Elisabeth Hsu

Elisabeth Hsu is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and Green Templeton College. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary studies of Chinese medicine, body, and personhood, with a particular emphasis on language, meaning, and sensory experience. Current projects include studies on Chinese medicine in East Africa, medieval Chinese pharmacological texts, and genealogies of medical families in Anhui province. She teaches courses in medical anthropology, including modules on body phenomenology, gender, and sensory therapeutics.

• Education: Details not explicitly provided in text.
• Affiliations: Fellow of Green Templeton College, member of ArgO-EMR research group.

Her research bridges medical anthropology, ethnobotany, and the history of science, with contributions to comparative studies of ancient Greece and China. Recent work includes textual analyses of Dunhuang medical manuscripts and translations of classical Chinese medical texts. She actively participates in academic seminars and workshops through ArgO-EMR, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on Eastern medicines and religions.

• Grants/Projects: Ongoing collaborative projects with scholars like Wu Zhongping, Zhou Xiaofei, Sun Xin, and Peng Weihua.
• Labs/Teams: ArgO-EMR (Anthropology research group, Oxford), hosting weekly seminars and biannual workshops.