Wang Shu-Li
王舒俐

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2021 to May 2022

University Affiliation (Current)

Shu-Li Wang is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica. Wang obtained her Ph.D. in Anthropology from University College London. She has been doing field research on the formation of heritage discourses and the politics of history in China. Her research interests center on heritage and its relationship with politics, archaeology, museums, memory and society. She is the co-editor of Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute 2020), and Heritage and Religion in East Asia (Routledge 2020). Wang’s research project at HYI examines global heritage discourse, archaeological practice, and place making in contemporary China.

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