Wenyi Zhao

Education

2020 – 2024  B.A. in History (with Honors), Yuanpei College, Peking University
2021 – 2024  Certificate in Classical Chinese Philology, Peking University

Areas of Interest

Interdisciplinary study of early China through archaeology, history, philology, and linguistics within the broader framework of global antiquity; memory and knowledge traditions; formation and fluidity of both textual and material remains; quantitative thinking in archaeology.

Profile

Wenyi Zhao 趙文浥 was born and raised in Suzhou, China. From 2020 to 2024, she studied at Peking University in Beijing, where she earned a B.A. in History from Yuanpei College and completed a Certificate in Classical Chinese Philology. She received interdisciplinary training focusing on the study of early China, including history, paleography, philology, and archaeology, with a specific emphasis on Chinese classics and bronze inscriptions.

In 2024, Wenyi began pursuing an M.A. in Archaeology as part of the doctoral program within the UCLA Archaeology IDP. She is dedicated to advancing the understanding of early China by integrating her previous academic training with archaeological and anthropological perspectives within the framework of global antiquity at UCLA.

Field Experience

Aug 2024. Survey and Excavation Participant. The Shimao 石峁 site, Shaanxi, China. Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. 

Jul–Aug 2024. Summer School Member. Graduate Summer School on Production Techniques of Ancient Ceramics. The Imperial Kiln 御窯 site, Jiangxi, China. Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute & Peking University. 

Nov 2023. Survey Participant. An archaeological survey of the stone cities along the Wuding 無定, Jialu 佳蘆, and Tuwei 禿尾 Rivers in northern Shaanxi, China. Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 

Jul–Aug 2023. Excavation Participant. The Xiwubi 西吳壁 site, Shanxi, China. Institute of Archaeology, National Museum of China. 

Jun–Aug 2022. Excavation Participant. The Xitou 西頭 site, Shaanxi, China. School of Cultural Heritage, Xibei University. 

Selected Publications

“Suanli tongli duanxiang” 蒜李銅鬲斷想 (English title:“ The Suanli Bronze li Vessel: Migration and Cultural Hybridity at the End of Second Millenium BC, China”), Qingnian kaoguxuejia 青年考古學家 (Young Archaeologist), vol. 5 (publication expected in 2025). Supervisor: Prof. Li, Min.

Advisors

Min Li

Lothar von Falkenhausen