· Political anthropology (social organization in East Asia, political culture, cultural politics)

· Cultural heritage anthropology (folk religion, cultural landscape)

· Anthropological methodology

Yunxing Ruan

Professor, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University

Executive Associate Director, Institute of Anthropology, Zhejiang University

Associate Director, Research Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage, Zhejiang University

Visiting Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan

Executive Member, China Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (CUAES)

Vice President, Sino-Japan Sociological Committee, Chinese Sociological Association

Education Background

Ph.D. in Law, Kyoto University

Research Interests

Political anthropology (social organization in East Asia, political culture, cultural politics), cultural heritage anthropology (folk religion, cultural landscape), and anthropological methodology

Courses Taught

Cultural Anthropology, Political Anthropology, Political Cultural Studies (Graduate Level), Politics and Society of East Asia (Graduate Level)

Website: https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/0004264