current-phd-students

Scarlett Jiali He

Scarlett Jiali He

Field: Modern History of Tibet
Advisors: Gray Tuttle
Email: jh4729@columbia.edu

Scarlett He is a PhD student in the EALAC-History program. Her research interest is the modern history in Tibet, the decolonization of artworks, and the critical approach to disclose and decentralize the socio-political bias on non-indigenous art objects exposed in foreign contexts. She gained an MA in East Asian Art History and European Art History at Heidelberg University. Her thesis studies the Ming-commissioned Tibetan Buddhist art in Amdo and discusses the roles of Tibetan monks in the Ming court. Before coming to New York, Scarlett lived in Europe and worked as an independent researcher in German and French museums, conducting provenance research on Tibetan objects. Her current research is on the history of art collecting undertaken by European and American expeditors in 20th-century Tibet and the later trace of the objects in Western Europe and the US.

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Sally Greenland

Sally Greenland

Field: Mongolian and Chinese History
Advisor: Robert Hymes

Sally Greenland studies the complexities of the Mongol Empire and its successor states. Her academic interests include the history of military engagement and militarization, the political cultures of Inner Asia, and nomadism on the Eurasian Steppe. Her current focus on elite Mongol women evolved from her master’s dissertation, which scrutinized the contributions of female leaders in the Mongol Empire during the early imperial and imperial periods.

Sally holds an M.A. from Columbia University and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics (with distinction) in international history. She also earned a Bachelor of Business from QUT in Brisbane, Australia. Prior to joining Columbia, she worked in both the finance and entertainment sectors. Sally prefers to spend winters in the basement of Starr Library and summers riding across the Steppe.

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Albert E. Errickson

Albert E. Errickson

Field: Vietnamese Studies
Advisor: John Phan
Email: aee2126@columbia.edu

Albert Errickson is a Ph.D. student with a focus in Vietnamese Studies. His current research examines the relationship between language and writing in pre-modern Vietnam. He is interested in issues of vernacularization, writing script history, book history, and literacy in Vietnam and pre-modern East Asia more broadly. Prior to beginning the Ph.D. program, he received his B.A. from Rutgers University and M.A. from Columbia University. 

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