Leander Seah

Biography

Leander Seah holds a PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) and teaches courses on East Asia, Southeast Asia, and modern world history at Stetson. He has also served as the founding director of Stetson's Asian Studies Program. In terms of research, as an ethnic Chinese citizen of Singapore who lives in the United States, he is particularly interested in migration and diasporas, China-Southeast Asia connections, modern China, East Asian relations, modern Japan, US-China relations, and transnational and world history. He has published journal articles, has presented his work at conferences in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, and is currently revising a book manuscript, Conceptualizing Chinese Identity: China, the Nanyang, and Trans-Regionalism. He has also begun work on another book, a transnational study of the Burma Theater during World War II with emphasis on China, the United States, and Southeast Asia. His accolades include over twenty fellowships, research grants and awards from the Association for Asian Studies, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Center for Chinese Studies in Taiwan, the National Library Board of Singapore, the National University of Singapore, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stetson University.

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