Received Sylff fellowship in 2022
Academic supervisor: Madeleine Zelin
Current affiliation: EALAC-History
Hekang Yang is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University. His research focuses on late imperial and modern Chinese history, with thematic interests in state-making, borderlands, and economy. His dissertation, Reinventing Frontier Commerce: China, Russia, and the World Economy, 1875-1911, examines the intersections of trade and diplomacy during a transformative period.