Manying Ip CNZM FRSNZ, known as Bess Ip, (born 1945) is a social historian and emeritus professor in Auckland, New Zealand, who has published on the identity of Chinese New Zealanders.

Early life and education

Ip was born in 1945 in Guizhou.[1] Her parents had moved to the Guizhou region to escape the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.[1] She undertook university study in Hong Kong,[1] and then completed a PhD in the History Department of the University of Auckland in 1983, titled From Qing reformer to twentieth-century publisher: the life and times of Zhang Yuanji 1867–1959.[2][3]

Work

Ip's PhD thesis was published by Beijing Commercial Press in 1985, and she has continued to study and publish on the Chinese diaspora, especially in relation to the identity of Chinese New Zealanders and New Zealand relationships with Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.[4] Ip was appointed to the Human Rights Commission in 2003.[4] Ip is also a trustee of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Board.[5]

Selected publications

Awards and honours

Ip was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.[6]

In June 1996 Ip was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Chinese community.[7]

Ip was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009.[4] She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Humanities.[4]

Ip was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Chinese community and education in the New Years Honours for 2018.[8][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Authors and Editors – M – Manying Ip – Auckland University Press". aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ Manying Ip (1983), From Qing reformer to twentieth-century publisher: the life and times of Zhang Yuanji 1867-1959 (Doctoral thesis), ResearchSpace@Auckland, hdl:2292/1993, OCLC 227238083, Wikidata Q104986710
  3. ^ Ip, Manying (1983). From Qing reformer to twentieth-century publisher: the life and times of Zhang Yuanji 1867 – 1959 (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/1993. OCLC 227238083.
  4. ^ a b c d "Professor Manying Ip ONZM FRSNZ FNZAH Year Elected: 2009". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Dr Bess Ip, of Auckland, CNZM for services to the Chinese community and education | The Governor-General of New Zealand". gg.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ^ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients". The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996". The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996. 3 June 1996. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "New Year Honours 2018 – Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". New Year Honours 2018 – Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit. 30 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.