VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM:
Faculty members in the humanities and social sciences at HYI partner institutions undertake 10 months of independent research at Harvard University.
Dang, Hoai Giang, Associate Professor, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – Hanoi, “Resilience of Indigenous People in Urban Spaces: Insights from Vietnam’s Central Highlands in the Post- Socialist Era”
Ding, Yannan, Associate Professor, Institute of Chinese Historical Geography, Fudan University, “Sea Charts in the History of Chinese Cartography”
Fang, Kecheng, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, “The New Generation of Chinese Diaspora Media and Transnational Citizen Journalism”
Godart, Clinton Gerard, Professor, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, “Lotus of Steel: Buddhist Militarism in Modern Japan”
Ha, Jung Hwa, Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, “Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Older Adults’ Preferred Mode of End-of-Life Care Decision Making”
Ishii, Yumi, Associate Professor, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, “Transgenerational Transmission of War Memories in Asia”
Kang, Woojin, Professor, Department of Politics and Diplomacy, Kyungpook National University, “Comparative Analysis of Youth Right-Wing Extreme Culture in Korea and OECD Countries: Causes and Political Consequences”
Kim, Seonhee, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University, “The Soul’s Journey to East Asia: Early Modern Soul Theory and the Confucian Heart-Mind”
Laocharoenwong, Jiraporn, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Chulalongkorn University, “Cattle, Corn, and Commodities: Borderland Transformation in Southeast Asia”
Lee, Kyung Ah, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, “Exploring the Genealogy of Korea’s Hybrid Western-Style Buildings “Yangok (洋屋)” through comparison with East Asian countries”
Li, Chenxiao, Assistant Professor, Institute of Economics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, “Rethinking Electricity and Culture in Asian Anthropocene: China and Japan in Comparison, 1880s-1950s”
Liu, Yan, Professor, College of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures, “The Study of Austroasiatic Languages in China: An Interdisciplinary Perspective”
Ma, Siyu, Associate Professor, Department of History, Nankai University, “Reconceptualizing the Nationalist Revolution: Emotional, International, and Digital Perspectives”
Qiu, Yu, Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University, “Buddha in Africa: the Politics and Poetics of Growing Chinese Buddhist Affinity in Tanzania”
Shin, Ja Ran, Associate Professor, Applied English Linguistics & Translation Studies Department, Kyung Hee University, “The New Korean Mosaic: Language, Racialization, and Identity in Damunhwa Families”
Wang, Shih-Pe, Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, “Lyrics of “Za” (Miscellaneous Songs): A Book Project on the Rise and Development of the Genre Qu/Ju in the Mongol-Yuan Era and Beyond”
Yang, Kai, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Affairs, Lingnan University, “Contextualizing State-Veteran Relations in China: Historical and Crossnational Comparative Perspectives”
Ye, Zi, Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University, “China in American Cultural Periodicals since the Modern Era”
Zhang, Guanli, Associate Professor, School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University, “Marriage and Everyday Life of Matrilocal Husbands in China: The Reconfiguration of Gender, Family, and Patriarchy in a Changing Society”
Zheng, Wenjuan, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, “Tech for Good? Social Corporate Responsibility has Transformed Chinese Civil Society”
BOSTON COLLEGE RICCI INSTITUTE – HYI JOINT VISITING RESEARCHER FELLOWSHIP
Faculty at Asia-based universities come for a nine-month period of research, to be conducted at both institutions
Xu, Kewei, Associate Professor, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, “The Function of Jesuits’ Chinese Works in Knowledge Construction in Tokugawa Japan: from Sairan igen (采覧異言1713) to Teisei zōyaku Sairan igen (訂正増譯采覧異言1804)”
HYI TRAINING PROGRAMS:
HYI Training Programs bring together a small group of promising young Asian scholars in particular fields of the humanities and social sciences.
‘BUILDING SENIOR-FRIENDLY SOCIEITIES IN ASIA: HARNESSING SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR GLOBAL AGING’ TRAINING PROGRAM
This program was held in May-June 2025 at Tsinghua University
Wang, Chunyu, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, “Aging with Dignity in Poverty: Research on Affordable Nursing Homes in Underdeveloped Regions of China and the U.S.”
Wang, Yantong, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Anhui Medical University, “AI-Enabled, Nature-Inspired Multi-Modal Emotion Regulation System for Enhancing Well-Being in Asian Aging Populations”
‘CHINESE COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: HISTORY, CULTURE, AND LITERATURE’ TRAINING PROGRAM
This program was held in December 2024 at the National University of Singapore
Galang, Jely, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of the Philippines, “The Chinese in Southern Philippines, 1849-1902: Immigration, Mobility and Settlement”
Hong, Xincheng, PhD Candidate, Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore, “Settlers Halfway: Chinese Farming Smallholders and the Shifting Diasporic Ecologies in Transwar Singapore and the Malay Peninsula (1929-1984)”
Tse, Kelly Yin Nga, Assistant Professor, Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, “Chinese Reckonings: The Literary Cold War in Southeast Asia”
Wang, Lezhi, PhD Candidate, Department of History, National University of Singapore, “Looking Out of the Glass Cabinet: A History of Conservationism and its Resistance in Midriver Borneo, 1890-1957”
Xue, Huiwen, PhD candidate, Research School for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University and Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University, “The Elephant in the Room: Ethnic Hierarchy and the Making of “Thainess” in the 20th Century Northern Thailand”
‘NEW FRONTIERS OF RESEARCH ON INSTITUTIONS OF CHINA’ TRAINING PROGRAM
This program was held in January 2024 at the University of Hong Kong
Mikiya, Yuki, Adjunct Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate, Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Keio University, “Forward to the Past: Revival of Traditionalism in Communist China”
CHINESE STUDIES IN INDIA PROGRAM:
This joint doctoral fellowship program with the Institute for Chinese Studies in Delhi aims to encourage Chinese studies in India.
Chaturvedi, Gargi, PhD Candidate, Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, “Inheriting the Red Genes, Invoking the Red Spirit: Decoding Red Culture in Xi Jinping’s New Era”
Hitkari, Cherry, PhD Candidate, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, “China Dream as a Tool of Cultural Governance: Mass Political Participation and Propaganda from the 18th till the 20th Party Congress”
In residence at HYI partner universities in China for the 2026-27 academic year:
Sharma, Namita, Shiv Nadar University
Sakar, Devahuti, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi
Saranya, PhD Candidate, Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES IN CHINA PROGRAM:
This program seeks to foster a cross-national network of scholars by bringing to HYI students of South Asian Studies in China.
Huang, Hong, Associate Professor, School of Fine Arts and Design, Guangzhou University, “Transnational Modernity in Bengal: Imagining China within the Discourse of Indian Modern Art, 1900s–1940s”
Wang, Lingqi, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, “The Roundabout of Devotion: Religious Place-making and the Political Economy of Religious Networks
between India, Myanmar, and Thailand”
Zhang, Lu, PhD Candidate, Department of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “Mes Aynak and Kushan Power: Monasteries and Mining”
NUS-HYI JOINT DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM:
Candidates pursue a Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore, with one year of dissertation research at Harvard University.
In residence at HYI:
Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong, Sociology, Thammasat University, “Critique of the Eurocentric Modernity, Critique of “Gross Indecency”: Decolonising the Discourse of Rights/Development/Modernity in Singaporean Queer Movements”
In residence at NUS:
Santoso, Yulida Nuraini, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada, “ASEAN Strategic Positioning amid Great Power Rivalry: Rethinking Development Financing and Regional Security Nexus”
HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY GRANT:
This grant allows scholars who have identified a specific collection of Asian-language materials uniquely available in the Harvard-Yenching Library to apply for 3-6 months of research support to use these materials.
Yun, Aelim, Senior Researcher, Law Research Institute, Seoul National University, “The Persistence of Criminality and the Police Power in Modern Industrial Relations in South Korea”
REGIONAL STUDIES – EAST ASIA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM:
This fellowship covers the two-year master’s degree in Harvard’s RSEA program.
Tan, Guan-Fan