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ASHLEY ESAREY
Director, Taiwan Studies Program
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Email: esarey@ualberta.ca
Mailing Address:
Department of Political Science
University of Alberta
10-15 Tory Building
Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2H4
Education:
– PhD, Political Science, Columbia University (2006)
– MPhil, Political Science, Columbia University
– MA, Political Science, Columbia University
– BA (Hons), Diplomacy and World Affairs: East Asia, Occidental College (1994)
Research Interest
– Political communication
– Transnational environmental movements
– International relations in East Asia
– Domestic politics of China, Taiwan and Japan
RYAN DUNCH
Professor and Chair, Faculty of Arts – History & Classics Dept
Member of Advisory Board, Taiwan Studies Program
Email: ryan.dunch@ualberta.ca
Mailing Address:
History and Classics
University of Alberta
2-28 Tory Building
Edmonton AB Canada T6G
– PhD, History, Yale University (1996)
– MA, History, University of British Columbia (1991)
– BA (Hons), Asian Studies, Australian National University (1987)
Research Interests
– Religion and the State in greater China
– Chinese Christianity
– Nationalisms
CLARA IWASAKI
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Member of Advisory Board, Taiwan Studies Program
Email: ciwasaki@ualberta.ca
Mailing Address:
3-36 Pembina Hall
8921 – 116 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H8
– Ph.D. Modern Chinese Literature, University of California (2015)
Research Interests
– Modern Chinese literature, Sinophone literature, Sinophone film, transpacific studies, world literature, Taiwanese literature, Hong Kong literature, Cold War studies
Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Email: lupke@ualberta.ca
Mailing Address:3-32A Pembina Hall
8921 – 116 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H8
Education:
– PhD, Cornell University (East Asian Literature), 1993
– BA, Grinnell College (Philosophy), 1982
Research Interests
– Modern and contemporary Chinese literature, cinema, and culture
REZA HASMATH
Professor, Department of Political Science
Email: hasmath@ualberta.ca
Research Website: www.rezahasmath.com
Mailing Address:
Department of Political Science
University of Alberta
10-10 Tory Building
Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2H4
Education:
– Doctor of Philosophy in Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge (2009)
– Master of Arts in International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2004)
– Master of Policy Studies, University of New South Wales (2001)
– Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy, Queen’s University (2000)
Research Interest
– Examining the life course experiences (e.g. from education to the labour market), and public management, of ethnic minorities in global contexts.
– Analyzing state-society relationships in China, and how the activities of emerging state and non-state actors potentially affect salient theories, practices and assumptions in international development and global affairs.
– Assessing the evolving behaviour of policy actors and citizens, and their subsequent impact on advanced authoritarian regimes.
– Evaluating global social and economic sustainability, and the development of environmental, social and corporate governance principles and practices.
– Probing into the essentialist qualities of the self, community and state through their performative interplay in the public domain.