Associate Professor Ernest C.T. Chew

Dr Ernest C.T. Chew is Associate Professorial Fellow in the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore.

He holds the BA Honours and MA in History from the University of Singapore , and PhD from the University of Cambridge . Since 1970 he has lectured at the University of Singapore and then NUS in such areas as modern South and Southeast Asian history; imperial expansion, colonial administration, and decolonization; military and diplomatic history (including great military commanders, and the American way of war); and the history of Singapore. He was formerly Head of the History Department and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS.

He has held visiting fellowships at Harvard University (1974-75) and Cambridge University (1980-81), and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard and the Hoover Institution, Stanford, in 1988. He has also given lectures at the International House of Japan (1994), George Washington University (1996), and Gordon College (1998).

He is a past President of the International Association of Historians of Asia (1983-86), and a past Vice-President of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society (1990-2005).

In Singapore , he has chaired advisory committees on history of the Ministry of Education, on oral history at the National Archives, and the Singapore History Museum Board; and is currently Honorary Chairman of the Singapore History Museum . He was awarded the PBM (Public Service Medal) by the Singapore Government in 1994. He also serves as Vice-Chairman of St. Luke's Hospital, and a member of the Street and Building Names Board.

He has contributed to, and co-edited (with Edwin Lee), A History of Singapore (Oxford University Press,1991), and written many articles and reviews on South and Southeast Asian history in scholarly journals.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Name:

CHEW Chin Tiong, Ernest

Present Appointment:

Associate Professorial Fellow

Contact Info:

University Scholars Programme
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260.
Tel: 6516 4053

Research Areas:

British imperial expansion and administration,
in South and Southeast Asia, 19th and 20th centuries.
Teaching Areas:
Singapore: Making of a Nation
Southeast Asia: Making of a Region

Academic Qualifications:

Ph.D, University of Cambridge.
M.A., B.A.(1st Class Honours), University of Singapore.

Awards:

Various Research Scholarships and Fellowships.
P.B.M. (Public Service Medal), Singapore.

Career History:

Associate Professor, NUS, 1982-2002.
Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, 1991-1997.
Head, Department of History, 1983-1992.
Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, University of Singapore/NUS, 1970-81.

Administrative Leadership:

Member, Executive Committee, USP.

Major Publications:

E.C.T.Chew & E.Lee, eds, A History of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991.

E.C.T.Chew, "Founders and Builders of Early Colonial Singapore" (chapter 2), in Sketching the Straits, ed. Irene Lim. Singapore: NUS Museums, 2004, pp.23-31.

E.C.T. Chew, "Sir Frank Swettenham and the Federation of the Malay States," in Modern Asian Studies [Cambridge University Press], 2:1 (1968), pp.51-69.