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Boheng Zhang

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Contact

Emailboheng@uchicago.edu

Areas of Study and Research

Anthropology and Sociology of Religion

Curriculum Vitae

Boheng Zhang CV

PhD Student Anthropology and Sociology of Religion, Islam in Contemporary China

 

Boheng Zhang is a Ph.D. student studying Islam in contemporary China. Their research focuses on the entanglement of religion and ethnicity in Sino-Muslim identity, the politics of religious freedom, and how halal tourism and pilgrimage shape the public visibility of Islam in China. Their current work on halal tourism and the curated visibility of Islam will be presented at the 2026 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, and their earlier projects examined Sino-Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

Boheng received their Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, concentrating in Religion, Politics, and Ethics, and their B.A. summa cum laude from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. At UChicago Divinity School, Boheng served as President of the Divinity Students Association and a BONDS peer mentor. Prior to coming to Chicago, they also designed course material and assisted in teaching a course on the a global studies course on the modern Middle East at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.