Received Sylff fellowship in 2022
Current affiliation: Princeton University
Nataly Shahaf is a postdoctoral fellow at the Davis Center at Princeton University and the School for Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study. She received her PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University in 2023. Her research explores the intersections of Buddhism, science, and print culture in 20th-century China, examining historical approaches to preserving cultural heritage and engaging with the supernatural. She is currently working on her book, Multiple Exposures: Ghost Photography, Buddhism, and Visual Heritage in Early Twentieth-Century China. This work investigates how visual media, such as ghost photography, has both shaped and been shaped by religious thought and practice.
