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Agnes Hsu-Tang is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and a Distinguished Consulting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. She also serves as Executive Chair of the Asia Society Triennial, a major contemporary Asia arts festival. Her roles include advising UNESCO, the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and boards like the Metropolitan Opera and New-York Historical Society. Trained in art history and archaeology, she bridges academia, policy, and the arts.
Education: B.A. in English Literature, Classical and Near Eastern Art/Archaeology, and East Asian Studies from Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D. in Art and Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Recipient of two Mellon Fellowships (Needham Research Institute, Stanford University).
Research focuses on cultural heritage preservation, Silk Road studies, and East Asian archaeology. She authored key papers on early Chinese cartography and Silk Road transnational heritage. Her interdisciplinary work includes curating exhibitions like Chinese in America and We Do Not Dream Alone, and narrating award-winning documentaries like Mysteries of China and Chineseness.
Awards include the New-York Historical Society’s 2018 Medal of Merit and the IIE Centennial Medal (2019). She advises on museum curation, cultural policy, and film projects, including a current feature film. Active in arts leadership, she chairs committees on exhibitions and governance across multiple institutions.
