Agnes Hsin Mei Hsu-Tang is a Taiwan-born American archaeologist and art historian.
13 Facts About Agnes Hsu-Tang
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Agnes Hsu-Tang is chairwoman of the New-York Historical Society board of trustees and Co-chair of The Met Museum's Objects Conservation Visiting Committee.
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Agnes Hsu-Tang is a distinguished consulting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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Agnes Hsu-Tang received IIE's Centennial Medal in 2019 for her longtime work in cultural protection and rescue.
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Agnes Hsu-Tang co-founded the Hsu-Tang Library for Classical Chinese Literature at Oxford University, the Tang Center for Silk Road Studies at Berkeley, and the Tang Center for Early China at Columbia University.
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Agnes Hsu-Tang was born in Taipei and educated in the US and England.
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In 2015, Agnes Hsu-Tang joined Columbia University as an adjunct senior research scholar.
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In 2018, Agnes Hsu-Tang was appointed distinguished consulting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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Agnes Hsu-Tang leads New-York Historical Society's capital project to build a 70,000 square foot annex designed by Robert AM Stern Architects, with one floor dedicated to collaborative efforts with the American LGBTQ+ Museum and state-of-the art classrooms for N-YHS's Tang Academy for American Democracy.
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The Tang Academy for American Democracy, a program that teaches democracy to fifth and sixth grade students in New York City public schools, is among the many projects that Agnes Hsu-Tang has supported at the New-York Historical Society.
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Agnes Hsu-Tang was a managing director on the board of the Metropolitan Opera from 2014 to July 2021 and is known to support new works and contemporary productions such as Exterminating Angel, L'amour de loin, and Akhanaten.
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In October 2021, Agnes Hsu-Tang became chair of the New-York Historical Society board of trustees.
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On March 15,2023, Agnes Hsu-Tang received The Met Museum's Women Leaders Award, with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman Nydia Valesquez, and curator Jasmine Wahi.