ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2623-3067
Scopus Author ID: 55584795179
ResearcherID: AAF-9834-2020
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• BA & MA (Renmin University of China)
• PhD (Northeastern University, USA), 2004
• 西泠印社社员 (since 2018)

Professor Yang has published three English monographs and five Chinese monographs, including Between Winds and Clouds: the Making of Yunnan (Columbia University Press, 2008), Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money: A Global History (Routledge, 2018), and Disocvoered but Forgotten: The Maldives in Chinese History, c. 1100-1620 (Columbia University Press, 2024).  His research articles have been published in some prestigious international journals such as Modern Asian Studies, The China Quarterly, Journal of World History, Journal of Women's History, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, and so on.

Bin Yang, professor of history at City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include Chinese history, world/global history, and history of science, technology and medicine. He is the author of Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE – Twentieth Century CE) (Columbia University Press, 2008, based on dissertation awarded the 2004 Gutenberg-e Prize by the American Historical Association) and Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money: a Global History (Routledge, 2019). He has published research papers in some internationally prestigious journals such as The China Quarterly, Modern Asian Studies, Journal of World History, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, and Journal of Women’s History. Currently, he is working on his third English monograph “Discovered But Forgotten: The Maldives in Imperial China, c. 1100-1620” (Columbia University Press, forthcoming).

• 2004 “Gutenberg-E Prize” American Historical Association . The Gutenberg-e prizewinning books represent the most distinguished and innovative scholarship delivered with creative and thoughtful use of digital technology. These books have undergone a rigorous academic review process by distinguished historians brought together by the American Historical Association and produced through a close collaboration between the authors and the electronic publishing staff at Columbia University Press.
• 2022 “第17届文津图书奖推荐” 国家图书馆. "文津图书奖”是国家图书馆主办并联合全国图书馆界共同参与的公益性图书奖项.
• 2021 “《新京报》年度图书推荐” 《新京报》. 
• 2021 “社科文献出版社年度十大好书” 社科文献出版社.
• 2021 “中华读书报年度图书之100佳” 《中华读书报》.
• Nov 2023 “第二十四届深圳读书月 “年度十大好书“” 30本入围书目” 深圳市政府. 《人海之间：海洋亚洲中的中国与世界》入围三十本好书. 
• Feb 2024 “the Asian Book Awards 2023—Best Asian Books of the Year” Korea Publishers Society. The Asia Book Awards Committee comprises publishers, scholars and critics from various countries in Asia, including Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. 1. The Asia Book Awards are given every year to two winners in each of the following categories: the category of humanities and academic books with the theme of Asia and the category of general books with a large number of readers by sharply capturing the changes in modern society. 2. The Asia Book Awards Committee comprises publishers, scholars and critics from various countries in Asia, including Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. 3. Each award winner is given a statute, a plaque and prize money. The statute design is the work of the Korean sculptor Mr. Jung Hyun and takes the form of a crane, which symbolizes Paju and books. 4. The award ceremony is an important occasion, which invites publishers and intellectuals from Korea and the rest of Asia to celebrate the awards and engage in friendly exchange and interaction.
• Mar 2024 “第九届单向街书店文学奖年度图书 (One Way Street Book Award, 2023)” 单向空间， 北京. 单向街书店文学奖创设于2016年，是由单向空间发起的全国首个书店行业的文学奖评选。文学奖由全国的独立书店和顾问团一起，回看过去一年的文化工作，检视那些为当下触动的书写，或穿越时间来到我们面前的记录；也表彰无论外界环境如何，都持续带来新的创作、新的想法、新的行动的文化工作者.
• Jan 2024 “the Horizon Prize for Historical Writing 第二届文景历史写作奖 ” 北京世纪文景文化传播有限公司. 《海贝与贝币：鲜为人知的全球史》获得第二届文景历史写作奖 （十强）。 由上海人民出版社指导，北京世纪文景文化传播有限公司独立创设的汉语历史写作类奖项。奖项两年一届，秉持公平、公正、专业的原则进行评选。
• Apr 2024 “2023 《新周刊》刀锋年度图书 （New Weekly Blade Edge Book Awards）” 《新周刊》(New Weekly). 《人海之间》获得2023年刀锋年度图书（共15本）。刀锋图书奖由南方传媒旗下《新周刊》主办，创立至今已历三届，成为国内具有影响力和洞察力的出版奖项。2023 年度刀锋图书奖邀请知名作家、茅盾文学奖得主毕飞宇担任推委会主席，与推委会成员和特邀嘉宾共同推选出 15 本刀锋好书以及 " 年度致敬 "" 年度诗人 " 年度青年小说家 "" 年度学人 "" 年度译者 "" 年度非虚构作者 " 等 14 个单项荣誉. 
• Apr 2024 “The Harvard-Yenching Institute Publication Grant” The Harvard-Yenching Institute. Financial support to the publication of my English monograph Discovered But Forgotten: the Maldives in Chinese History (Columbia University Press, 2024) .
• Apr 2024 ““第19届文津图书奖图书提名（社科类共16本）” 中国国家图书馆（Naiotnal Library, China）. "文津图书奖”是国家图书馆主办并联合全国图书馆界共同参与的公益性图书奖项。第19届从近2500种入围图书中脱颖而出，其中获文津图书奖图书20种，提名图书41种。《人海之间》为提名图书（社科类共16本）。
• Aug 2003 “Dissertation Writing Fellowship” Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Dissertations research and writing (August 2003-July 2004).
• Nov 2024 “the 3rd Yantian Ocean Book Prize 第三届 盐田海洋图书奖 (The Wave Prize 浪潮奖), ” 深圳市盐田区委宣传部 & 文化广电旅游体育局. My monograph 《人海之间：海洋亚洲中的中国与世界 (Between Men and Seas)》was awarded the 3rd Yantian Ocean Book Prize 盐田海洋图书奖 (The Wave Prize 浪潮奖), Shenzhen, Nov. 26, 2024. 盐田海洋图书奖是中国首个系统专注于海洋类图书评选的图书大奖，以“传播海洋特色文化，推广海洋阅读理念，传递和谐自然生态和在地人文关怀”为活动宗旨，评选以海洋为主题，富有思想和远见、彰显科学态度、普及海洋知识的图书，更深层次的意义在于为日益发展的中国海洋文化教育提供指导，推动全民参与海洋阅读与写作，推动海洋保护，在海洋好书的熏陶下竖立新时代正确的世界观、自然观，为＂美丽中国＂的实现贡献绵薄之力。 

• Maritime History
• Sino-Southeast Asian-Indian Ocean Interactions
• History of Science, Technology and Medicine

• Aug 2020 - Jul 2023, Professor, University of Macao.
• Aug 2017 - Jul 2020, Associate Professor, University of Macao.
• Aug 2010 - Jul 2017, Associate Professor , National University of Singapore.
• Dec 2005 - Jul 2010, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore.
• Aug 2004 - May 2005, Visiting Assistant Professor, The College of William & Mary.