一九六九年的五一三事件，是馬來西亞史上嚴重的一場暴亂，影響深遠。其遺留下來的負面心理影響與創傷不僅是一條纏繞無解的複雜心結，輕易成為政客五年一次操弄的有效符碼；更甚的是其導向的各種國家體制構成，至今依舊是牢不可破的頑固框架，影響了每一個後來者。可以說，此事件除了改變馬來西亞的政治面貌，亦促使所有在這片土地上個人與族羣命運的徹底轉向，造成今天馬來西亞學術格局的關鍵性歷史事件。位於斑苔谷(Lembah Pantai)的馬來亞大學，地理位置上靠近事件震央。作為國家頂端的學術機構，當時身處校園裏的學者與學生如何面對五一三？而當時的校園氛圍、學術面貌與大學體制究竟為何？本文以何丙郁、王叔珉、林玉玲、林志成(Lim Chee Seng)等馬大文學院中英文系師生的回憶書寫與文學追憶，嘗試釐清與還原五一三前後（一九六二年至一九七二年）馬來亞大學學術的內在氛圍與更變。

The May 13 Incident in 1969 was one of the most influential riots in the Malaysian history and it exerted a profound impact on Malaysian history. It left negative psychological imprints and internal undertakings that cause complicated and unsettled misunderstanding on the people of the country. Politicians had turned the incident into a tool to bargain for political manipulation. Moreover, it induced the emergence of various incident-directed national structures and it is still one of the most obstinate compositions until now. We could say that this event changes the political landscape of Malaysia, facilitates the thorough transformation of the destiny of the people and ethnic groups on this land, with the addition of being the historical event that forms the current academic structure in Malaysia. University of Malaya, situated at Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, was geographically proximate to the epicentre of the event. The university functioned as the highest academic institution of the country. How did the academicians and students in the university face the event? What and how were the atmosphere at the university, academic outlook and university system at that time? By utilizing the memoir writings and literary recollections of the students and teachers from the Departments of English and Chinese Studies in the University of Malaya such as Ho Peng Yoke, Wang Shumin, Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Lim Chee Seng, this article attempts to clarify the internal academic atmospheres and changes of the University of Malaya between 1962 and 1972 (before and after the event of May, 13).