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Chao-Hui Jenny Liu

Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow of Art History
Ph.D. 2006 (Chinese art and archaeology) University of London, M.Phil 1994 (East Asian archaeology) University of Cambridge, B.A. 1992 (Honors in English and Asian Studies) UC Berkeley.

Phone: 212-998-8246


Areas of Research/Interest: Tang (618-907 A.D.) Chinese art and archaeology, Art of East Asia, Art and Ritual, Silk Road Art and Archaeology

External Affiliations: Association of Asian Studies (AAS), Tang Studies (International), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (external research associate), College Art Association (CAA)

Fellowships/Honors: Visiting Scholar: Institute of Archaeology (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica) United Kingdom Overseas Research Studentship, Cambridge University Graduate Student Scholarship, Trinity College Graduate Student Scholarship, Tweedie Exploration Fund, Pacific Cultural Fund, Evans Prize (Cambridge University)

Select Publications:
Princess Tombs and the Politics of Ritual Art in Tang Dynasty China (book in progress)

“Horses and Beauties: Mural Art from Tang Imperial Tombs,” in China: at the Court of the Emperors: Unknown masterpieces from Han tradition to Tang elegance (25 - 907),  (forthcoming) exhibition catalogue for the Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze: Spring 2008.

Entries in special exhibition catalogue China: Dawn of a Golden Age (200-750 AD), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Oct. 2004-Jan. 2005), New Haven: Yale University Press.