My research focuses on early cinema in and about Tibet, examining how individual and state actors produced knowledge about the region through film. Drawing on approaches from history and media studies, I examine the production, circulation, and historical uses of these films in the first half of the twentieth century. It situates cinema in and about Tibet within broader developments in world history and in transnational histories of cinema and global media circulation.
Faculty advisor: Peng Hai
Education & Training
• M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
• M.A. in Curating Science, University of Leeds
Research Interests:
• Cinema and Cinematic Practices in the Himalayas
• Documentary Films on the Tibetan Cultural Region
• Transregional Mobility and Cultural Exchange in Qing and Modern Inner Asia
• Geographical Knowledge and Education in Modern China
• Digital Archives and the Digital Humanities
