Ziyu Qiu works on the social history, material culture history, and STS of late imperial China. She is particularly interested in how material objects influenced people's lives at various levels within the context of the Qing Empire, as well as the...
Jessie Zhang is a PhD student in EALC, working on medieval Chinese literature and culture. Before coming to Harvard, she received her LLB in Law from the London School of Economics and her MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University...
Kay (Ke) Chen’s research revolves around Buddhist monasticisms in middle-period East Asia. Her work explores how, during the formative period when Buddhist monastic rules first arrived in East Asia, these regulations and local monastic practices shaped...
Huirong Ye is a doctoral student in East Asian Film and Media Studies at Harvard University. Her current research examines the archivalization and institutionalization of meteorology in modern China, focusing on how it became configured as a mediated...
Rebecca Wu joined Harvard’s Ph.D. program in History and East Asian Languages in Fall 2025. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with an A.B. in History (2025). Her senior thesis, which examined petitioning practices in late-Ming China...
Shota Uchiyama’s research centers on the history of female film audiences in Japan. He explores how cinema, as one of the most influential media of the twentieth century, shaped new experiences for women. His work goes beyond analyzing the dyadic...
Wenxin Xiao's research focuses on the social and cultural history of late imperial China. She received a bachelor's degree in History and Data Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. in RSEA from Harvard. Her previous work includes a...
Axl Cheng works on Muslims and Islam in late imperial China, with a focus on how law, economy, and empire shaped communal identities under Qing rule. She joins the HEAL program in Fall 2025. She holds a BA from New York University in Middle Eastern and...
Kaia Johnson's research focuses on gender and sexuality in Ming & Qing dynasty literature. Before coming to Harvard, she studied Chinese Language and Culture as well as Psychology at U.C. Berkeley, before earning her M.A. in Chinese literature at...
Noah Weber studies Chinese aesthetic thought on language, writing, and script and articulates its relevance to modern and contemporary Sinophone literature. He is also interested in writing technology, print history, and calligraphy. Noah holds an M.A. in...
