Chih-Ming Wang

Chih-Ming Wang is a Research Fellow and Professor at Academia Sinica, serving as Deputy Director of the Institute of European and American Studies. He holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the International Program in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies at National Chiao-Tung University.

• Ph.D., Literature Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
• M.A., Department of Foreign Languages and Comparative Literature, National Taiwan University
• B.A., Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Tsing Hua University

His research bridges American studies and Asian studies through a transborder problematic, examining how literary and cultural exchanges between Asia and the West interact with social change. Key questions include: How do international students' experiences challenge US-centric Asian American studies? How does Taiwan's foreign literature field transform Western theories for local contexts?

Recent work focuses on globalization narratives, post-Cold War geopolitics, and imperialism, particularly in relation to China's contemporary global role. He leads a research cluster on 'Chinese Contemporary' at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University's International Center for Cultural Studies, aiming to deconstruct Cold War Orientalist narratives.

His 15 most recent publications span moral philosophy anthologies, transnational migration studies, and critical theory translations. Topics include R.F. Kuang's race debates, Ha Jin's immigrant novels, and Cold War legacy analyses, reflecting his expertise in Asian American literature, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, and postcolonial theory.

Scientific Awards:

• Outstanding Scholar Award (2025-27)
• Outstanding Research Award (2022-23)
• Scholarly Monograph Award (2022)
• Harvard Yenching Fellowship (2020)
• ASA Yasuo Sakakibara Prize

Through editorial roles at journals like Router and Reflexion, he fosters transnational academic collaboration. His work consistently merges knowledge production with social movement dimensions, embodying cultural studies' transformative potential.