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Qualifications
B.A. (Simon Fraser University)
M.A., PhD (York University)
Teaching
Introduction to East and Southeast Asia
Science, Technology, and
Society
Environment and Society in Asia
Religion and Society in Asia
Research Interests
Sociology of religion
Environmental sociology
Comparative/historical studies
Current/Recent Research Projects
Environmental policies in China,
and impact on Southeast Asia
Revival of temples and folk-religion in China
Comparative study of development of science in Europe and China
Publications (selected items; first/sole author items only)
Graeme Lang, Selina Ching Chan, and Lars Ragvald
(2005). ‘Temples and the religious economy’. in Fenggang Yang
and Joseph B. Tamney (eds.), State, Market, and Religions in Chinese Societies. Leiden: Brill, pp. 149-180.
Graeme Lang (2005). ‘Democratic ignorance and
the politics of knowledge’, International Review of Sociology
15(1):161-164.
Graeme Lang (2004). ‘Challenges for the
Sociology of Religion in Asia’, Social Compass 51(1):
99-109.
Graeme Lang and Lars Ragvald (2004). 'Spirit-writing and the
development of Chinese cults'. in Richard Warms, James F. Garber, and Jon
McGee (eds.) Sacred Realms: Essays in Religion, Belief, and Society.
N.Y.: Oxford University Press,
pp.23-33.
Graeme Lang and Vivienne Wee (2004) ‘Fundamentalist ideology,
institutions, and the state: a formal analysis’, in Santosh Saha
(ed.), Religious Fundamentalism in the Contemporary World:
Critical Social and Political Issues. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, pp.47-70.
Graeme Lang & Josephine
Smart (2002) ‘Migration and the 'second wife' in South China: toward cross-border
polygyny’, International Migration Review, 36, 2: 546-569
Graeme Lang (2002) ‘Forests, Floods, and the Environmental State in
China’, Organization and Environment, 15, 2:109-130.
Graeme Lang (2002) 'Deforestation, floods, and state
reactions in China and Thailand', in Arthur Mol and Frederick Buttel
(eds.), The Environmental State Under Pressure, Amsterdam: Elsevier
Science, pp.195-220.
Graeme Lang, Catherine
Chiu, and Mary Pang (2001) 'Impact of Plant
Relocation to China on Manufacturing Workers in Hong Kong',
in P.T.
Lee
(ed.), Hong Kong Reintegrating with China: Political, Social, and
Cultural
Dimensions, Hong Kong:
University of Hong Kong Press, pp.
109-127.
Graeme Lang (2000) 'Using the Web in Live Lectures',
in Robert Cole (ed.) Issues in Web-Based Pedagogy, Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, pp.261-272.
Graeme, Lang & Lars Ragvald
(1993) The Rise of a Refugee God: Hong Kong's Wong Tai Sin. Oxford
University Press.
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