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●Project for Trans-boundary Crossing and Circulation
Yu-Sheng Lin
Kuan-Chi Wang
Gungwu Wang
Introduction
●Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies
Executive Officer: Wen-Chin Chang
The Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies (CAPAS) was established in January 2003 with the goal of integrating multi-disciplinary studies on the Asia-Pacific region at Academia Sinica. Southeast and Northeast Asia constitute the two main area foci. CAPAS also aims to cultivate a new generation of domestic Asia-Pacific scholarship and to strengthen academic exchange and cooperation between Academia Sinica and related research institutions around the world. CAPAS is currently undertaking three major projects: Maritime History Studies, Transboundary Migration and Circulation, and Development and Population.
Main Research Directions
- Studies of languages, religions, indigenous cultures and ethnic relations.
- Politico-economic and social transformation studies.
- Trans-border/trans-national studies.
Current Research Projects
- Political and Economic Circulations via Sino-Burmese Borderlands during the Cold War
- Religious Practices beyond Established Buddhism and Social Changes in Thailand
- The Geography of Asian Food Regimes
In addition, the Project for Transboundary Migration and Circulation contains two other research branches: the Japan Research Cluster and the South China Sea Research Cluster.
Recent Monograph
Wen-Chin Chang, 2014, Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma. Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press.
Researchers
Wen-Chin Chang
Chairperson of the Project for Transboundary Migration and Circulation; Research Fellow; Specialty: Anthropology
Chairperson of the Project for Transboundary Migration and Circulation; Research Fellow; Specialty: Anthropology
Yu-Sheng Lin
Executive Secretary of CAPAS; Assistant Research Fellow; Specialty: Anthropology
Kuan-Chi Wang
Assistant Research Fellow; Specialty: Geography
Gungwu Wang
Corresponding Research Fellow; Academician, Academia Sinica; Specialty: History
