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Dr Yu Kang commenced his appointment as Postdoctoral Fellow with the Religion and Globalisation Cluster on 21 February 2023.

He obtained his PhD in Chinese Studies at NUS in 2022 with a thesis focusing on Huizhou merchants and their transregional trade institutions. His current research interests include business history and overseas Chinese, with a particular focus on the networks interweaving Chinese temples and businesses in Southeast Asia. At ARI he will work on projects on the historical records of temples and businesses in Singapore, aiming to build a new database that will add another layer to the Singapore Historical GIS.