Mi Wang, ISAW PhD Student, has received a Humboldt Fellowship for a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at LMU in Munich

Congratulations to ISAW doctoral candidate Mi Wang, who has been awarded a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is currently completing her dissertation on cultural identity transformations in the mid-to-late Liangzhu period. 

Beginning this summer with a four-month German language course, Mi will spend 24 months at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München working with Prof. Dr. Armin Selbitschka. Their research project, "Resource Management and Human-Environment Interactions in Early China," investigates the complex dynamics between human societies and their environments in early China. By integrating archaeological, geological, ethnographic, and experimental methods, the project aims to provide new insights into the contextual strategies past societies used to navigate natural landscapes.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation was established to sponsor scientists and scholars, irrespective of academic discipline and nationality. The foundation strengthens Germany as a research location through international research exchanges, supports its sponsorship recipients during their entire lifetimes, and actively promotes international understanding, scientific progress, and development. 

More information about the Humboldt Research fellowship can be found here.