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CURRICULUM VITAE

LIU Hong Tan Kah Kee Endowed Chair Professor of Asian Studies

Chair, School of Social Sciences

Director, Nanyang Centre for Public Administration

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

06-15, HSS Building, 14 Nanyang Drive

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637332

Telephones: (65) 6592-7570; Fax: (65) 6316-4697

Email: LiuHong@ntu.edu.sg

Teaching and Administrative Experiences

Teaching & Research

• Tan Kah Kee Endowed Chair Professor (tenured) of Public Policy and Global

Affairs, School of Social Sciences, and Professor of History, School of

Humanities, Nanyang Technological University (2017.4-)

• Tan Kah Kee Endowed Chair Professor (tenured), School of Humanities and

Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (2010.9-2017.3)

• Chair Professor (tenured), Department of East Asian Studies, University of

Manchester, UK (2006.6-2010.9) • Assistant Professor/Associate Professor (1995.11-2006.6), Department of Chinese

Studies, National University of Singapore (awarded tenure in August 2000)

Administrative

• Chair, School of Social Sciences, NTU (2017.4-)

• Chair, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, NTU (2011.7-2017.3)

• Director, Nanyang Centre for Public Administration, NTU (2014.1-present)

• Executive Director, Lien Ying Chow Legacy Fellowship Programme (2014.1-

present)

• Founding Director, Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Manchester

(2006.7-2010.9)

• Academic Director, UK Study China Programme (2007.7-2010.9)

• Head, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Manchester (2010.2-

2010.9) • Assistant Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) (2002.5-2005.6), Faculty of Arts

and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

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• Convenor, China Studies Minor Programme (2003-2005), NUS

• Assistant Director, Research Centre for Chinese Studies (1998-2001), NUS

Visiting Appointments

• Visiting (Senior) Research Fellow (Jan-July 2002, Dec. 2003; Sept. 2009-Feb.

2010), Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan (funded by

the Japanese Ministry of Education, won through international competitions)

• Visiting Professor (2005.9-2006.1), College of International Relations,

Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

• Visiting Scholar (June-August 2005), Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies,

Harvard University, USA

• Distinguished International Visiting Professor (June 2006, funded by the Taiwan

Ministry of Education), College of Hakka Studies, National Central University

• Visiting Scholar (December 2002), Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Stockholm

University, Sweden

• Visiting Professor (June-July 1998), History Department, Peking University

• Visiting Fellow (May 1998), Institute of Oriental Culture, Tokyo University

• Visiting Fellow (1987.12-1989.3), Anthropological-Sociological Center,

University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Education

• BA (History), Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 1982

• MA (History & Asian Studies), Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1985

• PhD (History & Asian Studies), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA, 1995

Key Research Interests

• Governance in a globalizing Asia

• Politics and international relations of East and Southeast Asia

• Chinese nationalism, transnationalism, and international migration

• Social and business networks of the Asia-pacific

• Global talent strategies and policies

Selected Publications Books and Edited Volumes

In English

1. Gregor Benton and Liu Hong, Dear China: Chinese Emigrants Write Home, 1820-

1980. Berkeley: University of California Press, forthcoming.

2. Gregor Benton, Liu Hong, and Zhang Huimei, eds., The Strongest Link: The Qiaopi

Trade and Transnational Networks in the Chinese Diaspora. London: Routledge,

forthcoming.

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3. Liu Hong and Yow Chuen Hoe, special issue guest editors, “Problematizing Sino-

Southeast Asian Relations at the turn of the 21st Century,” Journal of

Contemporary China, vol. 25, no. 102 (November 2016).

4. Liu Hong and Els Van Dongen, special issue guest editors: “Reconsidering

Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Asia,” Nature and Culture, vol.

10, issue 1 (March 2015).

5. Liu Hong, China and the Shaping of Indonesia, 1949-1965. Singapore and Kyoto:

National University of Singapore Press and Kyoto University Press, 2011. Pp. 321.

Indonesian version was published as Sukarno, Tiongkok, dan Inspirasi RRC di

Indonesia, 1949-1965 [Sukarno, China, and the Inspirations of the PRC in

Indonesia, 1949-1965]. Jakarta: Kommunitas Bambu, 2015, pp. 349.

6. Zheng Yangwen, Hong Liu, and Michael Szonyi, eds., The Cold War in Asia: The

Battle for Hearts and Minds. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. Pp. 268.

7. Hong Liu, ed., The Chinese Overseas, 4 volumes. London & New York:

Routledge, 2006. Pp. 1794.

8. Hong Liu and S. K. Wong, Singapore Chinese Society in Transition: Business,

Politics and Socio-economic Change, 1945-1965. New York: Peter Lang

Publishing, 2004. Pp. 299.

9. Gregor Benton and Hong Liu, eds., Diasporic Chinese Ventures: The Life and

Work of Wang Gungwu. London & New York: Routledge, 2004. Pp. 256.

10. Melissa Curley and Hong Liu, eds., China and Southeast Asia: Changing Social

and Cultural Linkages. Hong Kong: Center of Asian Studies, Hong Kong

University, 2002. Pp. 258.

In Chinese

1. 《新加坡人才战略与实践》（第一作者，与王辉耀合著）（北京，2015年）

[Singapore’s Talent Strategies and Practices, lead author, co-author with Wang

Huiyao, Beijing, December 2015], Pp.215.

2. 《海外华侨华人与中国的公共外交：政策机制、个案分析、全球比较》（广

州：暨南大学出版社，2015年） [Liu Hong, Chinese Diaspora and Public

Diplomacy: Policy Mechanisms, Case Analyses, Global Comparisons.

Guangzhou: Jinan University Press, 2015]. 3. 《跨界亚洲的理念与实践: 中国模式、华人网络、国际关系》. 南京: 南京大

学出版社, 2013 [Conceptualization and Practices of Transnational Asia：China

Model, Ethnic Network, and International Relations. Nanjing: Nanjing University

Press, 2013]. Pp. 305.

4. 《战后新加坡华人社会的嬗变: 本土情怀∙区域网络∙全球视野》. 厦门: 厦门大

学出版社, 2003. [The Transformation of Chinese Society in Post-War Singapore:

Localizing Process, Regional Networking and Global Perspective. Xiamen:

Xiamen University Press, 2003]. Pp. 332.

5. 《中国-东南亚学：理论建构∙互动模式∙个案分析》. 北京：中国社会科学出

版社，2000. [Sino-Southeast Asian Studies: Theoretical Framework, Interaction

Patterns and Case Analyses. Beijing: China Social Sciences Publishing House,

2000]. Pp. 368.

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In Indonesian

1. Pram dan Cina [Pramoedya and China] (co-author with Goenawan Mohamad,

Sumit Mandal). Jakarta: Komunitas Bambu, 2008. Pp. 139.

Journal Articles

Articles in International Refereed Academic Journals (in English, French, and Dutch)

1. Liu Hong and Els Van Dongen, “China’s Diaspora Policies as a New Mode of

Transnational Governance,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 25, no. 102

(November 2016), pp. 805-821.

2. Liu Hong, “Opportunities and Anxieties for the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast

Asia,” Current History: A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs, vol. 115, no.

784 (November 2016), pp. 312-318.

3. Liu Hong and Gregor Benton, “The Qiaopi Trade and Its role in Modern China

and the Chinese Diaspora: Toward an Alternative Explanation of ‘Transnational

Capitalism’,” Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 75, no. 3 (August 2016), pp. 575-

594.

4. Giuseppina Merchionne and Liu Hong, “Arts, cuisine et design: La génération

1.75 de la diaspora chinoise à Milan et la création d’entreprises transnationales”

[Arts, cuisine, and design: the 1.75 generation of Chinese Diaspora in Milan and

the making of transnational enterprises], Hommes et Migrations, no. 1314 (June

2016), pp. 44-51.

5. Zhou Min and Liu Hong, “Homeland Engagement and Host-Society Integration:

A Comparative Study of New Chinese Immigrants in the United States and

Singapore”, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, vol. 57, no. 1

(February 2016), pp. 30-52.

6. Ren Na and Liu Hong, “Traversing between Local and Transnational: Dual

Embeddedness of New Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Singapore,” Asian

and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 24, no. 3 (September 2015), pp. 298-326. 7. Els Van Dongen and Liu Hong, “Introduction: Sustainability and Asia,” Nature

and Culture, vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2015), pp. 1-11.

8. Bin Wu and Hong Liu, “Bringing Class Back In: Class Consciousness and

Solidarity among Chinese Migrant Workers in Italy and the UK,” Ethnic and

Racial Studies, vol. 37, no. 8 (Aug 2014), pp. 1391-1408.

9. Hong Liu, “Beyond Co-Ethnicity: The Politics of Differentiating and Integrating

New Immigrants in Singapore,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 37, no. 7 (July

2014), pp. 1225-1238. This article is reprinted in Edmund Gomez and Gregor

Benton, eds., Belonging to the Nation: Generational Change, Identity and the

Chinese Diaspora (London: Routeldge, 2014).

10. Hong Liu, “Transnational Chinese Social Sphere in Singapore: Dynamics,

Transformations, Characteristics,” Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, vol. 41,

no 2 (2012), pp. 37-60.

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11. Hong Liu, “Beyond a Revisionist Turn: Network, State, and the Changing

Dynamics of Diasporic Chinese Entrepreneurship,” China: An International

Journal, vol. 10, no. 3 (2012), pp. 20-41.

12. Hong Liu, “An Emerging China and Diasporic Chinese: Historicity, the State,

and International Relations,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 20, no. 71

(2011), pp. 856-876.

13. Hong Liu, “The Transnational Construction of ‘National Allegory’: China and

the Cultural Politics of Postcolonial Indonesia,” Critical Asian Studies, vol. 38,

no. 3 (2006), pp. 179-210.

14. Hong Liu, “New Migrants and the Revival of Overseas Chinese Nationalism,”

Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 14, no. 43 (2005), pp. 291-316.

15. Hong Liu, “Explaining the Dynamics and Patterns of Chinese Migration since

1980: An Historical and Demographical Perspective,” Journal of Oriental

Studies (Hong Kong University and Stanford University), vol. 39, no. 1 (2005),

pp. 92-110.

16. Hong Liu, “Beyond Orientalism and the East-West Divide: China and Southeast

Asia in the Double Mirror,” Stockholm Journal of East Asian Studies (Stockholm

University), vol. 13 (2003), pp. 45-65.

17. Hong Liu, “Social Capital and Business Networking: A Case Study of Modern

Chinese Transnationalism,” Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto University), vol. 39,

no. 3 (2001), pp. 357-381. [Reprinted in Documents on China Relations (Tokyo),

no. 44, 2002, print and CD-ROM versions].

18. Hong Liu, “Sino-Southeast Asian Studies: Towards an Alternative Paradigm,”

Asian Studies Review (Oxford), vol. 25, no. 3 (2001), pp. 259-283.

19. Hong Liu, “Intellectual Representations and Socio-Political Implications:

Comparative China-Imagining in Postcolonial Indonesia and Contemporary

America,” Asian Thought and Society (New York), vol. 26, no. 76 (2001), pp.

29-50.

20. Hong Liu, “Chinese Business Associations and Socio-Economic Interactions

between Singapore and Malaysia: A Case Study of Cross-Border Networking,”

Indonesia and the Malay World (London), vol. 27, no. 79 (1999), pp. 192-207.

21. Hong Liu, “Organized Chinese Transnationalism and the Institutionalization of

Business Networks: Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a

Case Analysis,” Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto), vol. 37, no. 3 (1999), pp. 391-

416.[Reprinted in Documents on China Relations (Tokyo), no. 42, 2000, print

and CD-ROM versions].

22. Hong Liu, “Old Linkages, New Networks: The Globalization of Overseas

Chinese Voluntary Associations and its Implications,” The China Quarterly

(Cambridge), no. 155 (1998), pp. 582-609. [Reprinted in Hong Liu, ed., The

Chinese Overseas, vol. 2 (London: Roultedge, 2006), pp. 152-181.]

23. Hong Liu, “Constructing a China Metaphor: Sukarno’s Perception of the PRC

and Indonesia’s Political Transformation,” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

(Cambridge), vol. 28, no. 1 (1997), pp. 27-46. [Reprinted in Geoff Wade, ed.,

China and Southeast Asia, vol. 6, The People’s Republic of China and Southeast

Asia (London: Routledge, 2009), pp. 43-65].

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24. Hong Liu, “Pramoedya Ananta Toer and China: The Transformation of a

Cultural Intellectual,” Indonesia (Cornell University), no. 61 (1996), pp. 119-

143.

25. Hong Liu, “Explaining the Dynamics of the Southeast Asian Political Economy:

State, Society and the Search for Economic Growth” (with Gary Hawes), World

Politics (Princeton University), vol. 45, no. 4 (1993), pp. 629-660. [Reprinted in

John Ravenhill, ed., The Political Economy of East Asia, Aldershot, UK: An

Elgar Reference Collection, 1995, vol. 3, pp.127-158].

26. Hong Liu, “China’s Beleid en Zuidoost-Azie in de jaren ’80” (in Dutch)

[China’s Policies towards Southeast Asia in the 1980s], Internationale Spectator

(Royal Institute of International Relations, the Hague), no. 5 (1988), pp. 274-280.

Refereed Journal Articles (in Chinese and Japanese)

1. <东南亚跨界华商组织与“一带一路”战略的建构和实施>, 《南洋问题研究》

2016 年第四期. [“Transnational Chinese Business Associations in Southeast Asia

and the Making of One Belt One Road Strategy”]. Southeast Asian Affairs, no. 4

(December 2016), pp. 1-12. 2. <跨国网络与全球治理：东亚政治经济发展的趋势和挑战>,《当代亚太》，

2013 年第 6 期，第 4-29 页［”Transnational Network and Global Governance:

Trends and Challenges of the East Asian Political Economy,” Journal of

Contemporary Asian-Pacific Studies, no. 6, Dec. 2013, pp. 4-29]. Japanese

translation appears as 国境を越えたネットワークとグローバルガバナンス

―東アジア政治経済の発展の趨勢と挑戦 （大阪大学中国文化フォーラ

ム・ディスカッションペーパー No.2015）.

3. <海外华人跨国主义实践的模式及其差异——基于美国和新加坡的比较分析>,

《华侨华人历史研究》(与周敏合著)，2013 年第一期，第 1－19 页

［ ”Changing Patterns of Overseas Chinese Transnationalism: America v.

Singapore” （co-author with Zhou Min), Overseas Chinese History Studies, no. 1,

2013, pp. 1-19]. This article was translated and published in Korean and

published in September 2014.

4. <新加坡的国际人才战略及其对中国的启示>,《第一资源》（中国人事科学

院出版），2012 年第 1期 [“Singapore’s Global Talent Strategies and Lessons

for China”, First Resources (published by China Academy of Personnel Science),

no. 1, 2012]. 5. <中国崛起时代的东南亚华侨华人社会:变迁与挑战>,《东南亚研究》，2012

年 12 月第 6期, 第 47-54页［”Ethnic Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia

at a time of China Rising: Transformations and Challenges”, Southeast Asian

Studies, no. 6, December 2012, pp. 47-54]. This article was translated and

published in Korean and published in September 2014.

6. <海外华人研究的谱系：主题的变化与方法的演进>, 《华人研究国际学报》

（新加坡），2009年第2期, 页1-28.[“The Genealogy of Diasporic Chinese

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Studies: Changing Themes and Evolving Approaches,” International Journal of

Diasporic Chinese Studies, no. 2, 2009] 7. <当代华人新移民的跨国实践与人才环流:英国与新加坡的比较研究>，《中

山大学学报(社会科学版)》，2009年第6期, 页165-176.[“Transnational

Practice and Brain Circulation: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Chinese

New Immigrants in Britain and Singapore,” Journal of Sun Yat-sen University, no.

6, 2009.

8. <作为新政策领域的跨国华人：20世纪末21世纪之初的中国与新加坡>,《中

国研究》（北京），第5/6辑（2008年10月），第252-74页.[“Transnational

Chinese as a New Policy Arena: China and Singapore at the Turn of the 21st

Century,” China Studies, nos. 5/6 (2008)].

9. <ネットワーク、アイデンティティと華人研究: 二十世紀の東アジア地域秩

序を再検討する> (與廖赤陽合撰)『東南アジア研究』（京都大学）, 第43卷，

第四期，2006年，页346-373.[“Network, Identity, and Ethnic Chinese Studies:

Reexamining 20th Century East Asian Regional Order,” Southeast Asian Studies

(Kyoto University), vol. 43, no. 4, 2006, pp. 346-373].

10. <新加坡中华总商会与亚洲华商网络的制度化>, 《历史研究》 (中国社会科

学院), 2000年第一期，页106－118. [全文转载于《人大报刊复印资料：经

济史》， 2000年第三期，页 136-148]. [“Singapore Chinese Chamber of

Commerce and the Institutionalization of Asian Chinese Business Network,”

Historical Studies, no. 1, 2000].

Refereed Chapters in Books

1. 刘宏、贾丽华<海外高校的人才战略及其启示——新加坡南洋理工大学的个

案分析>, 王辉耀主编《著名专家论人才创新——中国人才 50 人论坛文集

》，即将出版。

2. 刘宏主编《大学之道——新加坡高等教育的理念与实践》（新加坡：南洋

理工大学南洋公共管理研究生院，2016）。 3.

4. Liu Hong and Zhang Huimei, “Lee Kuan Yew’s Thoughts on Talent and

Singapore’s Development Strategy,” in Lee Kuan Yew Through the Eyes of

Chinese Scholars (Singapore: World Scientific, 2017), pp. 97-115.

5. “Changing Approaches to Overseas Chinese Business Networks: A Preliminary

Analysis,” in Chi-Cheung Choi, Takashi Oishi, and Tomoko Shiroyama, eds.,

Chinese and Indian Merchants in Modern Asia: Networking Businesses and

Formation of Regional Economy (Boston: Brill, 2017).

6. Zhou Min and Hong Liu, “Changing Patterns of Chinese Immigration and

Diasporic Formation in the United States,” in Min Zhou, ed., Contemporary

Chinese Diasporas (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).

7. 劉宏 <越境アジアと地域ガバナンス：東アジアにおける歴史·政治経済の

発展の新たな分析>, 載田中仁主编『21 世紀の東アジアと歴史問題：思索

と対話のための政治史論』（京都：法律文化出版社,2017）,页123-135. Liu Hong, “Transnational Network and Global Governance: Toward a New

Interpretation of History and the Political Economy of East Asia,” in Hitoshi

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Tanaka, ed., The Historical Controversy and East Asia of the 21th Century: A

Political History for Reflection and Conversation (Kyoto: Hôritsu Bunka

Publisher, 2017), pp. 123-135.

8. Els Van Dongen and Hong Liu, “Diaspora and Migration: History of the Chinese

in Southeast Asia,” in Brenda Yeoh and Gracia Farrer-Liu, eds., Routledge

Handbook of Migration (London: Routledge, 2017).

9. “Transnational Entrepreneurship and Immigration Integration: New Chinese

Immigrants in Singapore and the United States” (with Min Zhou), in Jody Agius

Vallejo ed., Immigration and Work (Research in the Sociology of Work, Volume

27（London: Emerald Group Publishing, 2015）, pp. 169-201.

10. “Chinese Diaspora” (with Els Van Dongen), in Tim Wright ed., Oxford

Bibliographies in Chinese Studies (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).

11. <近代中国の南洋観と越境するアジア像―『南洋群島商業研究会雑誌』を

中心に>, 松浦正孝主编『アジア主義は何を語るのか: 記憶・権力・価値』

(“Modern China’s Imagination of Nanyang and the Emergence of Transnational

Asia,” in Masura Masataka, ed., What Does Asianism Tell Us: Memory, Power,

Value (Kyoto: Minerva Publisher, 2013), pp. 294-317.

12. “Lalu Lintas Budaya antara Cina dan Indonesia,” in Jennifer Lindsay and Maya

H.T. Liem, eds, Ahli Waris Budaya Dunia; Menjadi Indonesia, 1950-1965

(Jakarta: KITLV-Jakarta; Denpasar: Pustaka Larasan, 2011), pp. 148-168.

[“Cultural Interactions between China and Indonesia,” in Jennifer Lindsay and

Maya H.T. Liem, eds, Heirs of World Cultures: Being Indonesia, 1950-1965

(Jakarta: KITLV-Jakarta; Denpasar: Pustaka Larasan, 2011), pp. 148-168].

13. “Chinese Overseas and a Rising China: The Limits of Diplomatic ‘Diaspora

Option’,” in Zheng Yongnian, ed., China and International Relations: The

Chinese View and the Contribution of Wang Gungwu (London: Routledge, 2010),

pp. 177-199.

14. “Introduction: New Approaches to the Study of the Cold War in Asia” (with

Michael Szonyi), in Yangwen Zheng, Hong Liu, Michael Szonyi, eds., The Cold

War in Asia: The Battle for Hearts and Minds (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010),

pp. 1-10.

15. “The Historicity of China’s Soft Power: The PRC and the Cultural Politics of

Indonesia, 1949-65,” in Yangwen Zheng, Liu Hong, Michael Szonyi, eds., The

Cold War in Asia: The Battle for Hearts and Minds (Leiden and Boston: Brill,

2010), pp.147-182.

16. “Immigrant Transnational Entrepreneurship and Linkages with the State/Network:

Sino-Singaporean Experience in a Comparative Perspective,” in Raymond Wong,

ed., Chinese Entrepreneurship in a Global Era (London: Routledge, 2008), pp.

117-149.

17. “Boundary-Crossing through the Cyberspace: Chinese Women and Transnational

Marriages since 1994” (with Liu Lihui), in Khun Eng Kuan-Pearce, ed., Chinese

Women and the Cyberspace (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2008), pp.

249-70.

18. “Immigrant Transnational Entrepreneurship and Linkages with the

State/Network: Sino-Singaporean Experience in a Comparative Perspective,” in

Raymond Wong, ed., Chinese Entrepreneurship in a Global Era (London:

Routledge, 2008), pp. 117-149.

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19. “Understanding the Chinese Overseas: Changing Themes and Evolving

Approaches,” in John Wong, ed., Southeast Asian Studies in China (Singapore:

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007), pp. 134-170.

20. “Understanding the Chinese Overseas: Changing Themes and Evolving

Approaches,” in John Wong, ed., Southeast Asian Studies in China (Singapore:

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007), pp. 134-170.

21. “Introduction: Toward a Multi-dimensional Exploration of the Chinese Overseas,”

in Hong Liu, ed., The Chinese Overseas (London & New York: Routledge, 2006),

vol. 1, pp. 1-30.

22. “Network Building between the State and Society in the Asian Context,” in

Zhang Yuling, ed., State and Civil Society in the Context of Transition:

Understanding Non-Traditional Security in East Asia (Beijing: World Affairs

Press, 2005), pp. 8-35.

23. “The Contact Zones and Socio-Cultural Interactions between China and

Southeast Asia during the 20th Century,” in Melissa Curley and Hong Liu, eds.,

China and Southeast Asia: Changing Socio-cultural Interactions (Hong Kong:

Centre of Asian Studies, Hong Kong University, 2002), pp. 39-56. [Reprinted in

Geoff Wade, ed., China and Southeast Asia, vol. 5, The Republican Period and

Southeast Asia (1912-1949) (London: Routledge, 2009), pp. 16-32].

24. “Globalization, Institutionalization and the Social Foundation of Chinese

Business Networks,” in Henry Yeung and Kris Olds, eds., Globalization of

Chinese Business Firms (London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin’s Press,

2000), pp.105-125.

Report

Jan van der Ploeg, Gerard Persoon and Hong Liu, A NEW SILK ROAD: SCIENCE

AND SOCIETY IN ASIA AND EUROPE, Final report of the roundtable on

‘Science and nature in Europe and Asia: scientific traditions and new

technologies’ 20‐21 October 2011, in Leiden/Nieuwkoop, the Netherlands.

Available at http://www.iias.nl/sites/default/files/Report_RT_Science-and-

Nature_A-new-Silk-Road.pdf &

http://www.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Documents/NewSilkRoad.pdf

Research Grants (2000-present), total awarded value approximately

S$1.2 million

• “Transnational Knowledge Transfer and Dynamic Governance in the Global

South,” PI, Ministry of Education Tier-2 grant (2017-2020).

• “Globalization, Brain Circulation, and Competition for International Talent,”

PI, Nanyang Technological University (2014-2017).

• “’One Belt One Road’ Initiative and the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia,” PI,

Research Project funded by China State Council of Overseas Chinese Affairs

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Office (2016-2017).

• “Qiaopi and Transnational Chinese Connections, 1850s-1970s,” PI, Ministry of

Education Tier-1 Research Grant (2014-16).

• “Plural Co-existence and Sustainable Development: East Asian Experiences in

Comparative Perspective,” PI, NTU Strategic Initiative (2013-2016).

• “The Multi-Faceted Mobility Experiences of Highly Skilled Immigrants from

China: A Comparative Study of University Professors and Research Scientists in

Singapore, Japan, and the United States,” Co-PI, Jinan University, China (2013-

15).

• “Singapore’s Talent Strategy: Policy and Practice,” PI, funded by Chinese

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (2012-13).

• “Transnational Asia and Its Problematics: Shifting Regional Governance, New

Political Economy, and an Emerging Chinese Diaspora”, PI, Start-up grant, NTU

(2011-2012).

• “Modern Asian Knowledge Network: Changing Configurations of Languages,

Identities, and Environments”, Co-PI; funded by the Toyota Foundation (2006-

2008).

• “Transnational Chinese: Global Mobility, Multiple Identities, Embedded

Networks”, PI, funded by NUS Academic Research Fund (2005-2007).

• “Knowledge Network for Local Leadership Building in Modern Asia”, Co-PI;

funded by the Toyota Foundation (2003-2005).

Courses Taught

Courses taught at NTU (since 2011)

• HH9001 “Transnational History: Theories and Methods” (compulsory course

graduate students in History)

• CC6393 “China in Regional and Global Perspective” (graduate seminar for the

School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

• MPA8448 “Globalization and International Talent Strategies” (for Master of

Public Administration)

• “China and the International Political Economy” (for Masters of Science in

Managerial Economics)

Courses Taught at Manchester University (2006-2010)

• Research Methodologies in East Asian Studies (MA)

• Transnational China: State, Network and Transnationalism (for MA

Contemporary China Programme)

• Entrepreneurship and Business Networks (for EMBA Programme, Manchester

Business School)

Courses taught at NUS (1995-2006)

• CH1101E Introduction to Chinese Studies (lecturer and tutor)

• CH2243 Chinese in Southeast Asia (lecturer and tutor)

• CH4244 Selected Topics on the Chinese Overseas (lecturer and tutor)

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• CH5101/6101 Research Methods & Materials in Chinese Studies (lecturer &

tutor)

• CH6248 Studies in Sino-Southeast Asian Interactions

• MSE508 Entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia (for MA Southeast Asian Studies)

• MBC 7816 Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship (for NUS Business School)

Service to the Profession

Public and Professional Service

• Advisor, PRC State Council Office on Overseas Chinese Affairs (2010-)

• Member of Board of Directors, Singapore Centre for Chinese Languages,

Ministry of Education (2015.4-)

• Vice President and Member of Steering Committee, Asian Association of

World Historians (AAWH) (2015.4-)

• Chairman of Academic Board, MA Contemporary China, NTU (2012.1-)

• Member of Board of Governors, Chinese Heritage Centre (2011-)

• International Advisory Committee Member, International Consortium for

Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (2013-)

• Adviser (2011-), Guangdong Association for Overseas Chinese Studies,

Guangzhou, China

• Vice Chairman, Universities’ China Committee in London (2008-9);

Convenor, Experts Committee (2008-09), Member, Executive Council and

Experts Committee member (2007-10)

• Academic Advisor, China in Comparative Perspective Network, London

School of Economics (2008--)

• External Examiner, MSC in Chinese Studies, University of Edinburgh (2007-

2010)

• Academic Expert, Center for China and Globalization, Beijing (2009-)

• Executive Board Member, World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries

for Chinese Overseas Studies (2009-)

• Board of Advisors, Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center,

Ohio University, USA (2008-)

• Member, Tan Kah Kee International Society, Singapore (2006-)

• Resource Panel Member, Sun Yat-sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, National

Heritage Board, Singapore (2012-)

• Invited external referee for Melbourne University (tenure and promotion,

Nov-Dec 2014), Chinese University of Hong Kong (Research Excellence

Award, Feb-Mar 2015); Academia Sinica (tenure and promotion, Feb-Mar

2015).

• External Reviewer, Faculty-level Research Centre--the Centre for Greater

China Studies (CGCS), Hong Kong Institute of Education (2013)

• Academic Referee and Reviewer for the over 10 funding agencies in Europe,

North America and Asia, and more than 3 dozen academic presses and

scholarly journals.

Editorial Appointments

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• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chinese Overseas (published by Brill in Leiden and

Boston), listed in World of Sciences, Scopus, and Emerging Sources Citation

Index under the Thomson Reuters.

• Editor-in-Chief, Huaren Yanjiu Guoji Xuebao [International Journal of Diasporic

Chinese Studies] (jointly published by NTU, Nottingham University, and

Tsinghua University)

• Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Contemporary China

(Routledge)

• Member of Editorial Board, The Asian Review of World Histories (official journal

of the Asian Association of World Historians)

• Member of Editorial Board, Southeast Asian Studies (published by Kyoto

University)

• Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Technology Management in

China (published by Emerald, UK)

• Member of Editorial Board, Monograph Series Chinese Worlds (Routledge)

• Member of Editorial Board, Monograph Series Chinese Overseas: History and

Society (Brill)

• Editor-in-Chief, Monograph Series on Overseas Chinese Studies, Sun Yat-sen

University Press

• Member of Editorial Board, Zhongguo Yanjiu [China Studies] (published by

Nanjing University)

Honors and Awards

• Yangtze Eminent Scholar Award (2008), awarded by the Chinese Ministry of

Education in association with the Li Ka-shing Foundation, Beijing and Hong

Kong.

• Honorary Research Professor (2000-), Research School of Nanyang Studies and

School of International Relations, School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University,

China.

• Honorary Research Professor (2007-), School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Sun Yat-

sen University, Guangzhou, China.

• Honorary Senior Research Fellow (2009-), Center for China and Globalization,

Beijing, China.

• Honorary Senior Research Fellow (2010-), Chahar Society for the Studies of

Public Diplomacy, Beijing, China.

• National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, USA (1992-)