In Search of the Yuezhi People with Archaeologist Wang Jianxin 王建新 [in Mandarin] (Event #10)
The Yuezhi people of Gansu were once nomadic pastoralists who lived in the western grasslands of modern-day Gansu. Join us as we chat with Professor Wang Jianxin of China’s Northwest University to understand this 2,000-year-old civilization through archaeological finds.
Speaker:
Wang Jianxin
Professor Wang Jianxin graduated from Northwest University in Xi’an with a degree in archaeology from the Department of History and is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Cultural Heritage there. He is a part-time professor at the Centre for Chinese Archaeological Research at Peking University. He is also a member of the Council of the Chinese Archaeological Society and a visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Civilizations at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Host
Mei ZhangFounder and CEO of WildChinaMei Zhang is the founder and CEO of WildChina. Under her leadership, WildChina flourished from a small Hutong operation into an award-winning business. Mei’s own expertise has led her to win a number of personal awards, including Travel and Leisure’s A-List of Top Travel Advisors, Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialist, and Wendy Perrin’s #WOW List of Travel Experts. Mei is an Aspen Institute China Fellow and currently serves as a member of Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board.
