Jiayao Jiang

I am a PhD student at the Italian Section, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge. Prior to this, I received an MA (cum laude) in Architectural Conservation from Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, as well as BA & MA in Architecture Design and Theory from Nanjing University, China. I have been awarded full international grants for academic exchange programs in the U.S.A and Belgium for cultural heritage studies.

As a dedicated member of ICOMOS-China, I have participated in several restoration projects for modern heritage in China. My research experience extends to several prestigious international institutions, including the Palace Museum in Beijing and the Bibliotheca Hertziana-Max Planck Institute in Rome. Moreover, I have enriched my expertise through working in the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) for World Heritage and Capacity Building, and in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Amman office for World Heritage management.

My doctoral research funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP is co-supervised by Prof. Robert S.C. Gordon (Cambridge) and Prof. Abigail Brundin (British Schools at Rome). My research is titled “Reconstruction of urban heritage in post-war Rome, 1944-1951: Transnational flows and national identity.” The specific focus of the research will be on the remarkable and complex transnational flows of individuals and groups, civilian and military, moving through Rome during this period.