Frank Muyard

History of Taiwanese archaeology: 1) Analysis of the impact of the socio-political context—state nationalism, public policy, democratization, Taiwanese national identity, the Austronesian indigenous rights movement—on the formation of the discipline of archaeology since 1945, its priorities, institutions, and practices. 2) Study of indigenous archaeology and the relationship between the state, the archaeological community, and indigenous peoples with regard to their rights and participation in archaeological research in Taiwan. 3) Comparative analysis of the modern development of Taiwanese archaeology and that of neighboring countries in East and Southeast Asia.

Critical synthesis of archaeological, linguistic, and historical genetic theories on the origins and expansion of Austronesian-speaking peoples in Taiwan and Southeast Asia from the Neolithic to the protohistoric period, including the study of prehistoric links and maritime interactions between the populations of southeastern Asia (particularly southern China and northern Vietnam), Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

Study of the protohistory of the populations of southern China from the late Neolithic period to the first millennium CE in light of recent advances in history, archaeology, linguistics, and genetics, and its treatment in official Chinese history. Putting into perspective the various theories on the settlement of these regions and the impact of nationalism, particularly Chinese and Vietnamese, on the writing of this history. Analysis of the acculturation and Sinicization of the Yue peoples from the end of the first millennium BC to the Tang dynasty, and their links with the prehistoric cultures and Kra-Dai, Austronesian, Austro-Asian, and Hmong-Mien ethno-linguistic groups of the region.

• 1989, Single-language diploma in Oriental languages and civilizations (DULCO), Chinese, INALCO
• 1990, Bachelor’s degree in Chinese (modern history), INALCO
• 1991, Master’s degree in international relations (DREI), INALCO
• 2001, Doctorate in sociology, University of Montreal

• Contract researcher, from 2017 to 2022
• Head of the Taipei Center, since 2017
• Lecturer, since 2023

• Lecturer, National Central University, Taiwan, 2003–2005
• Researcher and Director of the Taipei Branch, Center for French Studies on Contemporary China (CEFC), 2004–2009
• Visiting Scholar, Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2010–2012
• Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2011
• Taiwan Fellowship Scholar, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 2013
• Lecturer, National Central University, Taiwan, 2013–2022
• Visiting Professor, EHESS, Paris, April 2016

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