Wei-An Chang
Research Expertise
Education & Experiences
Chang, W.A., Liu, Y.S. and Liu, J.C., 2019, Back to Romantic Route 3 in the Future, Paper for the 2019 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Society for Anthropology and Ethnology. Taipei: Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology. September 28-29, 2019.
Chang, W.A., 2018, Research Methods and Practice of Hakka Chinese in Southeast Asia: Based on the Sociological Field Experience in Malaysia, A Further Study of Chinese History in Malaysia: A Seminar on Theory, Method and Practice. Hosted by History and Archaeology publishing center of China Social Sciences Press. Lijing Peninsula Hotel, Lufeng, Guangdong.
Chang, W.A., Liu, Y.S. and Liu, J.C., 2018, Ethnic Relations along Provincial Highway 3 in Northern Taiwan: The Emergence of the Corridor of Production, Economy, Religion and Hakka Culture, Boundary Construction and Crossing: Monsoon Asia’s Societies, Cultures and Ethnicities, 2018 Annual Seminar on Southeast Asian Regional Studies in Taiwan. Taitung: National Taitung University.
Chang, H.P., Tsai, F.F. and Chang, W.A., 2018, Hakka Marriage Immigrants from Singkawang , Indonesia to Taiwan, 5th International Conference on Chinese Indonesian Studies. Xiamen: Xiamen University.
Chang, W.A., 2018, The Social Foundation of the Revival of the Hakka Language, Seminar on the 30th Anniversary of the Taiwan Hakka Mother Language Revival Movement, hosted by the Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs. Taipei: Taipei City Hakka Cultural Center.
Chang, W.A., Chang, H.P., Wang H.J. and Yeh, I.T., 2018, Post-disaster Reconstruction: Explore Hakka Elements in the Reconstruction of Hakka Communities, 2018 Academic Seminar on Hakka Culture in Taichung. Taichung: Taichung Tuniu Activity Center.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2018, North and South Hakka People: the Diversity of Hakka Culture in Taiwan, Seminar on Democratic and Pluralistic Southern Society. Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Sociology.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Ecological Museum and the Development of Shitan Community on Provincial Highway 3, 2017 International Conference of Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Museum of the Hakka Affairs Council. (2017.12.16-17)
Huang, H.W., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2017, A Study on the Exhibition of "Hakka, the Basel Mission and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", 2017 International Conference of Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Museum of the Hakka Affairs Council. (2017.12.16-17)
Chang, W.A., 2017, Hakka Showcase: A Survey of Hakka Cultural Museums and Cultural Parks in the Special Municipalities, 2017 Hakka Culture Museum and Community Building. Kaohsiung: Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum. (2017.11.10)
Chang, W.A. and Hsu, J.C., 2017, Hakka Memory and Social Network of Nu Chao Members, Paper on Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of General Hu Lien’s Birth: A Symposium on Hu Lien and the Republic of China, Hsinchu Hsinpu: Nu Chao Alumni Association, KKL Hu-Lien Culture & Arts Foundation, National Central University Department of Hakka Language and Social Sciences. (2017.11.18)?
CHIU, Ann Shu-ju and Wei-An CHANG, 2017, “Hakka Identity and Cyberspace Construction: Tai-wan and the United States,” This Land Is Our Land: Chinese Pluralities Through the Americas An International Conference of the Chinese Historical Society of America. Hilton San Francisco.(2017/10/5-8)
Chang, W.A., 2017, Hakka on WeChat, The 8th Hakka Culture Forum. Guangxi: Guangxi Hakka Overseas Association, Guangxi Normal University Press Group, Guangxi Normal University Hakka Research Institute, Guilin Hakka Overseas Association. (Guilin Guishan Hotel, 2017.08.18-21).
Chang, W.A., 2017, From Shishanbao to Mandor: Traces of Lo Fong-pak’s Gold Field Dreams, Lo Fong-pak Seminar on History and Culture. Bangkok: Lo Clan World Association, Thai Mei County Hall (9th floor, Thai CC Building, Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce Guanghua Hall, 2017.7.8-10).
Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A., Chung, Y.C., Huang, H.T., Hsu, W.T., Lin, Y.H., Liu, I.L. and Chen, M.H.,2016, Analysis of Hakka Origin: A Dialogue between Sociology and Biology, The Fourth Symposium on Ethnic Groups, History and Regional Society. Taipei: Academia Sinica Institute of Taiwan History. 2016.11.20-21.
Liu, I.L., Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A. and Hsu, W.T., 2016, The Correlation between Hakka Characters and Ethnic Identity, Symposium on Social Innovation and Design, Hsinchu: NCTU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2016.11.14.
Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A., Chung, Y.C., Huang, H.T., Hsu, W.T., Lin, Y.H., Liu, Y.L. and Chen, M.H., 2016, Looking for Hakka People: When Human Body and Social Studies Encounter Ethnic Variables, 2016 Annual Meeting of the Taiwan STS Association. Tainan. 2016.3.25-26.
Danny Wong Tze Ken, Chang Wei An, Chang Han Bi and Chern Li Hua, 2016 “The Early Transformation of the Hakka Christians under the Basel Church in Sabah: a study of marriage certificates, 1920-1930,” The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chang, H.P., Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chen, L.H., 2016, The Separation and Integration of Sanba Church’s Missionary Work in Hakka Regions: A Case Study of the Dehua Shuowang News (1908-1911), The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chen, L.H., Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2016, From the Originator of Hakka Studies to the Leader of Hakka Church: Lo Hsiang-lin’s Religious Conversion in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century, The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chen, L.H., Chang, H.P., Huang, T.C. and Chang, W.A., 2016, The Formation of Hakka Christian Areas in Eastern Guangdong: The Mechanism and Influence of the Diffusion of the Basel Mission in the 1850s to the 1940s, The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chang, W.A. and Huang, K.F., 2016, The Interaction between the Federation of Alumni Associations of Taiwan Universities, Malaysia and Taiwan Society, International Conference on the Inheritance and Innovation of Chinese Culture. Singapore: National University of Singapore Wan Boo Sow Research Centre for Chinese Culture. 2016.12.2~3.
Chang, W.A., 2016, A Study of Sin Sze Si Ya: A Case Study of the Local Beliefs of Hakka Chinese in Malaysia. Chinese Studies in Malaysia and Singapore: International Conference on History, Politics and Culture. Hosted by the Peking University Research Center for Overseas Chinese and the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies. Beijing: Peking University Research Center for Overseas Chinese. 2016.12.3~6.
Chang, W.A., Chang, H.P. and Huang, T.C., 2014, Who Needs Liu Shan Bang: Reconstruction of the Hakka Republic in Maoshan, Shilongmen, Sarawak, A New Vision of Humanities and Social Sciences Research - Ethnic Group, Communication and Social Innovation. Hsinchu: NCTU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2014.11.14.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Huang, T.C., 2014, Women in the Basel Mission in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, A New Vision of Humanities and Social Sciences Research - Ethnic Group, Communication and Social Innovation. Hsinchu: NCTU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2014.11.14.
Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2014, “The Basel Hakka Christians of Sarawak: a Community that had ‘Disappeared’”, The 3rd International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2014.11.8-9.
Chang, W.A., 2014, A Preliminary Observation of Hakka Studies and Cultural Development in Malaysia, The 3rd International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2014.11.8-9.
Chang, W.A., 2014, A Preliminary Observation of Hakka Studies and Cultural Development in Malaysia, The 3rd International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2014.11.8-9.
Chang, W.A. and Peng, C.L., 2014, Empowerment and Integration of Taiwanese Aborigines, Hakka Populations and Digital Opportunities, 2014 Seminar on Digital Application Behavior Trends in the Information Society. Hosted by the National Development Council and the Taiwan Academy for Information Society. Taipei: NTUH International Convention Center. 2014-10-14.
Chang, W.A., 2014, The Collective Trend of Overseas Hakka Immigrants: A Case Study of the Use of Hakka Language, International Conference on the Review and Prospect of Overseas Chinese Studies: Methods, Theories and Perspectives. Nanyang Technological University. 2014.3.21-22.
Chang, W.A. and Chiu, S.J., 2013, The Construction of Imagined Hakka Communities in Taiwan and Overseas: A Case Study of the Hakka Affairs Council Website, 2013 New Vision of Globalization II: International Conference on Settlements, Ethnic Groups and Social Development. National Taichung University of Education Department of Regional and Social Development, Nov 14-15.
Liu, Y.S. and Chang, W.A., 2013, Hakka and Taiwan Society: A Case Study of the Hakka Worship Associations, Ethnic Group, Society and History: The Practice and Development of Local Studies in Taiwan, Symposium in Honor of Professor Yin-chang Chuang on His Retirement. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2013.6.25-26.
Chang, W.A., Chiu, H.H. and Lee, C.I., 2013, Elimination, Transformation or Upgrading? Analysis on the Issues of Industrial Upgrading of Taiwanese Businessmen in Dongguan. Seminar on the Pluralistic Exploration of Western Social Theory and the Empirical Study of East Asian Capitalism. Taichung: Tunghai University Department of Sociology, (NTHU Empowerment and Integration Program (102N2531E1)).
Chang, Wei an, Shu Ju Chiu. 2012. “The Internet that Connects Hakka to their Ethnic Counterparts in the Asia-Pacific Region,” paper presented at International Association for Asia Pacific Studies 3rd Annual Conference: Change in the Asia Pacific World: Challenges and Opportunities. Hong Kong: The department of Japanese Studies, CUHK. 2012.11. 23-24.
Chang, Wei an. 2012. “Silent Social Reform: The Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation as a Model for Social Change” (revised version), paper presented at Conference on Religion, Resistance, Movements, and Politics in Greater China. Oregon: Corvallis. 2012.10. 26- 27.
Hsueh, Y.F. and Chang, W.A., 2012, Hakka Studies and Taiwan's Subjectivity, Seminar on the Establishment of Taiwan's Subjectivity from Contemporary Issues. Taipei: Taiwan Association of University Professors. 2012.10.20-21.
Chang, W.A., 2012, From Shishanbao to Mandor: Traces of Lo Fong-pak’s Gold Field Dreams, The 3rd East Asian Humanities Forum: Dispersion, Migration and Regionalization of East Asia. Beijing: Tsinghua University School of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2012.3.15-18.
Honors and Awards
2019-2020 Member of the NCTU Advisory Committee on Academic Ethics and Research Integrity.
2013- Editor in chief of the Global Hakka Studies. NCTU College of Hakka Studies.
2010- Editorial board member of the Journal of Community Work and Community Studies by the Taiwanese Association of Community Work and Study.
2010- Editorial board member of the Journal of Hakka Studies.
2016-2018 Editorial board member of the Feng Chia Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.
2018 Executive committee member on the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the MOST.
2016-2018 Member on the Research Ethics Committee for Human Subject Protection at NCTU
2016-2016 Article Editor, SAGE Open.
2014-2017 Editor in chief of the Journal of Information Society by the Taiwan Academy for Information Society.
2016-2018 Editorial board member of the Journal of Taoyuan Hakka.
2013-2015 Standing director of the Taiwan Association of Southeast Asian Studies.
2012-2020 Standing director of the Taiwan Association for Hakka Studies.
2012-209 Standing director of the Taiwan Hakka Think Tank.
2012-2014 Standing supervisor of the New Hakka Cultural Association.
2014-2017 Editor in chief of the Journal of Information Society by the Taiwan Academy for Information Society.
2010-2013 Editorial board member of the Journal of Information Society by the Taiwan Academy for Information Society.
2010-2017 Editorial board member of the Journal of Advanced Technology and Management.
2010-2015 Editorial board member of the Public Affairs and Ethnic Studies.
2010-2012 Executive member of the NTHU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
2009-2012 Advisory committee member of the NTHU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
2009-2011 Standing supervisor of the Taiwanese Sociological Association.
2008-2012 Member of the steering committee of the National Central University Press.
2006-2012 Executive member on the Center for Contemporary China at NTHU.
Sociological theories, economic sociology, information sociology, Hakka studies
Education & Experiences
PhD in sociology of Tunghai University, Taichung (1987)
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, US
Visiting scholar to the Harvard-Yenching Institute, US
Visiting scholar to the University of Washington, Seattle, US
Visiting scholar to the Australian National University
Visiting scholar to the National University of Singapore
Visiting scholar to the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica
Current Posts
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, US
Visiting scholar to the Harvard-Yenching Institute, US
Visiting scholar to the University of Washington, Seattle, US
Visiting scholar to the Australian National University
Visiting scholar to the National University of Singapore
Visiting scholar to the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica
Professor in the NCTU Center for General Education and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Jointly appointed professor in the Department of Hakka Language and Social Sciences of the College of Hakka Studies at National Central University
Editor in chief of Global Hakka Studies
Editorial board member of Hakka Studies
Editorial board member of Community Work and Community Studies
Editorial board member of Museum and Culture
Job Experience
Jointly appointed professor in the Department of Hakka Language and Social Sciences of the College of Hakka Studies at National Central University
Editor in chief of Global Hakka Studies
Editorial board member of Hakka Studies
Editorial board member of Community Work and Community Studies
Editorial board member of Museum and Culture
2016-2018 Director of the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2015-2016 Acting Director of the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012-2018 Dean of the College of Hakka Studies at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012-2018 Director of the International Center of Hakka Studies at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012- Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012-2018 Professor, Joint Appointment with the Institute of Sociology at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu
2010- Professor, Joint Appointment with the Institute of Hakka Cultural Studies at National Central University, Taoyuan
2006-2012 Dean in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu
2005-2006 Coordinator in the Center for Taiwan Studies at National Tsing Hua University
2004-2005 Professor in the Hakka Institute of Political Economy at National Central University
2003-2005 Dean in the College for Hakka Studies at National Central University
2003-2005 Director in the Center for Hakka Studies at National Central University
2003-2004 Professor in the Hakka Institute of Social Cultural Studies at National Central University
2002-2003 Director of the University Library at National Tsing Hua University
1998-2012 Professor in the Institute of Sociology at National Tsing Hua University
1995-1997 Director in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University
1994-1998 Professor in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University
1994-1995 Coordinator of the Research Program on Gender and Society at National Tsing Hua University
1989-1990 Associate Coordinator of the Research Program for Asian-Pacific Cultural Studies at National Tsing Hua University
1989-1990 Associate Coordinator of the Research Program on Gender and Society at National Tsing Hua University
1987-1994 Associate Professor in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University
2004-2008 President of Hakka Research Society of Taiwan
2004-2008 President of Taiwan Academy for Information Society
Journal Papers (2010-2019)
2015-2016 Acting Director of the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012-2018 Dean of the College of Hakka Studies at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012-2018 Director of the International Center of Hakka Studies at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012- Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu
2012-2018 Professor, Joint Appointment with the Institute of Sociology at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu
2010- Professor, Joint Appointment with the Institute of Hakka Cultural Studies at National Central University, Taoyuan
2006-2012 Dean in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu
2005-2006 Coordinator in the Center for Taiwan Studies at National Tsing Hua University
2004-2005 Professor in the Hakka Institute of Political Economy at National Central University
2003-2005 Dean in the College for Hakka Studies at National Central University
2003-2005 Director in the Center for Hakka Studies at National Central University
2003-2004 Professor in the Hakka Institute of Social Cultural Studies at National Central University
2002-2003 Director of the University Library at National Tsing Hua University
1998-2012 Professor in the Institute of Sociology at National Tsing Hua University
1995-1997 Director in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University
1994-1998 Professor in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University
1994-1995 Coordinator of the Research Program on Gender and Society at National Tsing Hua University
1989-1990 Associate Coordinator of the Research Program for Asian-Pacific Cultural Studies at National Tsing Hua University
1989-1990 Associate Coordinator of the Research Program on Gender and Society at National Tsing Hua University
1987-1994 Associate Professor in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University
2004-2008 President of Hakka Research Society of Taiwan
2004-2008 President of Taiwan Academy for Information Society
Hsu Yu-Tsuen, Chang Wei-An, and Chang Han-Pi, 2020, "The Sarawak Dabogong Festival and Its Social Significance in the Chinese Community in Malaysia." Review of Religion and Chinese Society . Pp. 1-22. Publisher ISSN: 2214-3955.
Chiu, Ann Shu-ju and Chang Wei-An, 2018, “Hakka American Association and their Online Discourses: A Case Study of the Taiwan Council Global Website,” Chinese America History & Perspectives: The Journal of the Chinese Historical Society of America. 2018: 81-90.
Chang, W.A. and Chiu, S.J., 2016, Internet and the Construction of the Hakka Imaged Community: the Hakka Community Management of the Hakka Affairs Council, Overseas Chinese Literature, 2: 59-71.
Chang, W.A. and Peng, C.L., 2015, Digital Opportunities for Taiwanese Aborigines and Hakkas: Empowerment and Assimilation, Hakka Studies, 7(1): 37-101.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Li, L.S., 2014, The Belief in God, Human Relations and Social Organization: Penang Tanjong Tokong Thai Pak Koong and Its Ritual Organizations. Global Hakka Studies, 3:111-138.
Chang, W.A. and Chang C.Y., 2014, Land, Ethnicity and Economic Activities:Hakkas Economic Characters in Zhong Gang and Hou Long Basin, Hakka Studies, 6(1):31-62.
Chang, W.A., Lee, C.I. and Lee, S.C., 2013, Beyond Bureaucracy: The Evolution of Disaster Relief in the Age of Web 2.0, Thought and Words, 51(1):55-102.
Chiu, S.J. and Chang W.A.,2011, Internet and the Fellowship Association of the Fuzhou Migrants in New York, Information Society, 21:32-51.
Chang, W.A., 2011, The Development of Ethnic Culture and the Future of Hakka Culture, Academic Journal of Hakka (China Social Science Press), 2:61-72.
Yang, S.Y., Cheng, C.Y. and Chang, W.A., 2011, Rediscovery of the Cultural Traits of Traditional Hakka Clothes in Taiwan, Fu Jen Journal of Human Ecology, 17(2): 139-153. (ISSN 1027-6149)
Yang, S.Y., Chang, W.A. and Cheng, C.Y., 2011, Improvement and Innovation of Ethnic Costumes in Taiwan Hakka Cultural Movement, Hakka Studies, 4(1):115-150. (ISSN 1991-7953)
Chang, J.C. and Chang, W.A., 2010, An Analysis of a Wishful Thinking Policy: Taking Hakka Cultural Parks in Taiwan as an Example, Journal of Hakka Public Affairs, 1:29-53. (ISSN 222-6982)
Books/Monographs (author/editor) (2010-2019)
Chang, W.A., Hsieh, S.C. and Liu, J.C., 2019, Shin Mung: Taiwan Hakka and Hakka Taiwan. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2019, Hakka and Cultural Citizenship. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., Kawai H. and He, C.L. (Eds.), 2018, Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Hsu, Y.T. Chang, W.A. and Lo, L.S. (Eds.), 2018, Transnational Comparative Studies on the Earth God Belief: History, Ethnicity, Festival and Cultural Heritage. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2017, Hakka Studies in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the World. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Ta, C.C. (Eds.), 2016, Thinking across Boundaries: Policy Dialogues between Taiwan and Global Hakka. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. et al., 2015, Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy. Taipei: Hakka Affairs Council/Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2015, Hakka Culture, Identity and Belief: Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Reflection on Taiwan Hakka Studies. Stud. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), 2015, Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Culture and Hakka Identity. Taipei: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), 2015, Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Industry and Hakka Image. Taipei: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A. and Lien, J.C. (Eds.), 2015, Ethnicity, Society and History: Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Professor Yin-chang Chuang on His Retirement (I). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Lien, J.C. (Eds.), 2015, Ethnicity, Society and History: Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Professor Yin-chang Chuang on His Retirement (II). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P. (Eds.), 2013, Christianity and Hakka Culture. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University College of Hakka Studies.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2013, Southeast Asian Hakkas and the Periphery. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chapters of Books/Monographs (2010-2019)
Chiu, Ann Shu-ju and Chang Wei-An, 2018, “Hakka American Association and their Online Discourses: A Case Study of the Taiwan Council Global Website,” Chinese America History & Perspectives: The Journal of the Chinese Historical Society of America. 2018: 81-90.
Chang, W.A. and Chiu, S.J., 2016, Internet and the Construction of the Hakka Imaged Community: the Hakka Community Management of the Hakka Affairs Council, Overseas Chinese Literature, 2: 59-71.
Chang, W.A. and Peng, C.L., 2015, Digital Opportunities for Taiwanese Aborigines and Hakkas: Empowerment and Assimilation, Hakka Studies, 7(1): 37-101.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Li, L.S., 2014, The Belief in God, Human Relations and Social Organization: Penang Tanjong Tokong Thai Pak Koong and Its Ritual Organizations. Global Hakka Studies, 3:111-138.
Chang, W.A. and Chang C.Y., 2014, Land, Ethnicity and Economic Activities:Hakkas Economic Characters in Zhong Gang and Hou Long Basin, Hakka Studies, 6(1):31-62.
Chang, W.A., Lee, C.I. and Lee, S.C., 2013, Beyond Bureaucracy: The Evolution of Disaster Relief in the Age of Web 2.0, Thought and Words, 51(1):55-102.
Chiu, S.J. and Chang W.A.,2011, Internet and the Fellowship Association of the Fuzhou Migrants in New York, Information Society, 21:32-51.
Chang, W.A., 2011, The Development of Ethnic Culture and the Future of Hakka Culture, Academic Journal of Hakka (China Social Science Press), 2:61-72.
Yang, S.Y., Cheng, C.Y. and Chang, W.A., 2011, Rediscovery of the Cultural Traits of Traditional Hakka Clothes in Taiwan, Fu Jen Journal of Human Ecology, 17(2): 139-153. (ISSN 1027-6149)
Yang, S.Y., Chang, W.A. and Cheng, C.Y., 2011, Improvement and Innovation of Ethnic Costumes in Taiwan Hakka Cultural Movement, Hakka Studies, 4(1):115-150. (ISSN 1991-7953)
Chang, J.C. and Chang, W.A., 2010, An Analysis of a Wishful Thinking Policy: Taking Hakka Cultural Parks in Taiwan as an Example, Journal of Hakka Public Affairs, 1:29-53. (ISSN 222-6982)
Books/Monographs (author/editor) (2010-2019)
Chang, W.A., Hsieh, S.C. and Liu, J.C., 2019, Shin Mung: Taiwan Hakka and Hakka Taiwan. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2019, Hakka and Cultural Citizenship. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., Kawai H. and He, C.L. (Eds.), 2018, Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Hsu, Y.T. Chang, W.A. and Lo, L.S. (Eds.), 2018, Transnational Comparative Studies on the Earth God Belief: History, Ethnicity, Festival and Cultural Heritage. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2017, Hakka Studies in Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the World. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Ta, C.C. (Eds.), 2016, Thinking across Boundaries: Policy Dialogues between Taiwan and Global Hakka. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. et al., 2015, Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy. Taipei: Hakka Affairs Council/Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2015, Hakka Culture, Identity and Belief: Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Reflection on Taiwan Hakka Studies. Stud. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), 2015, Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Culture and Hakka Identity. Taipei: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), 2015, Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Industry and Hakka Image. Taipei: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A. and Lien, J.C. (Eds.), 2015, Ethnicity, Society and History: Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Professor Yin-chang Chuang on His Retirement (I). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Lien, J.C. (Eds.), 2015, Ethnicity, Society and History: Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Professor Yin-chang Chuang on His Retirement (II). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P. (Eds.), 2013, Christianity and Hakka Culture. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University College of Hakka Studies.
Chang, W.A. (Ed.), 2013, Southeast Asian Hakkas and the Periphery. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2019, The Social Foundation of the Revival of the Hakka Language, pp.131-146. Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs (Ed.), 30th Anniversary of Taiwan Hakka Mother Language Revival Movement. Taipei: Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs.
Liu, Y.S. and Chang, W.A., 2019, Hakka Worship Associations and Analysis of Hakka Social Traits in Taiwan (Reprint), Ch.5. Lee, W.L. (Ed.), Becoming Taiwanese Hakka. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, Temple Collection: Malaysian Hakka Chinese’s Sin Sze Si Ya Temple Inspection, pp.248-263. Wu, S.A. and Huang, T.C. (Eds.), Study of Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese from A Global Perspective. Beijing: Science Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, Hakka Image, Hakka Studies and Hakkaology (Reprint), pp. 27-56. Hsiao, H.H. (Ed.), Hakka Studies and Hakkaology. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Chang C.Y., 2019, Land, Ethnicity and Economic Activities:Hakkas Economic Characters in Zhong Gang and Hou Long Basin (Reprint), pp. 27-56. Yu, L.T. (Ed.), Generation and Development of Hakka Cultural Industry. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, Introduction to Hakka and Cultural Citizenship, Chang, W.A. (Ed.) Hakka and Cultural Citizenship, pp. 11-27. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, The Electronic Frontier for Children in the Internet Age (Reprint), Ni, M.H. (Ed.) The Transformation and Change in Childhood, pp. 61-82. Taipei: National Chengchi University Graduate Institute of Early Childhood Education.
Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A., Chung, Y.C., Huang, H.T., Liu, I.L., Hsu, W.T., Lin, Y.H. and Chen, M.Y., 2019, Genetic Tracing of Hakka Populations in Taiwan: A Dialogue between Sociology and Biology, pp.180-201. Tsai, Y.Y., Pan, M.L. and Chen, T.W. (Eds.), Taiwan's Post-genomic Era. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Lin, Y.P., 2018, Discussion on the Development of Ecological Museums and Miaoli Shitan Community, pp. 23-40. Chang, W.A., He, C.L. and Kawai, H. (Ed.), Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chen, P.C. and Chang, W.A., 2018, The Appearance and Transformation of Liuchia Hakka Earth God: A Case Study of the Hsinchu High-Speed Rail Zone, Hsu, Y.T., Chang, W.A. and Lo, L.S. (Eds.), Transnational Comparative Studies on the Earth God Belief History, Ethnicity, Festival and Cultural Heritage, pp.111-139. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A., 2018, Religious Beliefs of Hakka People in Bangkok, Thailand, Chang, M.C. (Ed.) Hakka Happenings, pp. 189-205. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
Chang, W.A., 2018, Diverse Imagination of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, Mo, S.T. and Wu, Y.L. (Eds.), New Era: New Edition of Southeast Asian Chinese, pp. 53-72. Kuala Lumpur: Center for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Local Belief from Hakka to Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia: Sin Si Ya Sheng Ming Li, pp. 227-245. Hsiao, H.H. (Ed.), Comparison of Hakka Identity between Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Diverse Imagination of Chinese Society in Southeast Asia, pp. 53-72. Mo, S.T. and Wu, Y.L. (Eds.), New Era: New Edition of Southeast Asian Chinese. Kuala Lumpur: Center for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Hakka on WeChat, pp. 40-48. Wang, C.C. (Ed.), Study on the Theory and Practice of Hakka Regional Culture. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press.
Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2015, The Basel Hakka Christians of Sarawak: a Community that had ‘Disappeared’, Chang, W.A. (Ed.), pp. 125-142. Hakka Culture, Identity and Belief: Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Huang, T.C., 2015, Basel Church and the Development of Hakka Women's Education, Chang, W.A. (Ed.), pp. 143-159.Hakka Culture, Identity and Belief: Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2015, The Development of Ethnic Cultural Industry and the Future of Hakka Culture (Reprint), pp. 3-18. Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Culture and Hakka Identity. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Wang, W.C and Chang, W.A., 2015, Hakka Cultures and the Creative Ideas of Business in the 2004 Tung Blossom of Hakka Festival (Reprint), pp. 129-155. Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Industry and Hakka Image. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Liu, Y.S. and Chang, W.A., 2015, Hakka Worship Associations and Analysis of Hakka Social Traits in Taiwan, pp. 309-337. Chang, W.A. and Lien, J.C. (Eds.), Ethnicity, Society and History (I). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Chung Chao-cheng and Hakka Movement: New Hakka People, pp. 439-445. Peng, J.C. (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Literature of Chung Chao-cheng. Taichung: Providence University Center for Taiwan Studies.
Chang, W.A. and Chen, L.H., 2015, Introduction, pp. 1-22. Chang, W.A. et al., Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy: from the Qing Dynasty to the 2000s. Nantou: Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A. and Liu, Y.S., 2015, National Policy, Hakka Ethnic Group and Taiwan Society, pp. 219-251. Chang, W.A. et al., Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy: from the Qing Dynasty to the 2000s. Nantou: Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Conclusion, pp. 253-259. Chang, W.A. et al., Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy: from the Qing Dynasty to the 2000s. Nantou: Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, J.C., 2015, Introduction to Hakka Studies in Japan, pp. 1-19. Chang, W.A.-led, Preliminary Studies of Japanese Hakka. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Hakka characteristics in Japan, pp. 269-288. Chang, W.A.-led, Preliminary Studies of Japanese Hakka. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chang, W.A., Chiu, H.H. and Lee, T.I., 2014, Elimination, Transformation or Upgrading? Analysis on the Issues of Industrial Upgrading of Taiwanese Businessmen in Dongguan, pp.77-104. Wang. C.H. et al. (Eds.), The West and the East: Kao Cheng-shu and Taiwan Sociology (Empirical Research). Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company.
Hsueh, Y.F. and Chang, W.A., 2014, Hakka Studies and Taiwan Subjectivity, pp. 193-20. Hsu, W.T. (Ed.) Discussion on the Establishment of Taiwan's Subjectivity from Contemporary Issues. Taipei: Taiwan Association of University Professors.
Chang, W.A., 2013, Ethnic Characters of Thai Pak Koong in Penang, Malaysia: Between Hakka and Fujianese, Chang, W.A. (Ed.), Southeast Asian Hakkas and the Periphery. pp.33-54. Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A., Wang, H.R., Liu, C.K. and Kuo, J.K., 2012, Let the Flowing Life Tell A Story: When A Museum Meets New Immigrants, pp. 31-48. Liao, J.Y. and Wang, S.S. (Eds.), When A Place Meets A Museum: Taiwanese Experience and Cross-cultural Perspectives. Yilan: Lanyang Museum.
Chang, W.A., 2012, Ethnic Spirit and Economic Ethics: Hakka Stiff-neck Spirit and Their Characteristics of Economic Activities. Fang, H.C. et al. (Eds.), A Study on the Social Responsibility of Hakka Businessmen and Entrepreneurs, pp.18-35. Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press.
Chang, W.A., 2012, From Shishanbao to Mandor: Traces of Lo Fong-pak’s Gold Field Dreams, Hsu, Y.T. (Ed.), Ethnic Migration and Religious Transformation: Proceedings on Tudigong and Tua Pek Kong, pp. 147-170. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2012, A Preliminary Study on the Significance of the Tua Pek Kong Festival in Sarawak, Malaysia, Hsu, Y.T. (Ed.), Ethnic Migration and Religious Transformation: Proceedings on Tudigong and Tua Pek Kong, PP. 93-118. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Wang, C.K., Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Wang, H.J., 2011, Gendered Immigration Politics: Reflections on Domestic Curation, pp. 333-352. Wang, S.S. (Ed.), The Landscapes of Museum Exhibition. Taipei: National Taiwan Museum.
Chang, W.A., 2011, Non-governmental Organizations, Chang, Y.H. (Ed.), History of the Republic of China: Social Development (Volume II), pp. 417-443. Taipei: National Chengchi University, Linking Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2011, Exploration of Hakka Entrepreneurs: the Economic Network of Hakka Enterprises in Taiwan, pp. 65-87. Chiang, M.H. (Ed.), Hakka Entrepreneurs, Taipei: Best-Wise.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, J.C., 2011, Belief of the Hakka Ethnic Group in Malaysia, Hsiao, H.H. (Ed.), Changing Faces of Hakka in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia, pp. 339-366. Taipei: Academia Sinica
Chang, W.A. and Chang, J.C., 2011, The Founding and Governance of the Lanfang Republic: Chinese Imagination of Utopia, pp. 323-346. Huang, H.C. (Ed.), Ethnicity, History and Culture: Trans-Regional and Cross-Disciplinary Studies on Southeast Asia and East Asia, Singapore: National University of Singapore Department of Chinese Studies and Bafen Publishing.
Chang, H.P. and Chang, W.A., 2011, Analysis of Hakka Populations in Balik Pulau, Malaysia, pp. 195-216. Huang, H.C. (Ed.), Ethnicity, History and Culture: Trans-Regional and Cross-Disciplinary Studies on Southeast Asia and East Asia. Singapore: National University of Singapore Department of Chinese Studies and Bafen Publishing.
Chang, H.P. and Chang, W.A., 2010, An Analysis of a Financial Organization Based on Social Logic: Taiwan Credit Union League, pp. 219-255. Wang, H.J. and Kung I.C. (Eds.), The Sociological Imagination. Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company.
Chang, W.A., Chang, H.P., Ko, C.F. and Liao, C.T., 2010, An Analysis of the Hakka Society in Indonesia: A Case Study of the Hakka Spouses from Indonesia in Taoyuan, pp. 257-271. Wang, H.J. and Kung, I.C. (Eds.), Sociological Imagination in Taiwan. Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company.
Chang, W.A., 2010, Ethnic Memory and the Formation of Home Awareness in Taiwan, Chuang, Y.C. and Chien, M.L. (Eds.), The Formation and Change of Hakka, pp. 719-744. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Kuo, J.K., 2010, Ethnic discourse and boundaries, Wang, S.S. (Ed.), Culture and Science of Museum Collecting, pp. 1-13. Taipei: National Taiwan Museum.
Conference ProceedingsLiu, Y.S. and Chang, W.A., 2019, Hakka Worship Associations and Analysis of Hakka Social Traits in Taiwan (Reprint), Ch.5. Lee, W.L. (Ed.), Becoming Taiwanese Hakka. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, Temple Collection: Malaysian Hakka Chinese’s Sin Sze Si Ya Temple Inspection, pp.248-263. Wu, S.A. and Huang, T.C. (Eds.), Study of Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese from A Global Perspective. Beijing: Science Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, Hakka Image, Hakka Studies and Hakkaology (Reprint), pp. 27-56. Hsiao, H.H. (Ed.), Hakka Studies and Hakkaology. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Chang C.Y., 2019, Land, Ethnicity and Economic Activities:Hakkas Economic Characters in Zhong Gang and Hou Long Basin (Reprint), pp. 27-56. Yu, L.T. (Ed.), Generation and Development of Hakka Cultural Industry. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, Introduction to Hakka and Cultural Citizenship, Chang, W.A. (Ed.) Hakka and Cultural Citizenship, pp. 11-27. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2019, The Electronic Frontier for Children in the Internet Age (Reprint), Ni, M.H. (Ed.) The Transformation and Change in Childhood, pp. 61-82. Taipei: National Chengchi University Graduate Institute of Early Childhood Education.
Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A., Chung, Y.C., Huang, H.T., Liu, I.L., Hsu, W.T., Lin, Y.H. and Chen, M.Y., 2019, Genetic Tracing of Hakka Populations in Taiwan: A Dialogue between Sociology and Biology, pp.180-201. Tsai, Y.Y., Pan, M.L. and Chen, T.W. (Eds.), Taiwan's Post-genomic Era. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Lin, Y.P., 2018, Discussion on the Development of Ecological Museums and Miaoli Shitan Community, pp. 23-40. Chang, W.A., He, C.L. and Kawai, H. (Ed.), Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chen, P.C. and Chang, W.A., 2018, The Appearance and Transformation of Liuchia Hakka Earth God: A Case Study of the Hsinchu High-Speed Rail Zone, Hsu, Y.T., Chang, W.A. and Lo, L.S. (Eds.), Transnational Comparative Studies on the Earth God Belief History, Ethnicity, Festival and Cultural Heritage, pp.111-139. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Chang, W.A., 2018, Religious Beliefs of Hakka People in Bangkok, Thailand, Chang, M.C. (Ed.) Hakka Happenings, pp. 189-205. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
Chang, W.A., 2018, Diverse Imagination of Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, Mo, S.T. and Wu, Y.L. (Eds.), New Era: New Edition of Southeast Asian Chinese, pp. 53-72. Kuala Lumpur: Center for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Local Belief from Hakka to Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia: Sin Si Ya Sheng Ming Li, pp. 227-245. Hsiao, H.H. (Ed.), Comparison of Hakka Identity between Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Diverse Imagination of Chinese Society in Southeast Asia, pp. 53-72. Mo, S.T. and Wu, Y.L. (Eds.), New Era: New Edition of Southeast Asian Chinese. Kuala Lumpur: Center for Malaysian Chinese Studies.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Hakka on WeChat, pp. 40-48. Wang, C.C. (Ed.), Study on the Theory and Practice of Hakka Regional Culture. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press.
Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2015, The Basel Hakka Christians of Sarawak: a Community that had ‘Disappeared’, Chang, W.A. (Ed.), pp. 125-142. Hakka Culture, Identity and Belief: Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Huang, T.C., 2015, Basel Church and the Development of Hakka Women's Education, Chang, W.A. (Ed.), pp. 143-159.Hakka Culture, Identity and Belief: Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Chungli: National Central University Press/Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2015, The Development of Ethnic Cultural Industry and the Future of Hakka Culture (Reprint), pp. 3-18. Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Culture and Hakka Identity. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Wang, W.C and Chang, W.A., 2015, Hakka Cultures and the Creative Ideas of Business in the 2004 Tung Blossom of Hakka Festival (Reprint), pp. 129-155. Chang, W.A. and Liu, T.H. (Eds.), Hakka Reflecting Taiwan: Ethnic Industry and Hakka Image. Miaoli: Lauréat Publications.
Liu, Y.S. and Chang, W.A., 2015, Hakka Worship Associations and Analysis of Hakka Social Traits in Taiwan, pp. 309-337. Chang, W.A. and Lien, J.C. (Eds.), Ethnicity, Society and History (I). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Chung Chao-cheng and Hakka Movement: New Hakka People, pp. 439-445. Peng, J.C. (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Literature of Chung Chao-cheng. Taichung: Providence University Center for Taiwan Studies.
Chang, W.A. and Chen, L.H., 2015, Introduction, pp. 1-22. Chang, W.A. et al., Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy: from the Qing Dynasty to the 2000s. Nantou: Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A. and Liu, Y.S., 2015, National Policy, Hakka Ethnic Group and Taiwan Society, pp. 219-251. Chang, W.A. et al., Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy: from the Qing Dynasty to the 2000s. Nantou: Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Conclusion, pp. 253-259. Chang, W.A. et al., Hakka Ethnic Group and National Policy: from the Qing Dynasty to the 2000s. Nantou: Taiwan Historica.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, J.C., 2015, Introduction to Hakka Studies in Japan, pp. 1-19. Chang, W.A.-led, Preliminary Studies of Japanese Hakka. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chang, W.A., 2015, Hakka characteristics in Japan, pp. 269-288. Chang, W.A.-led, Preliminary Studies of Japanese Hakka. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center of the Hakka Affairs Council.
Chang, W.A., Chiu, H.H. and Lee, T.I., 2014, Elimination, Transformation or Upgrading? Analysis on the Issues of Industrial Upgrading of Taiwanese Businessmen in Dongguan, pp.77-104. Wang. C.H. et al. (Eds.), The West and the East: Kao Cheng-shu and Taiwan Sociology (Empirical Research). Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company.
Hsueh, Y.F. and Chang, W.A., 2014, Hakka Studies and Taiwan Subjectivity, pp. 193-20. Hsu, W.T. (Ed.) Discussion on the Establishment of Taiwan's Subjectivity from Contemporary Issues. Taipei: Taiwan Association of University Professors.
Chang, W.A., 2013, Ethnic Characters of Thai Pak Koong in Penang, Malaysia: Between Hakka and Fujianese, Chang, W.A. (Ed.), Southeast Asian Hakkas and the Periphery. pp.33-54. Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A., Wang, H.R., Liu, C.K. and Kuo, J.K., 2012, Let the Flowing Life Tell A Story: When A Museum Meets New Immigrants, pp. 31-48. Liao, J.Y. and Wang, S.S. (Eds.), When A Place Meets A Museum: Taiwanese Experience and Cross-cultural Perspectives. Yilan: Lanyang Museum.
Chang, W.A., 2012, Ethnic Spirit and Economic Ethics: Hakka Stiff-neck Spirit and Their Characteristics of Economic Activities. Fang, H.C. et al. (Eds.), A Study on the Social Responsibility of Hakka Businessmen and Entrepreneurs, pp.18-35. Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press.
Chang, W.A., 2012, From Shishanbao to Mandor: Traces of Lo Fong-pak’s Gold Field Dreams, Hsu, Y.T. (Ed.), Ethnic Migration and Religious Transformation: Proceedings on Tudigong and Tua Pek Kong, pp. 147-170. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2012, A Preliminary Study on the Significance of the Tua Pek Kong Festival in Sarawak, Malaysia, Hsu, Y.T. (Ed.), Ethnic Migration and Religious Transformation: Proceedings on Tudigong and Tua Pek Kong, PP. 93-118. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Wang, C.K., Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Wang, H.J., 2011, Gendered Immigration Politics: Reflections on Domestic Curation, pp. 333-352. Wang, S.S. (Ed.), The Landscapes of Museum Exhibition. Taipei: National Taiwan Museum.
Chang, W.A., 2011, Non-governmental Organizations, Chang, Y.H. (Ed.), History of the Republic of China: Social Development (Volume II), pp. 417-443. Taipei: National Chengchi University, Linking Publishing.
Chang, W.A., 2011, Exploration of Hakka Entrepreneurs: the Economic Network of Hakka Enterprises in Taiwan, pp. 65-87. Chiang, M.H. (Ed.), Hakka Entrepreneurs, Taipei: Best-Wise.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, J.C., 2011, Belief of the Hakka Ethnic Group in Malaysia, Hsiao, H.H. (Ed.), Changing Faces of Hakka in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia, pp. 339-366. Taipei: Academia Sinica
Chang, W.A. and Chang, J.C., 2011, The Founding and Governance of the Lanfang Republic: Chinese Imagination of Utopia, pp. 323-346. Huang, H.C. (Ed.), Ethnicity, History and Culture: Trans-Regional and Cross-Disciplinary Studies on Southeast Asia and East Asia, Singapore: National University of Singapore Department of Chinese Studies and Bafen Publishing.
Chang, H.P. and Chang, W.A., 2011, Analysis of Hakka Populations in Balik Pulau, Malaysia, pp. 195-216. Huang, H.C. (Ed.), Ethnicity, History and Culture: Trans-Regional and Cross-Disciplinary Studies on Southeast Asia and East Asia. Singapore: National University of Singapore Department of Chinese Studies and Bafen Publishing.
Chang, H.P. and Chang, W.A., 2010, An Analysis of a Financial Organization Based on Social Logic: Taiwan Credit Union League, pp. 219-255. Wang, H.J. and Kung I.C. (Eds.), The Sociological Imagination. Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company.
Chang, W.A., Chang, H.P., Ko, C.F. and Liao, C.T., 2010, An Analysis of the Hakka Society in Indonesia: A Case Study of the Hakka Spouses from Indonesia in Taoyuan, pp. 257-271. Wang, H.J. and Kung, I.C. (Eds.), Sociological Imagination in Taiwan. Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company.
Chang, W.A., 2010, Ethnic Memory and the Formation of Home Awareness in Taiwan, Chuang, Y.C. and Chien, M.L. (Eds.), The Formation and Change of Hakka, pp. 719-744. Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.
Chang, W.A. and Kuo, J.K., 2010, Ethnic discourse and boundaries, Wang, S.S. (Ed.), Culture and Science of Museum Collecting, pp. 1-13. Taipei: National Taiwan Museum.
Chang, W.A., Liu, Y.S. and Liu, J.C., 2019, Back to Romantic Route 3 in the Future, Paper for the 2019 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Society for Anthropology and Ethnology. Taipei: Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology. September 28-29, 2019.
Chang, W.A., 2018, Research Methods and Practice of Hakka Chinese in Southeast Asia: Based on the Sociological Field Experience in Malaysia, A Further Study of Chinese History in Malaysia: A Seminar on Theory, Method and Practice. Hosted by History and Archaeology publishing center of China Social Sciences Press. Lijing Peninsula Hotel, Lufeng, Guangdong.
Chang, W.A., Liu, Y.S. and Liu, J.C., 2018, Ethnic Relations along Provincial Highway 3 in Northern Taiwan: The Emergence of the Corridor of Production, Economy, Religion and Hakka Culture, Boundary Construction and Crossing: Monsoon Asia’s Societies, Cultures and Ethnicities, 2018 Annual Seminar on Southeast Asian Regional Studies in Taiwan. Taitung: National Taitung University.
Chang, H.P., Tsai, F.F. and Chang, W.A., 2018, Hakka Marriage Immigrants from Singkawang , Indonesia to Taiwan, 5th International Conference on Chinese Indonesian Studies. Xiamen: Xiamen University.
Chang, W.A., 2018, The Social Foundation of the Revival of the Hakka Language, Seminar on the 30th Anniversary of the Taiwan Hakka Mother Language Revival Movement, hosted by the Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs. Taipei: Taipei City Hakka Cultural Center.
Chang, W.A., Chang, H.P., Wang H.J. and Yeh, I.T., 2018, Post-disaster Reconstruction: Explore Hakka Elements in the Reconstruction of Hakka Communities, 2018 Academic Seminar on Hakka Culture in Taichung. Taichung: Taichung Tuniu Activity Center.
Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2018, North and South Hakka People: the Diversity of Hakka Culture in Taiwan, Seminar on Democratic and Pluralistic Southern Society. Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Sociology.
Chang, W.A., 2017, Ecological Museum and the Development of Shitan Community on Provincial Highway 3, 2017 International Conference of Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Museum of the Hakka Affairs Council. (2017.12.16-17)
Huang, H.W., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2017, A Study on the Exhibition of "Hakka, the Basel Mission and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", 2017 International Conference of Museum and Hakka Studies. Miaoli: Taiwan Hakka Museum of the Hakka Affairs Council. (2017.12.16-17)
Chang, W.A., 2017, Hakka Showcase: A Survey of Hakka Cultural Museums and Cultural Parks in the Special Municipalities, 2017 Hakka Culture Museum and Community Building. Kaohsiung: Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum. (2017.11.10)
Chang, W.A. and Hsu, J.C., 2017, Hakka Memory and Social Network of Nu Chao Members, Paper on Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of General Hu Lien’s Birth: A Symposium on Hu Lien and the Republic of China, Hsinchu Hsinpu: Nu Chao Alumni Association, KKL Hu-Lien Culture & Arts Foundation, National Central University Department of Hakka Language and Social Sciences. (2017.11.18)?
CHIU, Ann Shu-ju and Wei-An CHANG, 2017, “Hakka Identity and Cyberspace Construction: Tai-wan and the United States,” This Land Is Our Land: Chinese Pluralities Through the Americas An International Conference of the Chinese Historical Society of America. Hilton San Francisco.(2017/10/5-8)
Chang, W.A., 2017, Hakka on WeChat, The 8th Hakka Culture Forum. Guangxi: Guangxi Hakka Overseas Association, Guangxi Normal University Press Group, Guangxi Normal University Hakka Research Institute, Guilin Hakka Overseas Association. (Guilin Guishan Hotel, 2017.08.18-21).
Chang, W.A., 2017, From Shishanbao to Mandor: Traces of Lo Fong-pak’s Gold Field Dreams, Lo Fong-pak Seminar on History and Culture. Bangkok: Lo Clan World Association, Thai Mei County Hall (9th floor, Thai CC Building, Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce Guanghua Hall, 2017.7.8-10).
Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A., Chung, Y.C., Huang, H.T., Hsu, W.T., Lin, Y.H., Liu, I.L. and Chen, M.H.,2016, Analysis of Hakka Origin: A Dialogue between Sociology and Biology, The Fourth Symposium on Ethnic Groups, History and Regional Society. Taipei: Academia Sinica Institute of Taiwan History. 2016.11.20-21.
Liu, I.L., Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A. and Hsu, W.T., 2016, The Correlation between Hakka Characters and Ethnic Identity, Symposium on Social Innovation and Design, Hsinchu: NCTU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2016.11.14.
Pan, M.L., Chang, W.A., Chung, Y.C., Huang, H.T., Hsu, W.T., Lin, Y.H., Liu, Y.L. and Chen, M.H., 2016, Looking for Hakka People: When Human Body and Social Studies Encounter Ethnic Variables, 2016 Annual Meeting of the Taiwan STS Association. Tainan. 2016.3.25-26.
Danny Wong Tze Ken, Chang Wei An, Chang Han Bi and Chern Li Hua, 2016 “The Early Transformation of the Hakka Christians under the Basel Church in Sabah: a study of marriage certificates, 1920-1930,” The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chang, H.P., Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chen, L.H., 2016, The Separation and Integration of Sanba Church’s Missionary Work in Hakka Regions: A Case Study of the Dehua Shuowang News (1908-1911), The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chen, L.H., Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2016, From the Originator of Hakka Studies to the Leader of Hakka Church: Lo Hsiang-lin’s Religious Conversion in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century, The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chen, L.H., Chang, H.P., Huang, T.C. and Chang, W.A., 2016, The Formation of Hakka Christian Areas in Eastern Guangdong: The Mechanism and Influence of the Diffusion of the Basel Mission in the 1850s to the 1940s, The 4th International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2016.9.10~11.
Chang, W.A. and Huang, K.F., 2016, The Interaction between the Federation of Alumni Associations of Taiwan Universities, Malaysia and Taiwan Society, International Conference on the Inheritance and Innovation of Chinese Culture. Singapore: National University of Singapore Wan Boo Sow Research Centre for Chinese Culture. 2016.12.2~3.
Chang, W.A., 2016, A Study of Sin Sze Si Ya: A Case Study of the Local Beliefs of Hakka Chinese in Malaysia. Chinese Studies in Malaysia and Singapore: International Conference on History, Politics and Culture. Hosted by the Peking University Research Center for Overseas Chinese and the Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies. Beijing: Peking University Research Center for Overseas Chinese. 2016.12.3~6.
Chang, W.A., Chang, H.P. and Huang, T.C., 2014, Who Needs Liu Shan Bang: Reconstruction of the Hakka Republic in Maoshan, Shilongmen, Sarawak, A New Vision of Humanities and Social Sciences Research - Ethnic Group, Communication and Social Innovation. Hsinchu: NCTU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2014.11.14.
Chang, H.P., Chang, W.A. and Huang, T.C., 2014, Women in the Basel Mission in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, A New Vision of Humanities and Social Sciences Research - Ethnic Group, Communication and Social Innovation. Hsinchu: NCTU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. 2014.11.14.
Huang, T.C., Chang, W.A. and Chang, H.P., 2014, “The Basel Hakka Christians of Sarawak: a Community that had ‘Disappeared’”, The 3rd International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2014.11.8-9.
Chang, W.A., 2014, A Preliminary Observation of Hakka Studies and Cultural Development in Malaysia, The 3rd International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2014.11.8-9.
Chang, W.A., 2014, A Preliminary Observation of Hakka Studies and Cultural Development in Malaysia, The 3rd International Conference on Hakka Studies in Taiwan. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2014.11.8-9.
Chang, W.A. and Peng, C.L., 2014, Empowerment and Integration of Taiwanese Aborigines, Hakka Populations and Digital Opportunities, 2014 Seminar on Digital Application Behavior Trends in the Information Society. Hosted by the National Development Council and the Taiwan Academy for Information Society. Taipei: NTUH International Convention Center. 2014-10-14.
Chang, W.A., 2014, The Collective Trend of Overseas Hakka Immigrants: A Case Study of the Use of Hakka Language, International Conference on the Review and Prospect of Overseas Chinese Studies: Methods, Theories and Perspectives. Nanyang Technological University. 2014.3.21-22.
Chang, W.A. and Chiu, S.J., 2013, The Construction of Imagined Hakka Communities in Taiwan and Overseas: A Case Study of the Hakka Affairs Council Website, 2013 New Vision of Globalization II: International Conference on Settlements, Ethnic Groups and Social Development. National Taichung University of Education Department of Regional and Social Development, Nov 14-15.
Liu, Y.S. and Chang, W.A., 2013, Hakka and Taiwan Society: A Case Study of the Hakka Worship Associations, Ethnic Group, Society and History: The Practice and Development of Local Studies in Taiwan, Symposium in Honor of Professor Yin-chang Chuang on His Retirement. Hsinchu: NCTU College of Hakka Studies. 2013.6.25-26.
Chang, W.A., Chiu, H.H. and Lee, C.I., 2013, Elimination, Transformation or Upgrading? Analysis on the Issues of Industrial Upgrading of Taiwanese Businessmen in Dongguan. Seminar on the Pluralistic Exploration of Western Social Theory and the Empirical Study of East Asian Capitalism. Taichung: Tunghai University Department of Sociology, (NTHU Empowerment and Integration Program (102N2531E1)).
Chang, Wei an, Shu Ju Chiu. 2012. “The Internet that Connects Hakka to their Ethnic Counterparts in the Asia-Pacific Region,” paper presented at International Association for Asia Pacific Studies 3rd Annual Conference: Change in the Asia Pacific World: Challenges and Opportunities. Hong Kong: The department of Japanese Studies, CUHK. 2012.11. 23-24.
Chang, Wei an. 2012. “Silent Social Reform: The Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation as a Model for Social Change” (revised version), paper presented at Conference on Religion, Resistance, Movements, and Politics in Greater China. Oregon: Corvallis. 2012.10. 26- 27.
Hsueh, Y.F. and Chang, W.A., 2012, Hakka Studies and Taiwan's Subjectivity, Seminar on the Establishment of Taiwan's Subjectivity from Contemporary Issues. Taipei: Taiwan Association of University Professors. 2012.10.20-21.
Chang, W.A., 2012, From Shishanbao to Mandor: Traces of Lo Fong-pak’s Gold Field Dreams, The 3rd East Asian Humanities Forum: Dispersion, Migration and Regionalization of East Asia. Beijing: Tsinghua University School of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2012.3.15-18.
Honors and Awards
2017 Hakka Contribution Award (outstanding achievement award – academic category)
2000,2003,2004,2008,2010,2014-2020 NSC (later MOST) research program (awarded with manager expenses)
2013-2021 NCTU teacher academic research excellence award
2006-2012 NTHU teacher academic excellence award
2015 Model alumni of Hsin Lung Elementary School in Miaoli County
2008 The 9th outstanding alumni of Tunghai University
2005 Visiting scholar to the National University of Singapore (2005.3)
2002 NSC 40th international short-term research of scientific and technological personnel program (2002)[University of Washington, June-Sept. 2002].
2000 Visiting Scholar to the Contemporary China Centre of the Australia National University, 2000, Summer.
1999 Visiting scholar to the Department of Sociology of the University of Washington, Seattle, 1999, Summer.
1997-1998 Visiting Scholar to the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
1996-1998 Research Grant, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
1990-1991 Fulbright-Hays Grant, Post doctoral Research Fellow.
1989-95, 1998 National Science Council Research Award grade A.
1987 Membership of the Phi Tao Phi Scholastic Honor Society.
Academic Community Service2000,2003,2004,2008,2010,2014-2020 NSC (later MOST) research program (awarded with manager expenses)
2013-2021 NCTU teacher academic research excellence award
2006-2012 NTHU teacher academic excellence award
2015 Model alumni of Hsin Lung Elementary School in Miaoli County
2008 The 9th outstanding alumni of Tunghai University
2005 Visiting scholar to the National University of Singapore (2005.3)
2002 NSC 40th international short-term research of scientific and technological personnel program (2002)[University of Washington, June-Sept. 2002].
2000 Visiting Scholar to the Contemporary China Centre of the Australia National University, 2000, Summer.
1999 Visiting scholar to the Department of Sociology of the University of Washington, Seattle, 1999, Summer.
1997-1998 Visiting Scholar to the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
1996-1998 Research Grant, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
1990-1991 Fulbright-Hays Grant, Post doctoral Research Fellow.
1989-95, 1998 National Science Council Research Award grade A.
1987 Membership of the Phi Tao Phi Scholastic Honor Society.
2019-2020 Member of the NCTU Advisory Committee on Academic Ethics and Research Integrity.
2013- Editor in chief of the Global Hakka Studies. NCTU College of Hakka Studies.
2010- Editorial board member of the Journal of Community Work and Community Studies by the Taiwanese Association of Community Work and Study.
2010- Editorial board member of the Journal of Hakka Studies.
2016-2018 Editorial board member of the Feng Chia Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.
2018 Executive committee member on the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the MOST.
2016-2018 Member on the Research Ethics Committee for Human Subject Protection at NCTU
2016-2016 Article Editor, SAGE Open.
2014-2017 Editor in chief of the Journal of Information Society by the Taiwan Academy for Information Society.
2016-2018 Editorial board member of the Journal of Taoyuan Hakka.
2013-2015 Standing director of the Taiwan Association of Southeast Asian Studies.
2012-2020 Standing director of the Taiwan Association for Hakka Studies.
2012-209 Standing director of the Taiwan Hakka Think Tank.
2012-2014 Standing supervisor of the New Hakka Cultural Association.
2014-2017 Editor in chief of the Journal of Information Society by the Taiwan Academy for Information Society.
2010-2013 Editorial board member of the Journal of Information Society by the Taiwan Academy for Information Society.
2010-2017 Editorial board member of the Journal of Advanced Technology and Management.
2010-2015 Editorial board member of the Public Affairs and Ethnic Studies.
2010-2012 Executive member of the NTHU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
2009-2012 Advisory committee member of the NTHU Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
2009-2011 Standing supervisor of the Taiwanese Sociological Association.
2008-2012 Member of the steering committee of the National Central University Press.
2006-2012 Executive member on the Center for Contemporary China at NTHU.