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Fan Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Asian Art at Tulane University, holding the Jessie J. Poesch Professorship in Art. She specializes in Early Medieval Chinese art (4th–6th century CE), focusing on transcultural interactions along the Silk Road and the role of art in identity formation. Her research examines cultural exchanges between East Asia, Central Asia, and Northeast Asia, with an emphasis on funerary art, Buddhist art, and material culture's environmental dimensions.
Education: PhD, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. Professional affiliations include core faculty roles in Tulane’s Asian Studies and Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) programs. She previously served as a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Shanghai and conducted archaeological fieldwork in China and Central Asia. Collaborations include research and curatorial work with institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Museum of Korea.
Her current book project, *Mulan Unearthed*, explores how underrepresented groups like women and immigrants used art to assert identities in multi-ethnic Northern Wei society. Teaching focuses on East Asian art, Silk Road studies, and gender in art history.
Key research themes include object mobility, human-environment entanglement, and the syncretism of artistic traditions. Awards include the prestigious Jessie J. Poesch Professorship, reflecting her scholarly contributions. Upcoming projects include analyses of maritime networks and Sino-Korean artistic exchanges, as well as contributions to the *Grove Encyclopedia of Asian Art*.
