Education

PhD 2020 (Anthropology/Archaeology), University College London;

MA 2014 (Anthropology/Cultural Heritage Studies), University College London;

BA 2013 (English), Zhejiang University.

Work Experience

Peking University:

    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology ,2023-

Research Interests

Social Anthropology, Material Culture Studies, Museum Anthropology

Courses Taught 

Undergraduate courses：

    Anthropological museums and the display of culture (2024)

    History of Anthropology (2024)

    Economic Anthropology (2024)

Graduate courses:

    Social Anthropology and China Studies (2024)

    Anthropological Methodology (2024)

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Zhang, Lisheng. 2024. "Heritage as a Foreign Country". Dushu. 2024 (6): 120-128

Zhang, Lisheng, and David Francis. 2024. "The Re-Crafting of Design: Towards an Ethnographic Perspective in Chinese Exhibition Design." in Museum Exhibition Design Histories, Claire Wintle, Kate Guy, Hajra Williams (eds), London: Routledge.

Zhang, Lisheng. 2023. "Memories from the Margins: Remembering the 'Red Age' in a Chinese Private Museum." Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 11 (2023): 95–107