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Susanna Lam

MA (2008) in Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. Thesis title: A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Shang and Zhou Jades: Their Possible Sources

BA (1997) in Anthropology and Broadcast/Cable, The Pennsylvania State University


Fax: 310-206-4723
E-mail: susannalam@ucla.edu

Subfield

IDP

Research Interests

Central Asia, the Sogdians, trade and exchange between medieval China and Sasanian Persia, the Silk Routes

Grants and Awards

2010: East Asian FLAS in Japanese (academic year 2010-2011)

2009: Critical Language Scholarship in Persian (summer)

2008: East Asian FLAS in Japanese (academic year 2008-2009)
Critical Language Scholarship in Persian (summer)
Graduate Student Fellowship, The Smithsonian Institution (winter quarter)

2007: Summer Travel Award, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

2006: Eurasian FLAS in Russian (summer)

2005: Eurasian FLAS in Russian (academic year 2005-2006)

Advisors

Lothar Von Falkenhausen

Conference Presentations

2009: ?Persian Influences in Sui and Tang Bronze Mirrors? presented at ?Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection in Context? at University of California, Los Angeles
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