王赓武,原籍江苏省泰县。一九三零年出生于印度尼西亚泗水,旋即随双亲迁居马来亚怡保,在马来亚接受教育。一九四七年至一九四九年在南京中央大学学习文史。返马后,进入马来亚大学。一九五三年获马来亚大学荣誉学位,论文题目:"Chinese Reformists and Revolutionaries in the Straits Settlements, 1900-1911"。 一九五五年获马来亚大学硕士学位,论文为:"The Nanhai Trade : a Study of the Early History of Chinese Trade in the South China Sea"。一九五七年获英国伦敦大学博士学位,论文为"The Structure of Power in North Chinese During the Five Dynasty"。一九五七年起任马来亚大学历史系讲师。一九六三年晋升为教授兼系主任。一九六八年移民澳大利亚,任澳大利亚国立大学远东历史系主任及太平洋研究院院长。除研究工作外,还开设"东南亚的华人"课程,并指导博士研究生从事中国历史研究。一九八六年至一九九六五年间任香港大学校长。一九九六年起任新加坡国立大学东亚研究所所长。
主要研究范围:王教授博学多才,精通中、英、巫文,研究范围广泛,对东南亚华人研究有精辟的见解而蜚声国际,是东南亚史与华人史权威。曾任《南洋学报》主编多年。
主要著述:王教授治学严谨,见解独到,著作等身。权威著作如"China and the Chinese overseas "、"The Nanhai Trade"及"A Short history of the Nanyang Chinese"等都有中文译本。
中文著作:
书名 出版状况
东南亚与华人:王赓武教授论文集(姚楠编译) 北京:中国友谊出版公司,1987
南洋华人简史(张奕善译) 台北:水牛出版社,1988
历史的功能(姚楠译) 香港:中华书局,1990
中国与海外华人(天津编译中心译) 香港:商务印书馆,1994
海外华人的民族主义 新加坡:UniPress,1996
香港史新编 香港:三联书店,1997
南海贸易与南洋华人(姚楠译) 香港:中华书局,1998
民族主义在中国的复兴 新加坡:东亚研究所,1998
西文著作:
Title Imprint
Pulse Singapore : B. Lim, 1950
Chinese Reformists and Revolutionaries in the Straits Settlements, 1900-1911 Singapore : Department of History, University of Malaya, 1953
The Nanhai Trade : a Study of the Early History of Chinese Trade in the South China Sea Thesis (M.A.), Department of History, University of Malaya, 1956
A short history of the Nanyang Chinese Singapore : Eastern Universities Press , 1959
The structure of power in North China during the Five Dynasties Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya Press , 1963
Malaysia : a Survey(ed.) Singapore : D. Moore, 1964
Raniri and the wujudiyyah of 17th century Acheh (Syed Muhammad Naguib al-Atlas ; [edited for the Council of the Society by Wang Gungwu]. Singapore : Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society , [1966]
The use of history [Athens] : Ohio University, Center for International Studies , 1968.
Malaysia : contending elites Sydney : Dept. of Adult Education, U. of Sydney , 1970
Scholarship and the history and politics of South East Asia [Bedford Park, S. A.] : Flinders University of South Australia, Schoolof Social Sciences , 1970
The re-emergence of China : a paper read to the University of Otago Extension Foreign Policy School May 1973 Wellington : New Zealand Institute of International Affairs , 1973
Essays on the sources for Chinese history (ed.) Canberra , Australian National University Press, 1973
The Chinese minority in Southeast Asia [Singapore] : Nanyang University Southeast Asian Studies Programme , [1974]
The middle Yangtse in T'ang politics [New Haven : Yale University Press , 1973
The rebel-reformer and modern Chinese biography [Sydney] : Sydney University Press for the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1974
Self and biography : essays on the individual and society in Asia(ed.) Sydney : Sydney University Press for the Australian Academy of the Humanities , 1975
China and the world since 1949 : the impact of independence, modernity and revolution London : Macmillan , 1977
Society and the writer : essays on literature in modern Asia (ed.) Canberra : Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University , 1981
Southeast Asian studies in China : a report Canberra : Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University , 1981
Hong Kong : dilemmas of growth(ed.) Canberra : Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University and the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong , 1982
The Chinese intellectual : past and present Singapore : Published for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore by G. Brash , 1983
Trade and cultural values : Australia and the four dragons Sydney : Asian Studies Association of Australia , 1988
Changing identities of the Southeast Asian Chinese since World War II(ed.) Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 1988
The culture of Chinese merchants Ontario : University of Toronto-York University, Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies , 1990
China and the Chinese overseas Singapore : Times Academic Press , 1991
The Chineseness of China : selected essays Hong Kong : Oxford University Press , 1991
Community and Nation : China, Southeast Asia and Australia St. Leonard, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin for Asian Studies Association of Austraila , 1992
Hong Kong as the home of China coast Chinese : an historical perspective The University of Hong Kong, 1994
The Chinese way : China's position in international relations Oslo : Scandinavian University Press , 1995
Hong Kong's transition : a decade after the deal(ed.) Hong Kong : Oxford University Press, 1995
Nationalism and Confucianism Singapore : UniPress, 1996
National choice Canberra : Australia-Japan Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 1996
Hong Kong in the Asia-Pacific region : rising to the new challenges(ed.) Hong Kong : Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 1997.
Dynamic Hong Kong : business & culture(ed.) Hong Kong : Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1997
Chinese collections : Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore : National Heritage Board, 1997
Global history and migrations(ed.) Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997
The Nanhai trade : the early history of chinese trade in the South China Sea Singapore : Times Academic Press, 1998
The Chinese diaspora : selected essays(ed.) Singapore : Times Academic Press, 1998
China's political economy (ed.) Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co., 1998
Shifting paradigms and Asian perspectives : implications for research and teaching Singapore : Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd for Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1999
China : two decades of reform and change(ed.) Singapore : Singapore University Press : World Scientific, 1999
China and Southeast Asia : myths, threats and culture Singapore : World Scientific ; Singapore University Press, 1999
Hong Kong : after smooth handover, now the hard part (and John Wong) Singapore : East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 1999
Hong Kong in China : the challenges of transition (ed.) Singapore : Times Academic Press, 1999
Asia : official British documents 1945-65 on CD-ROM [computer file] : selected documents from the end of World war II to Vietnam [London] : Routledge Ltd. in association with the Public Record Office, 1999