chinese: 吴振强; traditional Chinese: 吳振強) was Professor of Chinese History at the National University of Singapore until his retirement in 2006. He was also the Director of the between 2004 and 2006. He is a Singapore citizen by birth and obtained his B.A. in history from the Nanyang University. After working as a teacher for several years, he completed his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his Ph.D. in Chinese history at the Australian National University where he was a student of Wang Gungwu.[1]
Selected publications[]
- Chinese and Indian Business: Historical Antecedents (Co-edited) (Leiden: Brill, 2009).
- Maritime China in Transition, 1750-1850. (Co-edited) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004).
- Trade and Society: The Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683-1735 (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1983).
- Ng, Chin-Keong (1983). Trade and Society, the Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683-1735. NUS Press. ISBN 9971690691. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- The Chinese in Riau: A Community on an Unstable and Restrictive Frontier (Singapore: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Nanyang University, 1976).
- The Stormy Months between 5th August 1973 and 15th January 1974 in Indonesia: The Issues and Agitations (Singapore: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Nanyang University, 1976).
- Xinjiapo Huaqun Shilunji 新加坡華族史論集 (Singapore: Nanyang Daxue Biyesheng Xuehui, 1972).
- Dongnanya Shigang 東南亞史綱 (Singapore: Qingnian Shuju, 1966).
References[]
Categories:
- Singaporean sinologists
- Historians of China
- Singaporean academics
- National University of Singapore faculty
- Living people
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent