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Yecheng (Kent) Cao is an Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology at Duke Kunshan University and Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University (2019) in Chinese art and archaeology, an M.St. in Archaeology from the University of Oxford, and degrees in Archaeology and Anthropology from University College London and the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the intersection of art, technology, and transregional exchange in early Chinese societies.
Research interests include the development of bronze industries in the Yangtze River region during the Shang-Zhou periods and the revival of bronze archaism in Song China and Kamakura Japan. His first monograph examines how indigenous bronze practices emerged from interactions with northern Chinese influences, rethinking Chinese state formation through frontier perspectives.
He has received grants and fellowships from the Henry Luce Foundation, Getty Research Institute, ACLS, and the Smithsonian. Current projects explore medieval East Asian antiquarianism and ritual aesthetics. His teaching emphasizes global perspectives in art history and material culture analysis.
