University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Students

Jiayao Han

East Asian Art and Archeology

jih18@pitt.edu

Education

9/2008-
PhD Program, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Advisor: Katheryn Linduff, Area: Early Chinese Art and Archaeology

9/2007-4/2008
PhD Program, Northwestern University, Art History Department, Advisor: Sarah Fraser, Area: Modern Chinese Art

9/2004-4/2007  
MA, University of Pittsburgh, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Advisor: Katheryn Linduff, Area: Early Chinese Art and Archaeology, Thesis: "In and Out of Spaces: Eastern Han Tomb Reliefs from Sichuan."

9/2000-6/2004
BA, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC, Department of Cultural Relics and Museum Studies, Advisor: Chun Chen, Major: Museum Studies, Honors Thesis: "Interpretation of the Shamannistic Cult in terms of Bronze Figurines from the Sanxingdui Site"

Publications

Chen, Chun and Han, Jiayao. “Investigation of Sanxingdui’s Magic and Shang’s Rituals.” ?????????“?”????“?” In China Cultural Relics News. ????? Feb 13, 2004, p. 7.

Han, Jiayao and Chen, Chun. “Exploration of the Shamannistic cult of bronze figurines from the Sanxingdui site,” ????????????In World of Antiquity ???? (3) 2004, p. 19-25.

Han, Jiayao. “Cinderella and the Golden Lotus: Female Footwear in China, 221 BCE to the Present.” (Forthcoming, Collecting Volumes of Culture and Heritage Research ????????, Shanghai: Shanghai Guji Press, 2009, vol. 3).

Fellowships and Grants

2008-2009
FAS Tuition Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh

2007-2008
WCAS Fellowship, Northwestern University

Summer 2006
China Council Graduate Pre-dissertation Research Summer Grant, Asian Studies Center; Frick Fine Arts Wilkinson/Friends Travel Grant, University of Pittsburgh

2005-2006
Chancellor’s Fellowship, Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

2004-2005
Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

2000-2004
People’s Scholarship, Fudan University

Translations

Li, Chaoyuan. (Translated by Han, Jiayao) “The Zhou Cultural Elements Involved in the Bronzes from Chenggu and the Yang County” in The Shang Bronzes Excavated From Hanzhong (Forthcoming, 2008).

Conference Papers

“Bronze Bells and State Formation,” Panel 6 “Prohibitions and Permissions in Japanese Rituals,” 34th Mid-Atlantic Region Annual Conference of Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, University of Pittsburgh, October 28-30, 2005.

Scholarly and Research Talks

"Women’s Shoes through Chinese Women’s Eyes," Frick Fine Arts Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh, Oct 25, 2006

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