#  Axl Cheng 

PhD student in EALC, GSAS

 

 

 



   ![Axl Cheng](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-11/Axl-Cheng_2025.jpg?h=9216e68b&itok=zwu-wpIH) 

 



 

 email <axlcheng@fas.harvard.edu> 

 



 

Axl Cheng works on Muslims and Islam in late imperial China, with a focus on how law, economy, and empire shaped communal identities under Qing rule. She joins the HEAL program in Fall 2025. She has been working for the China Biographical Database Project (CBDB) since Fall 2025.



 

 

 





 

 

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