Fanghan Wang
Associate Professor, Institute of Cultural Heritage, Shandong University
Email: wangfanghan@sdu.edu.cn
Education
2021 Ph.D. in Chinese Art and Archaeology
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
2015 M. A. in Art History and Cultural Heritage Studies
School of Humanities, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
2013 Visiting Research Student
Graduate Program in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts, University of Bologna, Italy
2012 B. A. in Art History
School of Humanities, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Selected Publications
· “Constructing ‘Chinese Stone Sculpture’ in Early Modern West: ‘Saluzi’ of the ‘Six Steeds of Zhaoling’, ” National Arts, no. 4 (2022): 105-115.
· “Protection through Production: The Management and Value Increment of Agricultural Heritages,” Shandong Social Science, no. 7 (2022): 48-56.
· “Agriculture, Border Politics, and the Han-Xiongnu Interaction in the Hetao Region of Han China,” Folklore Studies no. 6 (2021): 33-42.
· “Artistic Representation of Granaries in Han China: A Critical Review,” in Agricultural History of China, no. 6 (2019): 122-129.
· “Pattern and Idea: The Transmission of Textiles with Shaded Strips along the Silk Road,” Northwestern Journal of Ethnology, no. 1 (2019): 71-80.
· “Familiar Differences: Tradition and Derivation of the Prohibition of ‘Human Spirit’ from Dunhuang Manuscripts,” Folklore Studies, no. 3 (2018): 102-111.
· “From Text to Image: Tracing the Trajectory of Stone Sculpture Appreciation in Early Modern China,” National Arts, no. 2 (2017): 136-153
· “Arts for the West and Artifacts for the East: Divergent Perceptions of Ancient Chinese Stone Sculptures in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London 1935-1936,” Art & Design Research, no. 4 (2015): 94-105
· “The Symbol of ‘Civilized’ to the ‘Barbarians’: Destructions and Reconstructions of the Temple of Confucius in the Mongol Empire,” Folklore Studies, no. 4 (2013): 101-106
· “Deconstructing the Portraits of Confucius in Han Stone Reliefs from Shandong Province,” Dongyue Tribune, no. 1 (2013): 74-78
· “Misinterpreted as 'Feminism': The Expression of Gender in Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portraits,” Qilu Realm of Arts, no. 5 (2010): 50-53
Teaching Experience
Fall 2022 Instructor, Archaeology and World History, Core Curriculum, Shandong University
Spring 2022 Instructor, Academic English, Institute of Cultural Heritage, Shandong University
Spring 2019 Adjunct Instructor, CORE-UA 500 Cultures & Contexts: Korea, Core Curriculum, NYU
Fall 2018 Adjunct Instructor, CORE-UA 500 Cultures & Contexts: The “Silk Road” and Central Asia, Core Curriculum, NYU
Conference Presentation
2022 “Engraving the Granary Model: Art and Imperialism in the Southern Frontier of Han China,” Society for the Study of Early China: 10th Annual Conference, Online, June
2021 “Agriculture, Border Politics, and the Han-Xiongnu Interaction in the Northern Frontier of Han China,” Conference on “Pictorial Narrative on the Agrarian Society of China,” Ji’nan, China, October
“Stereotyped Perception: Beyond the Subsistence Division of Han Chinese and Xiongnu,” Conference of Association for Asian Studies, online, March
2020 “Military Migration, Ecological Modification and Border Politics: Artistic Representation of Granaries from the Northern Frontier of Han China,” Workshop on “Chinese Frontiers and Central Eurasia: Art, Archaeology and History at the Turn of the Common Era”, online, December
2018 “Sogdian ‘Ancient Letters’ Revisited: Paper as Writing Material and the Identity of the Sogdians in Diaspora”, Conference of Association for Asian Studies in Asia, New Delhi, India, July
Professional Activity
2020 Co-organizer, Workshop on “Chinese Frontiers and Central Eurasia: Art, Archaeology and History at the Turn of the Common Era”. Sponsored by ISAW, NYU and Tang Center for Early China, Columbia University, December.
2018 Co-organizer, Panel on “Repicturing the Hexi Corridor in Eurasia Landscape in Early Medieval China,” Conference of Association for Asian Studies in Asia, New Delhi, India, July.
Fellowship and Honor
2021 Research Funding for Outstanding Scholars
Shandong University
2015-2021 Doctoral Fellowship
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
2019 Workshop and Conference Grants
Tang Center for Early China
2018 Travel Grants
Antonina S. Ranieri International Scholarship Fund
2014 China National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
2010 2nd Prize Best Student Paper Award for “Misinterpreted as ‘Feminism’: The Expression of Gender in Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portraits”
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
2008-2010 Scholarship for Outstanding Students
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Languages
English, Mandarin, Classical Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Italian
