**Petya Andreeva**

Dr. Petya Andreeva is an Assistant Professor of Asian Art History at Parsons School of Design of The New School in New York. She earned her Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania and her BA in East Asian Studies from Colby College. Andreeva's research focuses on the arts of nomadic societies, human–animal interactions in ancient China and Central Asia, and the cross-cultural exchange of objects, materials, and ideas along premodern trade networks. She has published on these topics in journals such as Early China, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Fashion Theory, Orientations, Archaeological Research in Asia, Sino-Platonic Papers, and in several edited volumes. She is also the recipient of two international awards, including a UNESCO research grant.
