Note: The lecture will take place in-person in Dodd Hall, Rm 121. To attend this lecture virtually, please register here.
Dr. Danny Wong is Professor of History at the Department of History and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. Previously, he was Director of Global Planning & Strategy Centre, Director of the Institute of China Studies, and Head of the Malaysian Chinese Research Centre at the same university.
He is currently President of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) and Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. His research interests include the Chinese in Malaysia; China’s relations with Southeast Asia; and History of Sabah. He teaches on the History of Southeast Asia and History of China.
His major publications include: The Transformation of an Immigrant Society: A Study of the Chinese of Sabah (Asean Academic Press); One Crowded Moment of Glory: The Kinabalu Guerrillas and the Jesselton Uprising, 1943 (Universiti Malaya Press); Murder Most Foul: The Kalabakan Massacre 1890 (Universiti Malaya Press, 2025).
This public lecture is presented as part of the Winter 2026 Course on Asian Community: Border-Crossing Diasporic Formation, and Social Transformation in the Asian World, in conjunction with the UCLA Asia Pacific Center and made possible through generous support from the Eurasia Foundation (From Asia).