Past Member
Yan Liu
Willis F. Doney Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Medicine, Chinese History
Website
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Yan Liu is interested in material practices of medicine, religious healing, sensory history, and the circulation of medical knowledge along the Silk Road. While at IAS, he will be working on a book manuscript on a transcultural history of aromatics and the production of olfactory knowledge in China from the seventh to thirteenth century.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
2015
Honors
2023
William H. Welch Medal (Book Award in Medical History)
Appointments
SUNY Buffalo
2022
Associate Professor