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Prof. HANG Xing
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Prof. HANG Xing

Associate Dean (Global Engagement) of Faculty of Humanities and Professor

East Asian world order, maritime East Asia, Eurasian comparative history, Ming-Qing transition, overseas Chinese, Chinese nationalism and identity, Religious circulation and transmission in early modern Asia

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in History: University of California, Berkeley
  • M.A. in History: University of California, Berkeley
  • B.A. in East Asian Studies: University of Georgia
  • B.B.A. in Finance: University of Georgia

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2023 - 2025)
  • Associate Professor, Department of History, Brandeis University (2017 - 2023)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of History, Brandeis University (2010 - 2017)

Research Interests

  • East Asian world order
  • maritime East Asia
  • Eurasian comparative history
  • Ming-Qing transition
  • overseas Chinese
  • Chinese nationalism and identity
  • Religious circulation and transmission in early modern Asia

Research Output

English/英文

 

Chinese / 中文

  • 杭行. 18世紀東亞海洋文學的瑰寶:鄚天賜及與河仙相關的文學史料彙集 (Collection of primary literary documents related to Mao Tianci and Hà Tiên). 《海洋史研究》 (Studies of Maritime History) 20 (2022): 102-121.
  • 杭行. 西婆羅洲華人公司形成和發展與政治博弈的演變 (The historical background behind the formation and development of the Chinese gongsi in West Borneo [1500-1800]). 《学文》 (Literary Pursuit) 20.2 (2021): 103-115.
  • 杭行. 十八世紀湄公河三角洲的多元華商:鄚天賜的事例 (A cosmopolitan Chinese merchant in the eighteenth-century Mekong River Delta: the example of Mao Tianci). 《海交史研究》 (Maritime History Studies) 2 (2020): 70-83
  • Hang, Xing 杭行. 以詩歌定空間: 河仙總督莫琮 (莫天賜) '河仙十詠考' (Situating Space through Verse: A Study of the Ten Verses of Hà Tiên by Mo Cong [Mc Thiên T]). 《國家航海》 (National Maritime Research) 25. (2020): 20-33.
  • Hang, Xing 杭行. 羅芳伯與東南亞華人自治體的黃金時代 (Luo Fangbo and the Golden Age of Chinese Autonomy in Southeast Asia). 《學文》 (Literary Pursuit) 11. (2017): 95-106.
  • Hang, Xing 杭行. 十七世紀明清鼎革時期的廣東海盜 (Cantonese Pirates during the Seventeenth-century Ming-Qing Transition). 《海洋史研究》 (Studies of Maritime History) 9. (2016): 247-260.
  • Hang, Xing 杭行. 西方學術視野中的鄭氏家族研究 (The State of Research on the Zheng Family in the West). 國家航海(National Maritime Research) 10 (2015): 38-51.

Esteem Measures

Public Outreach

Journal Editorship

  • Editorial Board, China and Asia
  • Editorial Consultant, National Maritime Research
  • Senior Editor, Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian Commercial History, 2018-2025

Honors

  • General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HKSAR, 2026-2029
  • American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Grant, 2019-2020
  • American Council of Learned Societies Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship, 2014-2015
  • Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Junior Scholar Grant, 2014-2015
  • Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Teaching, Brandeis University, 2014
  • Taiwan Center for Chinese Studies Grant, 2008-2009
  • Fulbright (turned down)

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