Guolong Lai

Guodong Lai received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2002, where he wrote a dissertation on "The Baoshan Tomb: Religious Transitions in Art, Ritual, and Text during the Warring States Period (480-221 BCE)." His research project this year is on religious belief and ritual practice in the state of Chu and adjacent areas during the Warring States and early Han periods, using recently excavated archaeological materials, such as tomb objects, funerary sculptures, bamboo slips, silk manuscripts, and paintings. He currently teaches at University of Florida, Gainesville.