Religion and Globalisation

Members

NameResearch Area
Prof DEAN, KennethCluster Leader of Religion and Globalisation - Transnational Trust, Temple networks Linking Singapore Chinese Temples to Southeast China and Southeast Asia
A/Prof AUNG-THWIN, MaitriiDeputy Director - Myanmar/Southeast Asian History, Social Movements, Knowledge Production, Community, Social-Legal Studies, Development Studies, and Buddhist Infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia
Dr CHAMBON, MichelInitiative for the Study of Asian Catholics, Chinese Christianities, Catholic Studies, Anthropology of Christianity, Actor-Network Theory, Chinese Religions
Dr LARSON, EricaReligion and religious pluralism; education; ethics; digital media; Indonesia, Singapore, and Southeast Asia
Dr KANG, YuBusiness History and Overseas Chinese, Focus on the Networks Interweaving Chinese Temples and Businesses in Southeast Asia
Dr HING, Jia WenContact linguistics; Anthropolinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Dialectology; Field Linguistics
Ms LEE, Chyen YeeEconomics and political economy in China and Southeast Asia

Associates

NameDepartment and Organisation
Prof Vineeta SINHADepartment of Sociology, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Daniel PS GOHNUS College & Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Rajesh RAISouth Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore
A/Prof John WHALEN-BRIDGEDepartment of English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Indira ARUMUGAMDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Jack Meng-Tat CHIADepartment of History, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Neena MAHADEVDivision of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College
Asst Prof Elliott Edward PRASSE-FREEMANDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Stuart STRANGEDivision of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College
Asst Prof Nurfadzilah YAHAYAYale University
Dr Fabian GRAHAMIndependent Research
Dr Giuseppe BOLOTTA Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Dr Mark STANFORDDeputy Director of Knowledge and Insights, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore
Dr Aga ZUOSHIInstitute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University
Dr Yang YANGDepartment of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore

Former Members

NameResearch Area and Topics / Organisation While at ARI
DrHimanshu PRABHA RAYHistory of Archaeology in India, Seafaring and Maritime Contacts, Digital Mapping of Archaeological Sites Through Satellite Imagery
Dr Keiko TOSA Cultural Anthropology and Folklore, Buddhist Missionary Work, Assimilation Policy and Religious Conflict
Prof Marcus BINGENHEIMERChinese Buddhist Networks in South East Asia
Prof Steven KEMPER Anagarika Dharmapala, Focusing on the Rise of a Buddhist Modernism, Associated with His Career in India, Burma, Thailand, Japan, England, and Sri Lanka
A/Prof Alexander David PALMER Local Ritual Traditions, Transnational Religious Movements, Faith-Based Volunteering and NGOs in the Chinese World and Southeast Asia
A/Prof Gary BELL Indonesian Law, United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
A/Prof Michael FEENER Former Cluster Leader - Intellectual and Cultural History of Islam in the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Dr Aarif JAMAL Law and Religion, Muslim legal Traditions, Comparative Law, Legal and Political Theory
Dr Amelia FAUZIA Islamic Philanthropy and Other Faith-Based Philanthropic Organisations
Dr Bernardo BROWN Forms of Religiosity that Emerge in Transnational Contexts and the Encounter of Different World Christian Traditions
Dr Carter HIGGINS Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, Asian Studies, Anthropology, Modern Cultural History
Dr Catherine SCHEER Cambodia’s Indigenous Minorities and Anthropology of Christianity in Continental Southeast Asia
Dr Duoduo XUOral Traditions, Comparative Literature, Ancient Greek Philology, History of Writing, Language Documentation of Minority Populations and Cultures of China
Dr Fabian GRAHAMChinese religion, Spirit Possession, Temple Ritual and Material Culture
Dr Gustav BROWN Islam in Indonesia, Social Psychology, Gender
Dr Hongxuan LINProgressive Articulations of Islam across the Islamicate World, with a particular focus on Indonesia.
Dr Joshua Samuel GEDACHT Relationship between Colonial Era War-Making, Islamic Networks, and the Reconfiguration of Religious Connections in Indonesia and the Philippines
Dr Kyuhoon CHO The Conceptualization of the Category ‘Religion’ in Modern Korea, the Public Role of Buddhism and Christianity in a Globalised Korea, the Religious System of North Korea, and Religion as an Alternative Communication System in Modern Global Asia
Dr Lang CHEN Religious Ideas, Praxis, and Pursuits of Urban, Educated Chinese from the Late Imperial, History of Tiantai Buddhism in the 16th to 17th Century
Dr Lei Kuan (Rongdao) LAI Modern Chinese Religions, Identity Production and the Changing Landscape in Modern Chinese Buddhism
Dr Nan OUYANGSacred Spaces in East Asia, Modern Chinese Religion, and Chinese Historical Geography
Dr Mark STANFORDCultural Evolution, Evolution of Co-operation, Moral Psychology,
Dr Mei Feng MOK Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Everyday Life, Transnationalism, Cultural Networks
Dr My (May) NGO How Constructions of both the ‘Sacred’ and the ‘Secular’ are Negotiated within the Humanitarian and Development Field, and how an Examination of These Processes Render into Question Values that are Assumed as Universal and Neutral
Dr Natalie LANGUrban Religion, Hindus in Singapore, Religion and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr Nurfadzilah YAHAYA History of Southeast Asia, History of Indian Ocean, History of Islamic World, Global and International History, Colonialism and Imperialism, Environmental History, History of Infrastructure; Legal History, Islamic law
Dr Robin BUSH Islam and Politics in Indonesia, Changing Roles of Mass-Based Religious Organisations, Religion and Development, Social Justice
Dr Ronojoy SEN Religion, State and Civil Society in India
Dr Tabassum KHAN Emergent Identities of Indian Muslim youth within Contexts of Economic Liberalization and Neoliberal Globalization
Dr Till MOSTOWLANSKY Shia Networks Which Transcend the Modern Frontiers of Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iran and India through Development and Charity
Dr Yang YANGTransnational Religious Networks between China and Southeast Asia, Politics of Ethno-Religious Identity of the Hui Muslims in Northwestern China
Dr Ying Ruo SHOWGender and Religion, Chinese Buddhism, Chinese Diaspora, Oral Traditions and Ethnography of Ritual Performances
Dr Zeliha Gul INANC Cultural Heritage and History Education in SEA, Higher Education for Refugees, Contemporary Religious Art and Architecture