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July 2019 ROWAN K. FLAD 傅罗文 Harvard University - Department of Anthropology 57G Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-1966 [email protected] Personal Website: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/flad Chinese Archaeology at Harvard: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/chinaarch Orchid ID: 0000-0002-7018-8868 ACADEMIC POSITIONS TEACHING APPOINTMENTS John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology: Harvard University – Department of Anthropology 2015 – Present Professor: Harvard University – Department of Anthropology 2012 – 2015 Associate Professor: Harvard University – Department of Anthropology 2008 – 2012 Assistant Professor: Harvard University – Department of Anthropology 2004 – 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor: Syracuse University – Department of History Fall 2003 RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS Marta Sutton Weeks Fellow: Stanford Humanities Center 2013 – 2014 Affiliated Professor: Hongshan Culture International Research Center – Chifeng College 2008 – Present Visiting Fellow: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) – Institute of Archaeology 2006 Fellow: Korea Society Fall Fellowship Program October 2004 Visiting Scholar: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) – Institute of Archaeology July 2004 Research Associate: Cornell University – East Asia Program 2003 – 2004 Visiting Scholar: Columbia University – Anthropology Department 2002 – 2003 EDUCATION Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology 2004 M.A., UCLA Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology 1998 Visiting Graduate Student, Peking University, Department of Archaeology (1 year) 2000 – 2001 Ex., Princeton University at Beijing Normal University, Chinese Language School Summer 1997 Ex., Middlebury College Summer Language Institute, Chinese Language School Summer 1996 A.B., The University Of Chicago, Anthropology, Graduated with General and Department Honors 1994 FIELD WORK / RESEARCH PROJECTS 2017-Present Co-PI, Ancient Asian Rhino DNA project. Collaboration with Brown University, Lanzhou University, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sichuan Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Gansu Provincial Institute of Archaeology 2011- Present Director, Tao River Archaeology Project. Collaboration with Gansu Provincial Institute of Archaeology, and Peking University. Rowan Flad CV 1 2010- Present Co-Director, Oracle Bone Database Project. Collaboration with Li Zhipeng (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Archaeology) and Kate Brunson (Brown University) 2005-2011 (Dec.-Jan) Co-Director, Chengdu Plain Archaeological Survey Project. Collaboration with Gwen Bennett (Washington University, St. Louis), Li Shuicheng (Peking University), Pochan Chen (National Taiwan Univeristy), Jiang Zhanghua (Chengdu City Institute of Archaeology) 2005 (August) Field Director, Reconnaissance sampling project at Donghuishan, Collaboration with Peking University. Project Director: Prof. Li Shuicheng. 2004-Present Participant and Field Director, Chinese Salt Archaeology Project, Collaboration with UCLA, Peking University, Chengdu City Institute of Archaeology, National Taiwan University, Tübingen University. To date includes fieldwork and research trips in Sichuan, Chongqing, Shandong, Gansu, and Yunnan. Project Directors: Lothar von Falkenhausen and Li Shuicheng. 1999-2003 Field Director, Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Department of Archaeology, Peking University. Project Directors: Sun Zhibin and Prof. Sun Hua. 1999 (Feb.-Mar.) Project Member, UCLA-Peking University Collaborative Project on Salt Production in Sichuan and Surrounding Areas. Directors: Prof. Lothar von Falkenhausen, Prof. Sun Hua and Prof. Li Shuicheng. 1999 (Sept.) Archaeologist, Dolmuz Tepe Archaeological Project. Director: Prof. Liz Carter. 1999 (July-Sept.) Trench Supervisor: Alisar Regional Project. Director: Dr. Ron Gorny. 1995 Field Archaeologist Level II: Louis Berger International Inc. - CRM Division 1994-1995 Field Archaeologist Level I: Louis Berger International Inc. - CRM Division 1994 (Aug.-Sept.) Trench Supervisor and Ceramic Illustrator: Alisar Regional Project. Director: Dr. Ron Gorny. 1994 (July) Field School Teaching Asst.: Univ. of Chicago, El Juyo Field School. Director: Prof. Les Freeman. 1992 (July) Field School Student: University of Chicago, El Juyo Field School. Director: Prof. Les Freeman. RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Workshop Grant, $20,000 (Research Workshop) 2019 Astor Visiting Lecturer, Oxford University 2019 Harvard University, Asia Center, Faculty Grant, $12,500 (Field Research) 2016-2017 Harvard University, Asia Center, Faculty Grant, $4,000 (EAAS Seminar) 2016-2017 Harvard University, GSAS Research Workshops Committee, $1,500 per year (Seminar) 2006-2017 Harvard University, Asia Center, Faculty Grant, $15,000 (GIS and Geophys Workshop) 2015 Honorary M.A., Havard Univeristy 2013 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award, Finalist 2013 Harvard University Asia Center Faculty Research Grant, $18,000 (Field Research) 2013-2014 Harvard University, Asia Center, Faculty Grant, $9,000 (EAAS Seminar) 2012-2016 Conference Grants to support workshop on early iron metallurgy in Eurasia 2012 Harvard-Yenching Institute Conference Grant, $10,000 Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Conference Grant, $5,500 Fairbank Center, $500 American School of Prehistoric Research, $5,500 Reischauer Institute Travel and Research Grant, $3,000 2012 Rowan Flad CV 2 Fairbank Center Junior Faculty Research Grant, $3,200 2012 Peabody Museum Collections Research Grant, $3,759.46 2011-2012 Harvard-Yenching Institute, $30,000 (conference support for Tibet conference; 2011 Harvard Sponsor / Advisor for application by Lü Hongliang of Sichuan University) Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, $6,826 (Dissertation 2010-2011 Fieldwork Grant; Faculty Advisor for Jade D’alpoim Guedes) Harvard University Asia Center Seminar Grant, $15,000 (EAAS Seminar) 2008-2011 Luce Foundation Initiative on East Asian Archaeology and Early History, $300,000 2008-2011 (Collaborative Research Grant; Co-PI with Gwen Bennett, Li Shuicheng) Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, $30,000 (ICRG Grant; 2008-2009 Co-PI with Li Shuicheng, Gwen Bennett, Pochan Chen) Harvard University Asia Center Faculty Research Grant, $15,000 (Field Research) 2008-2009 Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Workshop Grant, $10,000 (Research Workshop) 2008 Harvard University Clark Fund. $6,000 2008 Harvard University Asia Center Faculty Grant, $5,000 (EAAS Seminar) 2007-2008 Hoopes Prize for advising of thesis of Jennifer Gong, $500 2007 ACLS Fellowship sponsored by the Luce Foundation, $36,000 2006-2007 Harvard University Asia Center Faculty Research Grant, $10,000 (Field Research) 2006-2007 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) Fifth annual third class 2006 award of excellence for: “Pig domestication in ancient China” with Yuan Jing Harvard University Asia Center Faculty Research Grant, $10,000 (Field Research) 2005-2006 American Philosophical Society, Franklin Research Grant, $2000 (Field Research) 2005-2006 Harvard University Clark/Cooke Fund, $6,000 2005-2006 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, $17,000 plus Tuition and Fees 2002-2003 UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Research Assistantship, $10,000 2001-2002 Fulbright (IIE) Scholarship, $20,500 2000-2001 University of California Chancellor’s Fellowship (4 yrs), $15,000 plus Tuition and Fees 1996-2003 UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Stipend, $1,000 2000 UCLA International Studies Opportunity Program Fieldwork Grant, $2,000 2000 UCLA International Studies Opportunity Program Conference Grant, $600 2000 UCLA Archaeology Program Travel Grant, $960 2000 UCLA International Studies Opportunity Program, $600 1999 NRF - Title VI: Foreign Language and Area Studies, $10,000 1999-00 UCLA Friends of Archaeology Research Grant, $1,000 1999 Ahmanson Fellowship, $4,000 1998-99 NRF - Title VI: Foreign Language and Area Studies, $10,000 1998-99 Princeton University in Beijing Summer Language Scholarship, $2,000 1997 NRF - Title VI: Foreign Language and Area Studies, $10,000 1997-98 NRF - Title VI: Summer FLAS Fellowship, $1,400 1997 Rowan Flad CV 3 UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Summer Language Fellowships, $2,000 1997, 1998 Center for Chinese Studies Fellowship (declined), $8,000 1996-1997 University of Chicago Dean’s List 1990-1994 University of Chicago H & G Heyman Scholarship 1991-1994 PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Rowan Flad and Pochan Chen (2013). Ancient Central China: An Archaeological Study of Centers and Peripheries along the Yangzi River. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rowan Flad (2011). Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China: An archaeological investigation of specialization in China’s Three Gorges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. EDITED VOLUMES / JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES Chengdu Pingyuan Guoji Kaogu Diaochadui 成都平原国际考古调查队 (In Prep). Chengdu Pingyuan Kaogu Diaocha—2005-2010 nian chengguo 成都平原考古调查 -- 2005-2010年成果 [The Chengdu Plain Archaeological Survey – Results from the 2005-2010 Seasons]. Beijing: Kexue chubanshe. Rowan Flad, editor (2016). Archaeological Research in Asia: Special Issue on Peopling of the Tibetan Plateau. Liviu Giosan, Dorian Q. Fuller, Kathleen Nicoll, Rowan K. Flad, Peter D. Clift, editors (2012). Climates, Landscapes and Civilizations. AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 198. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Zachary X. Hruby and Rowan K. Flad, editors (2007). Rethinking Craft Specialization in Complex Societies:
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