My collaborative work connects research on China and Inner Asia with academic exchange and public presentations of historical evidence. These examples document specific contributions, with links to institutional records and published outputs.
Knowledge of Time and Space in Imperial China
Role: Academia Sinica investigator on a joint project with National Taiwan University, 2025–2026.
Working with Yang Fu of NTU’s Department of History, I examine the making of temporal and spatial knowledge through Chinese, Manchu, Tibetan, and other sources.
Public record: The institutional report identifies research contributions, publications, scholarly exchange, and a museum video.
A Tibetan Letter and Tibet–Qing Relations
Role: Presenter for the Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.
In the museum’s video series, I discuss a letter from the Seventh Dalai Lama to the Yongzheng emperor, connecting its material and textual features with its historical setting.
Public output: The museum provides an introduction and access to its video series.
Discussing Naitō Konan with the NTHU Museum
Role: Guest in episode 17 of the National Tsing Hua University Museum’s podcast.
I joined the programme for a conversation about the historian Naitō Konan, presenting a topic in the history of scholarship through an audio interview.
Public output: The museum’s episode list records the topic and guest and links to listening platforms.
Research Exchange and Invitations
I welcome enquiries about research on China and Inner Asia, multilingual historical sources, lectures, museum interpretation, and related media conversations. Please briefly describe the topic, audience, format, and proposed timing.
Short biography
Ling-Wei Kung is an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. A historian of China and Central Eurasia, he studies information, translation, and knowledge through multilingual archives in Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan. He received his Ph.D. in History and East Asian Studies from Columbia University in 2021.
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