{"id":147,"date":"2015-10-22T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T09:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.history.ucsb.edu\/faculty\/barbierilow\/wordpress\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:48:41","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Welcome to the personal research website of Anthony Barbieri (\u674e\u5b89\u6566), [pen name: Anthony Barbieri-Low], Professor of Early Chinese History at the University of California at Santa Barbara.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trained at Harvard (M.A., 1997) in East Asian Studies  and Princeton (Ph.D. 2001 in Chinese Art and Archaeology, I have wide-ranging interests in many aspects of Early China, including technology, organization of production, labor history, gender and social relations, legal process, visual and material culture, and state formation. I also conduct research in Egyptology as a comparative field with early China. I teach undergraduate courses in East Asian civilization, world history, and early Chinese history, and graduate courses in specialized topics related to ancient China and Egypt. Please explore the menus above and recents posts below to learn more about my research and teaching!<\/p>\n

I will be accepting PhD applications for Fall of 2027 in History. I can also supervise students through the Comparative Literature PhD program if you’re interested in a comparative topic that is mostly textually based.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the personal research website of Anthony Barbieri (\u674e\u5b89\u6566), [pen name: Anthony Barbieri-Low], Professor of Early Chinese History at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Trained at Harvard (M.A., 1997) in East Asian Studies  and Princeton (Ph.D. 2001 in Chinese Art and Archaeology, I have wide-ranging interests in many aspects of Early China, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PdD41Y-2n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11,"url":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?page_id=11","url_meta":{"origin":147,"position":0},"title":"Biography","author":"barbieri-low@history.ucsb.edu","date":"October 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Short Biography of Anthony Barbieri I was born in Santa Clara, California on November 30, 1967, the youngest of three children. 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These recorded lectures are based on classroom lectures or public talks I have given. \u00a0They are presentations which include both the audio of the lecture and the PowerPoint slides with animations. Some of the more recently posted lectures are mobile capable and one\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/WindowAncient-e1445891236746.jpg?fit=547%2C410&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/WindowAncient-e1445891236746.jpg?fit=547%2C410&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/WindowAncient-e1445891236746.jpg?fit=547%2C410&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22,"url":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?page_id=22","url_meta":{"origin":147,"position":5},"title":"Research","author":"barbieri-low@history.ucsb.edu","date":"October 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Read more below on my current and completed research projects. 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