After having studied for several years in China (Tianjin) and Hungary, I received my Ph.D. from UC Berkeley with a dissertation on the orthography of Chinese writing during the Warring States period. Following my graduation I started working for the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library and became involved in the study of Dunhuang manuscripts and the manuscript culture of medieval China in general. After 10 years at the British Library, I came to Cambridge in 2012.
I have been President of the European Association for the Study of Chinese Manuscripts and am sub-editor for medieval China for the Encyclopedia of Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa compiled at the University of Hamburg.
Professor Galambos teaches undergraduate literary Chinese as well as courses on Chinese history, relating closely to his research work.
I regret to say that I no longer accept new graduate students. So please do not apply.
Medieval China; Dunhuang studies; history of Chinese writing; Chinese manuscripts and epigraphy; contacts between China and Central Asia; Tangut studies; history of the exploration of Central Asia.
My current book project is on the codicology of Dunhuang manuscripts from the 9th-10th century, focussing on the influence of non-Chinese written traditions on Chinese manuscript culture.
I am currently holding weekly research meetings on the topic of Dunhuang studies, where participants discuss their research and benefit from the input of others.
Current PhD students
| Flavia Xi Fang: A Whiff of the Silk Road: the Reshaping of the Tang Smellscape |
| Jing Feng: The Making of Codices: Codicological Research on Codices from Dunhuang and Turfan |
| Kelsey Granger: Gifts from Afar: The Creation of an Imperial Lapdog in Tang-Song China |
| Mia (Ye) Ma: Court, Monastery and Workshop: Refashioning Water-moon Avalokiteśvara Paintings in late Goryeo Korea and Yuan China. |
| Phra Kiattisak Ponampon: Dunhuang Manuscript Pelliot chinois 2078: A Study of Meditative Praxis and Visionary Experiences |
| Daniel Sheridan: Herbs, Codices and Homilies: Sogdian Christians and Christian ‘Networks’ along the 'Silk Roads' |
| Junfu Wong: Transethnical and Transcultural Patronage: Ethnic Interaction and Structural Organization in Local Communities of Guanzhong Region Northern Wei China |
| Manjun (June) Zhang: Religions in Medieval China |