Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Ling-Wei Kung

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JSPS International Fellow, Tōyō Bunko (2026–27)

I am a historian of early modern/modern China and Inner Asia, with a focus on information, technology, and knowledge in international and comparative contexts.

Page from the Qing Pentaglot Dictionary, with Manchu, Tibetan, Mongolian, Chaghatai and Chinese entries — From the *Yuzhi Wuti Qingwen jian* (Pentaglot Dictionary of the Qing), Qianlong era

Selected Publications

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Manchu translation of a 1639 letter from the lord of Tsushima to the Chosŏn Ministry of Rites, Grand Secretariat Archives, Institute of History and Philology

News & Talks

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Poster for the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Lectures on Chinese Studies, 30 October 2026

Featured lecture · 2026.10.30

“Whose Orthodoxy? The Yuan, Ming, and Qing Empires in Eurasian Perspective and the Rewriting of ‘Chinese’ History.”

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Sinology Lecture, Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library, Taipei

2026.10.28
“Triangulating Empire: The Manchus, Chosŏn Korea, and Edo Japan in the Information Order of Seventeenth-Century Northeast Asia.”
Lecture, Hanyang University, Seoul
2026.09.26
“The Kangxi-Era Map of Ili and Qing Geographical Knowledge of the Western Regions.”
International research meeting, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
2026.09.01–02
Paper and panel chair, Ninth International Conference on Tibetan Archaeology and Art.
Sichuan University, Chengdu
2026.08.12
Workshop: The IHP and the Making of Modern Chinese Historiography (convener).
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
2026.06.17
“Was Qing China Closed? Information Exchange between Early Modern China and Eurasia.”
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Sinology Lecture, Chiang Ching-kuo Presidential Library, Taipei