Bryan K. Miller

Bryan K. Miller is Assistant Professor of Central Asian Art & Archaeology in History of Art and Assistant Curator of Asian Archaeology at the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. His work investigates the politics of visual culture and the intersections art and ecology in early Eurasia. His recent book Xiongnu: The World's First Nomadic Empire, which interweaves textual analyses with archaeological examinations, challenges normative constructs of nomadic societies so as to reasses the sophisticated arts, institutions, and polities they create. His current work expands these investigations of northern steppe societies to explore the active roles they played in shaping Eurasian exchanges and the amalgamations of material culture attributed to the 'Silk Roads.'

Fields of Study:

• East and Central Asia
• nomadic societies
• Eurasian exchange

research highlights in media

Science https://www.science.org/content/article/politically-savvy-princesses-wove-together-vast-ancient-empire 

CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/asia/xiongnu-ancient-dna-study-scn/index.html