简介

Michelle C. Wang teaches courses in Asian art history. Her research specialization is Buddhist art in China, particularly during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). Her book manuscript titled "Mandalas in the Making: The Visual Culture of Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang" examines Buddhist mandalas of the 8th-10th centuries at the Mogao Buddhist cave shrines in northwestern China. She is a co-organizer of the 2014-2015 Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar "Critical Silk Road Studies" (silkroadseminar.georgetown.edu). Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, Professor Wang taught for two years at Louisiana State University. In 2006, she co-curated an exhibit of Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) small-scale animal sculptures titled “A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China” for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, and the Pittsburgh Foundation.