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I am a Ph.D. student in Southeast Asian history at Cornell University. Born and raised in Singapore, I received my B.A. (Hons) and M.A. in history from the National University of Singapore, and my A.M. in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, where I was a Harvard-Yenching Scholar. My research focuses on the Chinese diasporic communities in Southeast Asia, specifically in maritime Southeast Asia. I am interested in Buddhism, Chinese popular religion, and diasporic networks between Southeast Asia and China from the colonial period to the present. I am also interested in Buddhist hagiography and records of eminent monks in Southeast Asia. My dissertation seeks to examine the Sino-Southeast Asian Buddhist networks and inquire into the dynamics of transnational religious circulations in the modernization and globalization of Chinese Buddhism in the twentieth century.
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我叫謝明達，新加坡人，現為康奈爾大學歷史系博士生。先後自新加坡國立大學考取文學士榮譽學位和文學碩士學位。其後獲哈佛燕京學社獎學金赴美國哈佛大學就讀，2011 年獲哈佛大學東亞研究碩士學位。主要研究興趣包括東南亞華人、漢傳佛教與華僑華人民間信仰。我也對東南亞的佛教高僧傳和記錄深感興趣。博士論文主要探討二十世紀中國與東南亞之間的佛教網絡，以便了解現代化和全球化的漢傳佛教。
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Nama saya Jack Meng-Tat Chia. Saya mahasiswa S3 jurusan Sejarah Asia Tenggara di Universitas Cornell. Lahir dan dibesarkan di Singapura, saya memperoleh gelar Sarjana dan Magister Sejarah dari Universitas Nasional Singapura. Kemudian saya melanjutkan pendidikan saya hingga memperoleh gelar Magister di bidang Studi Asia Timor di Universitas Harvard. Fokus penelitian saya mengkaji berbagai komunitas Orang Tionghoa di Asia Tenggara, khususnya di Asia Tenggara kepulauan. Saya tertarik pada agama Buddha, agama populer Tiongkok, dan jaringan diaspora yang terbentuk antara Asia Tenggara dan Tiongkok dari masa kolonial sampai saat ini.
