China and Japan in the social sciences : Asian views, Western views. Towards a comprehension of the international field of Asian Studies

本研究调查了亚洲和西方研究人员在人文科学领域的合作，以及亚洲侨民在西方大学中的地位。它专注于新儒家领域，这是一门由亚洲和美国学者在美国创立的学科。研究得出了几组结果。首先，分析了美国大学亚裔学术移民的构成。第二，从社会学角度分析人文科学知识的产生，更好地了解了研究人员如何在全球范围内共同工作，以及这些研究人员的文化渊源如何参与他们的科学活动。第三，它显示了政治事件--比如中国和亚洲在全球范围内的崛起--对学术领域的冲击。

This research investigated the collaborations between Asian and Western researchers in the realm of human sciences, and the place of Asian Diaspora in the Western universities. It focused on the field of New Confucianism, a discipline created in the US by Asian and American scholars. The research reached several sets of results. First, it analyzed the make-up of the Asian academic Diaspora in the American universities. In terms of a sociological analysis of the production of knowledge in human sciences, secondly, it gained a better understanding of how researchers work together on a global level and of how the cultural origins of these researchers is involved in their scientific activity. Third, it showed how political events-such as the rise of China and Asia on a global scale-have impinged on the academic field.