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.
Selected Publications
Featured article · 2025
“Information Circulation between Manchuria, Korea, and Japan before the Qing Conquest of China” [in Chinese].
Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology 96, no. 3 (2025): 499–566.
Manchu translation of a 1639 letter from the lord of Tsushima to the Chosŏn Ministry of Rites (detail). Grand Secretariat Archives, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.
- 2026
“Polyglot Lexicons and Encyclopedic Works in Late Imperial China.”
Encyclopedia 6, no. 1 (2026): 5.
- 2025
“Information Circulation and Patron-Priest Relationship between the Early Qing Dynasty and Tibet” [in Chinese].
Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica 129 (2025): 1–54.
- 2025
Revue d’Études Tibétaines 78 (2025): 186–221.
- 2025
“The Issues of the Sixth Dalai Lama and the Transformation of Qing Information System on Tibet.”
Religions 16, no. 1 (2025): 31.
News & Talks
Featured lecture · 2026.10.30
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
Digital Humanities
Connecting historical sources, spatial analysis, and interactive maps to make Inner Asian history accessible for exploration.
Mapping Tibetan Monasteries
Project Lead
Explore monastery affiliations, founding dates, and Amdo livestock records through interactive maps. The current system is built and maintained by the Ling-Wei Kung Research Lab.
Historical GIS of the Wanli Huijiang Tu
Project Lead (with Hsiung-Ming Liao)
An interactive GIS built around Suningga’s Qing route map of Xinjiang, with historical maps, routes, and place names that can be overlaid for comparison.