Our Department has a wealth and breadth of research expertise across a wide range of subject areas. These relate to the disciplines of:
- Anthropology
- Arts, including Film and Theatre
- Business and Management Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Development Studies
- Economics and Political Economy
- Educational Studies
- Environment
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- History
- International Relations and International Political Economy
- Language and Linguistics
- Literature
- Politics
- Religious Studies
- Sociology and Social Policy
More specific details can be found at our Research Expertise page.
We have an impressive record of East Asia related research across these fields. The Department is one of the foremost departments for research on East Asia in the UK.
White Rose East Asia Centre
Much of our Department's research takes place in partnership under the White Rose East Asia Centre (WREAC), which is a joint venture between our Department, the Leeds University Business School (LUBS), and the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield. Staff from all three sections are teamed up across four WREAC 'Research Clusters', namely:
- Business, Political Economy and Development
- East Asian Identities and Cultures
- Social Change and Transition in East Asia
- Regionalisation and Globalisation
For more details see the WREAC website.
On our Research pages, you will find more details of Department's research expertise, recent research projects, research students (PhD and MPhil), most recent research publications, working papers, and research seminars and events.
Leeds East Asia Papers
The Leeds East Asia Papers (LEAP) is a working papers series produced by staff, postgraduate research students and associates of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds as well as visiting researchers and some who have presented seminar papers in the Department. The series was relaunched in 2010 and new papers can be seen below:
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UNESCO in Melaka: Cultural Politics, Identities and Tourism in a World Heritage Site
Leeds East Asia Papers: New Series No.4
Authors: Victor T. King
Abstract: The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Melaka within the ‘Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca’ together with George Town in Penang is arguably the most important national historical site in the Federation of Malaysia. As the origin of the Malay-Muslim sultanate system in Peninsular Malaysia and more widely it has been a crucial element in the Malaysian government’s nation-building policies since independence. It symbolizes a ‘golden age’ in the development of Malay civilization and in that regard the emphasis on Malay and Islamic culture in the construction of a national identity has played an important part in the ways in which Melaka has ...
Posted 29 Jan 2012 05:18 by Admins (Jenni Rauch)
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The Development of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (and Europe): the Making of a Region
Leeds East Asia Papers: New Series No.3Authors: Victor T. KingOpen a full e-text of this paper [PDF format - 391K]For those of us who have spent our academic career in a multidisciplinary area studies programme the issue of defining and delimiting a region takes on added significance, although some of us more than others seem to be constantly exercised in pondering whether or not our region makes any conceptual, analytical or substantive sense (see King, 2005, 2006). What I want to do in this paper is firstly to trace the origins of the making of Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (with some reference to continental European activities) and what both promoted ...
Posted 29 Mar 2011 01:55 by Web Admins (Ben Caesar)
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Livelihoods and Migrants’ Social Protection: An Investigation of Migration and Health in Beijing and Tianjin, North China
Leeds East Asia Papers: New Series No.2Authors: Heather X. ZhangOpen a full e-text of this paper [PDF format - 1393K]This paper contributes to a growing body of research on the social protection for rural-urban migrants in Chinese cities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and Tianjin and applying an analytical framework of livelihood studies, it examines an important aspect of migrants’ social protection, namely migrants’ health, in particular workplace safety and occupational health. It aims at (1) delineating the current state of affairs in respect of social protection for rural migrants; (2) identifying the risks and threats to migrants’ health as perceived by the actors involved; (3) examining the extent to which the social rights ...
Posted 29 Mar 2011 01:55 by Web Admins (Ben Caesar)
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Thailand: A Comparative and Critical Appraisal
Leeds East Asia Papers: New Series No.1
Authors: Victor T. King and Michael J. G. Parnwell
Open a full e-text of this paper [PDF format - 4201K]
This provisional and critical analysis of three UNESCO designated sites in Thailand is part of a wider cross-national, multidisciplinary comparative programme of research on selected World Heritage Sites across the Southeast Asian region (specifically in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam). The research examines the tensions that exist between the often competing interests, understandings and agendas of the various stakeholders involved in these globally important sites: local communities, national governments and their provincial and local agencies, international conservation organisations (including UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] and ICOMOS ...
Posted 12 Oct 2010 04:31 by Admins (Jenni Rauch)
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