Xinyu Liang
Dunhuang Project Coordinator and Translator of Chinese
Xinyu Liang is a Ph.D. candidate in Islamic art and architecture at Rice University. With an MA in Chinese art history, she explores cross-cultural and interdisciplinary themes, focusing on medieval Persian book arts, Chinese mosque architecture, and portable arts along the Silk Road. Her dissertation examines the illustrations of Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), the first world history produced under Ilkhanid rule (1260–1335 CE) in Iran. In particular, she discusses manuscripts, book arts, image-making, and intellectual and material exchanges within the transcultural context of Ilkhanid interactions with medieval Europe and Yuan China (1279–1368 CE). Xinyu is Khamseen’s Dunhuang Coordinator and Translator of Chinese.