Jack Chia Meng-tat

Jack Meng-Tat Chia is a Ph.D. student in Southeast Asian history at Cornell University. Born and raised in Singapore, he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from the National University of Singapore, and his A.M. in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, where he was a Harvard-Yenching Scholar. His research interests include Chinese Buddhism and popular religion, China-Southeast Asia interactions, and overseas Chinese history. His articles have appeared in Asian Culture, China Quarterly, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies and SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia.