Global Asia Research Center
Principal Investigator : Prof. Pei-Chia LAN, Prof. Yen-Fen Tseng
Team Size : 46
Study Field : Promote Cross-social and Cultural Comparative Studies in the Asia-Pacific Region, Conduct Taiwan Studies from a Global and Transnational Perspective
Interested International Cooperation : Joint Research Project, Personnel Exchange, Seminar, MOU/Collaborative Agreement
Lab Introduction
Global Asia Research Center (GARC) was established in 2017 after College of Social Sciences received a generous funding form Kim Koo Foundation, Republic of Korea. With the support of the dean at the time, Kuo-Hsien Su, the center was established and led by Pei-Chia Lan as the founding director. The center aims to promote cross-social and cultural comparative studies in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to conduct Taiwan studies from a global and transnational perspective.
In the past, many Western Asia research centers in universities followed the paradigm of area studies, viewing Asia as an exotic experience under the influence of colonial or imperial traditions, even with a voyeuristic gaze. In contrast, Global Asia studies emphasizes examining Asia in the context of globalization, breaking free from the narrow approach of defining “Asia” by geographical regions. The Global Asia Research Center takes a similar approach, using comparative and transnational studies as a paradigm to broaden the research scope of Taiwan studies, enhance the understanding of the distinctive characteristics of Asian modernity, and challenge the biases and limitations of Western-centric paradigms.
International Cooperation Experience
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Kyoto University Asian Studies Unit | JapanMOU / Collaborative Agreement
2018 ~ present
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Asian Institute, University of Toronto | CanadaMOU / Collaborative Agreement
2018 ~ present
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Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney | AustraliaMOU / Collaborative Agreement
2018 ~ present
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Seoul National University Asia Center | South KoreaMOU / Collaborative Agreement
2018 ~ present
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong KongMOU / Collaborative Agreement
2018 ~ present
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The European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan, University of Tubingen | GermanyMOU / Collaborative Agreement
2018 ~ present
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| Transnational Theory-Building for Researching the Global Countryside: Perspectives from Taiwan and the UK | United KingdomSeminar Personnel Exchange
2022 ~ 2022
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The University of Tokyo (UTokyo); National Taiwan University (NTU) | UTokyo-NTU Joint Conference: Social Impacts of Covid-19 in Japan and Taiwan 2021 | Japan, TaiwanSeminar
2021/12/09 ~ 2021/12/09
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Seoul National University (SNU); National Taiwan University (NTU) | 2021 Asian Migration Workshop | South Korea, TaiwanSeminar
2020 ~ 2021
Contact
Principal Investigator
Position : Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology
Email : pclan@ntu.edu.tw
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Position : Professor, Department of Sociology
Email : yftseng@ntu.edu.tw
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