YANG Qiao 楊巧 works on institutions of knowledge, with a special focus on China and the Islamic world in the Mongol era (13th–14th centuries). Her doctoral project, Heavenly Knowledge, World Empire: Practices, Institutions and Exchange of Astral Sciences in Mongol Eurasia, examined the interplay between the Mongol Empire and astral sciences. She has published on biographies and networks of astral science experts in Mongol Eurasia. At the MPIWG, Qiao is the leader of the “Ability and Authority” working group, where she is developing a project on the local state divination schools in Yuan (1271–1368) China. Qiao’s research interests include history of astronomy/astrology, history of divination, social and cultural history of the Mongol Empire, and cross-cultural contact between premodern China and the Islamic world.
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Yang, Qiao and Jinson Guo (2023). “Astronomy under Mongol Rule.” In Oxford Bibliographies: Chinese Studies, ed. T. Wright. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199920082-0213.
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Yang, Qiao (2023). “Lire le ciel et représenter la terre.” In Les Mongols et le monde: l’autre visage de l’Empire de Gengis Khan, ed. M. Favereau, 221–233. Nantes: Les Éditions du Château des Ducs de Bretagne.
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Yang, Qiao (2019). “Like Stars in the Sky: Networks of Astronomers in Mongol Eurasia.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 62 (2–3): 388–427. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685209-12341483.
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