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...
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...
Yi Zhang holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in Aesthetics from Peking University. She received her second M.A. from Regional Studies—East Asia at Harvard University. Grounded in the context of late imperial China, she intends to explore the...
Menglan Chen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. Her research examines modern and contemporary imaging technologies and techniques at the intersection of artistic, technical, and epistemic practices. Her...
Carolyn Bell studies the history of ritual dress and bodily adornment in medieval Japan, focusing on the production and reception of East Asian textiles in relation to Buddhist visual and material culture. She received her BA in Asian Studies and History...
Alina Scotti is a PhD Candidate in East Asian Arts, Film, and Cultural Studies, where she specializes in the history of media, technology, and visual culture in modern China. Her dissertation examines changes in visual and textual modes of representation...
Mari Kishi is a queer film and media scholar from Japan. They received their BA in Law from Kyoto University and their MA in Film and Media Studies from New Sorbonne University (Paris 3), where they wrote their thesis on the star persona of Japanese...
Janet Louie is a Ph.D. candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations with a focus on Film and Media Studies at Harvard University. Her interests lie in transnational approaches to East Asia particularly as they apply to intersections of race, gender...
Yedong Sh‑Chen’s research focuses on games, digital media, AI, and modern China. His dissertation, Chinese Video Games: World, Object, and Artificial Intelligence, presents the first archive‑based, transnational history of digital gaming in China and...
After obtaining a Master’s degree in Japanese literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Leah Justin-Jinich entered the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations as a PhD student at Harvard University in 2016. Her dissertation explores...
