Fellows » Current Fellows » IHUM Fellow: Meiyu Hsieh, PhD
Meiyu Hsieh’s research explores the creation of large-size states in the ancient world. Her dissertation, Viewing the Han Empire from the Edge, uses the northwest frontier of the Han Empire as a case study to re-evaluate in the continental context the building and maintenance of the Han state, which existed in the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers regions roughly from the second century B.C.E. to the second century C.E. It surveys the trajectory that transformed the Han state from a regional polity confined to the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers regions to a trans-regional superpower, exerting its influence across East Eurasia
Meiyu received her Ph.D. in history from Stanford University and an M.A. in history from National Taiwan University. Her dissertation project was supported by a Fellowship for East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History from the American Council of Learned Societies, with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation; a Fellowship from the Stanford Humanities Center, with funding from Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation; and multiple grants from the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University, the Stanford Center for East Asian Studies, and the Stanford History Department. Meiyu’s other research interests include comparative ancient history, historical archaeology, and Chinese paleography.