Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen

Academic Career

• Since September 2025 Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen
• 2023 M.A. degree in Archaeology, University College London, UK
• 2022 B.A. degree in Archaeology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Research Interests
My research mainly focuses on material culture and the history of science in early modern China. I aim to analyze how objects such as cabinets and practical manuals act as sites where antiquarian, medicinal, and natural knowledge meet. Using popular encyclopedias, ink catalogues, and notes, I trace late-Ming antiquarianism not just as a narrow pursuit of connoisseurs diverging from the Song-Qing Jinshi 金石 tradition, but as a hybrid epistemic regime influenced by mobility, classification, and sensory display. The classification of antiquities, sensory knowledge involved in creating forgeries, and the shared philosophical logic that potentially connected apothecary chests to antiquarian cabinets holding miniature imperial collections in the 18th century highlight a key moment in early modern objective knowledge. I situate this shift within a global history of transcultural medicine and material culture. I am also interested in modern theories of material culture and the history of archaeology, ranging from antiquarianism to contemporary disciplines.