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Cangbai Wang is a Professor of Migration, Heritage and Language at the University of Westminster and co-founder of HOMELandS (Hub On Migration, Exile, Languages and Spaces). He holds a PhD in Asian Studies from the University of Hong Kong (2003) and previously worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow/Honorary Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong and Visiting Lecturer at City University of Hong Kong.
- Academic focus: Transnational migration, Chinese diasporas, cultural heritage
- Co-Director of HOMELandS since 2014 (elevated to Research Centre in 2023)
- External Examiner for 20 institutions including University of Birmingham (2024), University of Cambridge (2020), and Nanyang Technological University (2024)
His research explores the intersection of migration and material culture, emphasizing how diasporic communities negotiate identity through heritage practices. Recent work examines museum representations of Chinese diasporas and language dynamics in multicultural London. He has led the AHRC-funded Global Diasporic Chinese Museums Network Initiative (2023-2025) and contributed to policy discussions on diaspora engagement with Chinese municipal governments.
Key publication: Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas (Routledge 2021) and Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London (Multilingual Matters 2024). Supervised PhDs include Denise Kwan’s The talking of objects: migratory experiences and Chinese women in UK (2020) and Xiao Ma’s ongoing London Chinatown: heritage making and diasporic identities.
Active in academic leadership:
- Co-editor: Routledge Research on Museums and Heritage in Asia
- Editorial board: Social Transformations in Chinese Societies (since 2024)
- International editorial board: Chinese Overseas Review (since 2020)
- UKRI FLF Peer Review College member
