Leadership

Executive Council

◊ Officers

President (2-year term): Francis Jae-ryong Song, jrsong@khu.ac.kr (Fall 2020-Summer 2022), Kyung Hee University, Korea. 

Vice President (2-year term): Yoshihide Sakurai, saku@let.hokudai.ac.jp (Fall 2020-Summer 2022), Hokkaido University, Japan. Then the next President (Fall 2022-Summer 2024).

Past President: Fenggang Yang, fyang@purdue.edu (Fall 2018-Summer 2020), Purdue University, USA. 

General Secretary (4-year term): Kwangsuk Yoo,  easssr2017@gmail.com (Fall 2018-Summer 2022), University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica.

Treasurer (4-year term): Young-bin Lim,  fcslim@hanmail.net (Fall 2018-Summer 2022), Yonsei University, Korea.

◊ Council Members (3-year term)

• Xiangping Li,   lxp_sh@mail.shu.edu.cn (Fall 2018-Summer 2021), East China Normal University, China.
• Anna Sun,  annasun1754@gmail.com (Fall 2018-Summer 2021), Duke University, USA.
• Tomoko Fukuda, fukuda@faculty.chiba-u.jp (Fall 2019-Summer 2021), Chiba University, Japan.
• Kuo-Hsien Su,  khsu@ntu.edu.tw  (Fall 2019-Summer 2022), National University of Taiwan.
• David Palmer,  palmer19@hku.hk (Fall 2019-Summer 2022), Hong Kong University,  China.
• Mark Mullins, m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz (Fall 2019-Summer 2022), University of Auckland, New Zealand.
• Francis Lim, , fkglim@ntu.edu.sg (Fall 2020 -Summer 2023), Nanyang Technology University, Singapore.
• Hung-jen Yang, hjyang@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Fall 2020-Summer 2023), Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
• Hyun-Jong Choi, luvchoi@hanmail.net (Fall 2020-Summer 2023), Seoul Theological University, Korea.

Standing Committee

◊ Publication Committee

Chair: Gordon Melton, Baylor University, USA. JGordon_Melton@baylor.edu

1. Sakurai Yoshihide, Hokkaido University, Japan. saku@let.hokudai.ac.jp
2. Mark Mullins, University of Auckland, New Zealand. m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz
3. Francis Lim, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. fkglim@ntu.edu.sg

◊ International Liasion Commiittee

Chair: André Laliberté, University of Ottawa, Canada. Andre.Laliberte@uottawa.ca

1. Cho Kyuhoon, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea. khcho228@yahoo.com
2. Huang Weishan, Chinese University of Honk Kong, China. weishan@cuhk.edu.hk 
3. Tomoko Fukuda, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, Japan. fukuda@faculty.chiba-u.jp

◊ Development Committee

Chair: William Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, China. mtcarmel63@gmail.com

1. Yang Weihong, the Dean of the Faculty of History at Lanzhou University, China. lsxb@lzu.edu.cn
2. Lee Y. C., the Chair of the Centre for Religious Studies at National Chengchi University,   Taiwan.   dharma0958@gmail.com
3. Jong-Hyun Jung at the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University,   Singapore.     jhjung@ntu.edu.sg 

Regional Liaisons

◊ Korea

• Jang, Hyung Chull, Induk University, jangwmc@naver.com

◊ Japan

• Kenta, Awazu, Sophia University, awazu21@gmail.com
• Yokoi, Momoko, Nanzan Institute, yokoi.momoko@gmail.com

◊ China mainland

• Yi Liu, Shanghai University, translation.liu@163.com
• Shining Gao Renmin, University of China, Beijing, gaoshining@gmail.com

◊ Taiwan

• Yu-chen Li, National Chengchi University, dharma0958@gmail.com

◊ Singapore

• Francis Lim Nanyang, Technology University, Singapore, fkglim@ntu.edu.sg

◊ Hong Kong

• William Ng Hong, Kong Baptist University,  mtcarmel63@gmail.com

◊ Vietnam

• Quang Hung Nguyen, Vietnam National University,  nguyenquanghung50@gmail.com

◊ USA

• Anna Sun, Duke University, annasun1754@gmail.com

◊ Canada

• Andre Laliberté, University of Ottawa, Andre.Laliberte@uottawa.ca

◊ Europe

• Stefania Travagnin, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, s.travagnin@rug.nl

◊ Australia & New Zealand

• Mark Mullins, University of Auckland, m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz