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Feng Li is a Professor of Early Chinese History and Archaeology at Columbia University’s Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures. With offices in Kent Hall and a faculty directorship at the Tang Center for Early China since 2015, he combines historical and archaeological methodologies to study Bronze-Age China. His research spans early state formation, bureaucracy, literacy, and comparative civilizations.
- Education: MA from the Institute of Archaeology (1986), PhD from the University of Chicago (2000), with prior work at the University of Tokyo (1991).
His expertise lies in integrating archaeological material, inscriptions, and textual evidence to reinterpret early Chinese societies. Key projects include directing Columbia’s first archaeological fieldwork in China at Guicheng (2006–2011) and authoring foundational works on Western Zhou governance, literacy, and state collapse. Current projects include writing Economic History of Late Bronze-Age China (ca. 1000–500 BCE) and leading the Tang Center Series in Early China as co-editor.
Publications reveal a focus on interdisciplinary frameworks, emphasizing bronze inscriptions, settlement systems, and socio-political transitions. Themes include kin-ordered states, bureaucratic origins, and literacy’s role in imperial consolidation. His work bridges Eastern and Western academic traditions through bilingual and international collaborations.
