Manying Ip Explained
Manying Ip, 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. She undertook university study in Hong Kong, 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. Ip was appointed to the Human Rights Commission in 2003. Ip is also a trustee of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Board.
Selected publications
Awards and honours
Ip was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.[4]
In June 1996 Ip was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Chinese community.[5]
Ip was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009.[6] She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Humanities.
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.[7] [8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Authors and Editors – M – Manying Ip – Auckland University Press. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz. 2021-08-17. 5 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211005081710/https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/authors-and-editors/manying-ip/. live.
- Doctoral thesis.
- Ip . Manying . 1983 . Doctoral thesis . From Qing reformer to twentieth-century publisher: the life and times of Zhang Yuanji 1867 – 1959 . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/1993 . 227238083.
- Web site: The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients . The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients . 26 July 2018 . en-NZ . 2021-08-16 . 21 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200221125037/https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/new-zealand-royal-honours-system/types-new-zealand-royal-honours/other-distinctive-new-zealand-honours/suffrage-medal-register . live .
- Web site: The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996. The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996. 3 June 1996 . en-NZ. 16 August 2021. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816113654/https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1996. live.
- Web site: Professor Manying Ip ONZM FRSNZ FNZAH Year Elected: 2009. live. Royal Society Te Apārangi. 2021-08-16. 7 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007100927/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/who-we-are/our-people/our-fellows/view-our-fellows/.
- Web site: 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 . en-NZ . 2021-08-16 . 23 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210223171618/https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/ny2018-cnzm . live .
- Web site: Dr Bess Ip, of Auckland, CNZM for services to the Chinese community and education The Governor-General of New Zealand . gg.govt.nz . en . 2021-08-16 . 28 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128095808/https://gg.govt.nz/file/24571 . live .
