Dissertation Title: Framing the Time-Space: Jami al-Tawarikh as an Interpretational Device and the Book Art under Ilkanid Mongol

Advisor: Professor Farshid Emami

Xinyu Liang earned a B.A. from Sichuan University in Chengdu and a master's degree in Chinese art history from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Her current research focuses on the Arabic and Persianate book arts of Pax Mongolica. Her dissertation centers on image-making, text-image relationships, and the materiality of book art within a transcultural context, drawing upon the Jami al-Tawarikh. Additionally, she investigates the role of Chinese Islamic architecture and portable arts in facilitating visual cultural exchange between East Islamic lands and China.

Publications

Xinyu Liang, “Faith and Integration: Taiyuan Ancient Mosque and Chinese Muslims’ Settlement in Heartland China,” in Expanding Contexts, Shifting Horizons, New Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture, edited by Aimée Froom and Farshid Emami, Brill Publication of 2023 HIAA Symposium Papers, (under review).