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Sylvia Wu
Sylvia Wu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago, focusing on medieval Islamic art and architecture. Her research interests include the Muslim architecture and devotional art of the Indian Ocean world, mosque and shrine architecture in China, and the intersection of urban governance and social engineering. Wu’s dissertation, ‘Mosques on the Edge: Tale and Survival of Muslim Monuments in Coastal China’, offers a close study of Quanzhou’s Qingjing Mosque complex, a site with contested histories, multifaceted cultural identities, and intricate visual references.
Contact: 166 Cochrane Woods Art Center, 5540 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.