Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Princeton University, U.S.A.

Professor Yu Ying-shih studied at Yenching University and was among the first batch of graduates from New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1952.  He completed his doctoral degree at Harvard University in 1962.  In his academic career in the States, Professor Yu taught as Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University, and Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University, before joining Princeton University as University Professor of East Asian Studies in 1987.  In the realm of Asian higher education, Professor Yu has served as President of his alma mater, New Asia College and as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1973-5.  He was elected a Fellow of Academia Sinica in Taiwan in 1974, and received an honrary doctorate degree from the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  Professor Yu’s publications concern many different fields of history, including Chinese intellectual history, early imperial China, and China’s foreign relations.

Prof. Yu Ying-shih Named Senior Distinguished Scholar at John W.Kluge Centre [ Details... ]