Menglan Chen
陳夢嵐
2024-25 Graduate Student Associate; Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University
Bio
Menglan Chen (陳夢嵐) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. Her dissertation investigates how photography redefined what was visible, sensible, and knowable in modern China. Menglan’s research explores modern and contemporary imaging technologies and techniques at the intersection of aesthetic, technical, and epistemic operations.
Research Interests: History of photography; Media studies; Modern and contemporary Chinese art and cinema; Science and technology studies