People

Bing Huang, Ph.D. 2018

Associate Professor

Department of Art History

Providence College

Karen Hwang, Ph.D. 2010

Independent Scholar

Leah Justin-Jinich, Ph.D. 2025

Independent Scholar

After obtaining a Master’s degree in Japanese literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Leah Justin-Jinich entered the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations as a PhD student at Harvard University in 2016. Her dissertation explores...

Wakana Kamei

Professor, Department of Regional Studies

The University of Shiga Prefecture

2016 Visiting Scholar

Youn-mi Kim, Ph.D. 2010

Associate Professor

Asian Art history

Ewha Womans University

Youn-mi Kim is Associate Professor of Asian Art History at Ewha Womans University. Prior to joining the Ewha faculty, she was Assistant Professor at Yale University (2012-16) and Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University (2011-12). She is Editor of...

Kristina Kleutghen, Ph.D. 2010

David W. Mesker Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Chinese Art and Architecture

Washington University in St. Louis

Kristina Kleutghen is a specialist in Chinese Art, particularly of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Focusing on early modern, modern, and contemporary Chinese art, her research investigates Sino-foreign interaction, the imperial court, optical devices, and...

Sarah Laursen

Alan J. Dworsky Associate Curator of Chinese Art

Harvard Art Museums

Sarah Laursen oversees the Chinese art collection as well as parts of the Korean and Central, South, and Southeast Asian collections. She is a specialist in early medieval China, and her research interests include Chinese archaeology, digital humanities...

Icey Lin

Chinese Art

Icey Lin is a Ph.D. student in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, focusing on Buddhist art and architecture in medieval Asia. Prior to joining Harvard, Icey studied Art History and East Asian Religion at Columbia...

Yukio Lippit

lippit@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Japanese Art

Yukio Lippit received his B.A. (1993) in Literature from Harvard University and his M.A. (1998) and Ph.D. (2003) in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University. He specializes in Japanese painting of the medieval and early modern periods. His book...

Ziliang Liu, Ph.D. 2022

Assistant Professor of Art

Art History and Studio Art

Williams College

Ziliang (Alex) Liu is an art historian of early imperial Chinese art and architecture, focusing on issues of materiality, the intersection of art and technical knowledge, and the relationship between art and the body in early China. Liu graduated with a...

Chenchen Lu

Chinese Art

Chenchen Lu received her B.Arch. from Tsinghua University (China) in 2010 and M.Arch. from Harvard GSD in 2015. Her research focuses on the spatial conception, visual program and practice of Chinese architecture, especially ritual architecture and...

Melissa McCormick

Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, Harvard University

Melissa McCormick received her dual B.A. in art history and Japanese language and literature from the University of Michigan (1990), her Ph.D. in Japanese Art History from Princeton University (2000), and studied at Gakushūin University (1996-98) while...