Sim Hinman Wan is a historian of built environments and spatial representations. His research addresses early modern globalization, transculturality, and urbanization, with focus on the intertwinement of Indigenous, diasporic, and colonial developments in maritime Southeast Asia. Dr Wan’s current book project is titled Building for Early Modern Philanthropy: A History of Chinese, Dutch, and Indonesian Port Cities. This work has received Andrew W. Mellow Foundation awards from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) that support international–interdisciplinary scholarship.
With a professional background in architectural design and sustainable construction science, Dr Wan is broadly interested in the humanistic study of architecture for advancing the critical practices of historic preservation, heritage education, and community planning. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Hong Kong. At Texas Tech, Dr Wan teaches courses on the global history of architecture, ecocritical theory, and Pacific Asian cultural spheres.
PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
MArch, University of Washington
MSArch, University of Washington
MS, University of Washington
BArch, California Polytechnic State University
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