President's Message
I am humbly privileged to be elected as the 5th President of the Asian Association of World Historians (AAWH). Since its founding in 2008, the AAWH has played an instrumental role in promoting research and education pertaining to the understanding of Asia’s historical and contemporary transformations from a global and transnational perspective. Through its scholarly networks across various countries/regions in Asia and beyond, major international congresses, and its flagship journal, Asian Review of World History, the AAWH has contributed significantly to the emerging fields of global history and global Asian studies.
I have been honored to be associated with the AAWH for more than a decade, serving as its Vice President from 2015 to 2025. I look forward to working continuously and closely with the AAWH Council and all the members in furthering the important agendas of approaching Asian history from a world/global angle, strengthening institutional collaboration with counterparts in Asia and other parts of the world, and engaging cutting-edge debates about Asia, which has increasingly become a dynamic center of gravity in global economic, social and cultural developments.
On behalf of AAWH, I would like to thank Professor Akita Shigeru and Professor Sucheta Mahajan, the 3rd and 4th President of the AAWH, respectively, for their visionary leadership in charting the developments of AAWH over the past decade, to the AAWH Council members for their invaluable guidance, and to Dr. Subir Dey, the AAWH Secretary-General between 2020 and 2025, for his contribution. Professor Rila Mukherjee has done a tremendous job as the Chief Editor of the Asian Review of World History in leading the journal’s growth. Last but not least, I thank Dr. Huimei Zhang for agreeing to serve as the new Secretary-General of AAWH and to the indispensible institutional support of the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture at Nanyang Technological University.
Professor Liu Hong
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore