FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Globalization

The Asian Research Working Group (ARWG)

Intro About

The Asian Research Working Group (ARWG)

The Asian Research Working Group (ARWG) aims to build a community of scholars who work on Asia by promoting interdisciplinary dialogue, collaboration and initiatives that integrate research into educational activities in McMaster.

 

One of the ARWG’s goals is to explore the possibility of creating an Asian Research Centre (ARC) to deepen our understanding of and engagement with Asia – one of the world’s most dynamic regions in the globalized world today.

Asian Research Centre (ARC)

The ARC hopes to build and leverage on the research strengths and networks of the growing number of scholars in McMaster who work on Asia, broadly defined to include area studies, languages, religion, politics, health and business as well as issues regarding Asians within Canada and relations between Asia and Canada.

Researchers

James A. Benn 

Professor, Director, McMaster University Centre for Buddhist Studies

University Hall (UH), 120
Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 24210 

Email: bennjam@mcmaster.ca  

Chandrima Chakraborty

Professor, Department of English & Cultural Studies

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 23777

Email: chandri@mcmaster.ca

Basanti Majumdar 

Professor Emeritus

Email: majumdar@mcmaster.ca  

Khalid Nainar 

Professor, DeGroote School of Business

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 23990 

Email: nainar@mcmaster.ca

Song Jaeyoon 

Assistant Professor, Department of History

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 24146 

Email: songjea@mcmaster.ca  

Angela Sheng 

Associate Professor, School of the Arts

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 23156

Email: shenga@mcmaster.ca   

Richard Stubbs 

Professor Emeritus

Email: stubbsr@mcmaster.ca 

Netina Tan 

Associate Professor, McMaster University Scholar, 2021-2025

Kenneth Taylor Hall (KTH), 541

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 21271 

Email: netina@mcmaster.ca

Kee Yong 

Associate Professor

Chester New Hall (CNH), 535

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 23907

Email: yongk@mcmaster.ca

Hongjin Zhu 

Assistant Professor, School of Business

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 20090

Email: zhuhong@mcmaster.ca  

Contact Us

For more information on ways to participate in the ARWG or research assistantship opportunities, please email arwg@mcmaster.ca or contact:

 

Chandrima Chakraborty

Professor, Department of English & Cultural Studies

Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext. 23777

Email: chandri@mcmaster.ca