Curriculum Vitae
Education
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany
Ph.D Candidate of Historical Anthropology
2010
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences, August 2010
Thesis in Anthropology: Wenren Tea: A Practice of Self-cultivation
Peking University, Beijing
2009
Master of Laws, Anthropology, July 2009
Thesis in Anthropology: Between the Inside and the Outside: the Ritual Process and the Symbolic Exhibition of Beijing Olympics in 2008
2006
Bachelor of Laws and Arts, Sociology and Art Studies (double degree), July 2006
Thesis in Sociology: Civilization & Reflection: Malinowski’s Freedom & Civilization and Mr. Fei Xiaotong
Thesis in Art Studies: The Right to Heresy: Queerness Implied in the Films about Chinese Lesbians
July 2004 – August 2004
Polytechnic University, Hongkong
Hong Kong and Mainland China Social Welfare Exchange Program,
Department of Applied Social Sciences
Workshop and Conference Presentations
• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
November 2010
East Asian Politics, Economy and Society Workshop
Present on Tea Consumption and Chinese Middle Class
October 2010
Medicine, Body and Practice Workshop
Present on Tea Practice as Self-cultivation
• Anthropological Theory and Method Research Center at Central Minzu University, Southwestern Minzu University, and Mengyangshan Anthropology Association at Peking University, Dali, Yunnan, China
August 2007
Crossing Borders and Paradigms: Anthropology of Southwest China Reconsidered
Panel discussion in “‘native’ identity in the anthropology of China”
• Anthropological Theory and Method Research Center at Central Minzu University, Mengyangshan Anthropology Association at Peking University, and Europe Trans-cultures Study Center, Beijing
March 2007
Ideas of Others in different cultures
Report on The Flow of Tea, From Silk Road to Delamu
Awards
2007
Winner of Yang Fuqing & Wang Yangyuan Academician Scholarship, China
2006
First Prize, 9th Annual "Challenge Cup," National University Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Work Competition, China
Professional Experience
09/2009 – 08/2010
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Assistant in the Department of Anthropology
08/2007 – 08/2008
Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of 29th Olympiad, Beijing
Intern of the Media Management Department
2007 - 2008
Tide Magazine, Beijing
Freelance writer