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Research output per year
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Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6528-4161
Biography
Dewei SHEN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese and History at the City University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD from Yale and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford. With a broad research interest in Early China, he conducted multiple surveys of ancient city sites in the middle Yangzi River region during the past decade, and participated in a series of excavations, including fieldwork at late Neolithic sites in North China and burial sites of the Xiongnu and Mongols in Eastern Mongolia. He was awarded the Marston Anderson Prize for Distinguished Dissertation, and is the author of a recent book Ying before Its Fall: Excavating the Death and Life of an Ancient Yangzi Metropolis (Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co., 2024).
Research Interests/Areas
- Chinese archaeology
- Material culture
- Social and cultural history of early China
- Jiandu manuscript studies
- Empire studies
Teaching
- Methods for Studying Humanities (Fall 2025)
- Archaeology and Civilization of Early China (Fall 2025)
- World Archaeology (Spring 2026)
- Early and Imperial China (Spring 2026)
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Research output
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Suburban Space Transformed: Investigating Chu Capital’s Southern Suburbs before and after Conquests
Shen, D., 18 Apr 2024.Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 31A - Invited conference paper (refereed items) › Yes › peer-review
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The Local, the Capital, and the Peripheral: Transformation of the Suburban Landscape in Jiangling, 400 - 100 BCE
Shen, D., 31 May 2024, (Presented).Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper
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郢之未拔: 發掘一座長江巨都的生死日常
Translated title of the contribution :Ying before Its Fall: Excavating the Death and Life of an Ancient Yangzi Metropolis Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 11 - Research book or monograph (Author) › peer-review
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城郊空间的构造与重塑: 楚都纪南城南郊“拔郢”事件前后的考古学考察
Translated title of the contribution :The Structure and Restructuring of Suburban Space: A Case Study of Chu Capital’s Southern Suburbs before and after the “Capture of Ying” Event Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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The First Imperial Transition in China: A Microhistory of Jiangling (369 – 119 BCE)
Shen, D., 2021, 494 p.Research output: Faculty's Theses › Doctoral thesis
Prizes
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Tang Post-Doctoral Research Award in Early China Studies
SHEN, D. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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CEAS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies
SHEN, D. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Marston Anderson Prize for Distinguished Dissertation
SHEN, D. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Travel Award from American Oriental Society - Western Branch (Best Paper)
SHEN, D. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Impacts
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Museum Learning Series II: Beyond the Sea of Time: Archaeology, Artifacts, and Early Societies
SHEN, D. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural impacts
Press/Media
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The Workshop of "The Jiang-Han Region and the South of the Warring States, Qin, and Han Periods"
1/07/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Book trailer of Ying before Its Fall: Excavating the Death and Life of an Ancient Yangzi Metropolis
10/06/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The Hong Kong Academic Delegation for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
18/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The Panel Discussion of the Committee on Ancient City Archaeology at the 4th Biennial Meeting of the Archaeological Society of China
10/11/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Activities
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The Workshop of "The Jiang-Han Region and the South of the Warring States, Qin, and Han Periods"
SHEN, D. (Co-chair)
1 Jul 2025Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Workshop / Seminar / Course
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「曖昧」之城：中國早期都市書寫的另一維空間
SHEN, D. (Speaker)
6 Jun 2025Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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“Collapse” Re-viewed: Jingzhou in the Late First Millennium BCE
SHEN, D. (Speaker)
12 Apr 2024Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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考古學視角下的江陵：「亡秦」的一條可能路徑
SHEN, D. (Speaker)
16 Mar 2024Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
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城郊空間的構造與重塑: 楚都紀南城南郊“拔郢”事件前後的考古學考察
SHEN, D. (Speaker)
23 Oct 2023 → 25 Oct 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
Supervised Students
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Mr. Qibu LUO, 羅棋布
- Department of Chinese and History - P/T Research Assistant
Person: P/T Research Assistant, Master of Philosophy (Student)
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