Email: jingjieli2002@aliyun.com

Academic Title
Tenured Professor

Education

·Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Archaeology from Jilin University and Peking University

·Ph.D. program in Art History, Nagoya University, Japan

Professional Experience

·Former researcher at Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

·Former researcher at the Palace Museum (Forbidden City), Beijing

·Appointed Associate Professor at Tsinghua University in 2002

·Promoted to Full Professor at Tsinghua University in 2007

Research Focus
Buddhist Material Culture Studies (encompassing Buddhist Archaeology and Art History)

Academic Achievements
Has systematically clarified the guiding ideologies behind ancient Chinese Buddhist statuary, with significant advancements in reconstructing Buddhist image genealogies and elucidating medieval Sino-foreign cultural-artistic exchanges.

Representative Publications

1.Prince Sattva Jātaka and Prince Sudāna Jātaka Imagery from the Northern & Southern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty

2.Two Iconographic Types of Dīpaṃkara Buddha’s Prophecy Jātaka in the Northern Dynasties

3.On the Iconographic Program of Cave 9 and 10 at Yungang Grottoes

4.Evolution of Lotus Sutra Imagery in the Late Northern Dynasties

5.Iconographic Interpretation of Triad Vairocana Buddha in the Dharma Realm from Northern Qi to Sui

6.Preliminary Analysis of Iconographic Programs in Northern Dynasties and Sui Caves at Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang

7.Buddha’s Alms Bowl Worship, Dharma Transmission Philosophy, and Their Visual Representations

8.Holistic Examination of Genealogies and Styles in Buddhist Statuary from the Northern & Southern Dynasties to Sui

9.On the Dingzhou School of White Stone Buddhist Sculptures

10.Typological and Combinatorial Analysis of Buddhist Imagery in Northern Song-Jin Grottoes, Shaanxi

11.Compositional Analysis of Southern Song Stone Carvings at Baodingshan, Dazu

Teaching Portfolio

·Chinese Archaeology

·Buddhist Material Culture

·Lectures on Cultural History Texts from the Han to Yuan Dynasties

·Cultural and Artistic Exchanges between Medieval China and Neighboring Regions