CfP – PhD & ECR Hybrid Workshop: ‘Collections and Impermanence: Transfers, Exchange and Disposal’

When? 17 November 2022 (deadline for applications: 12 August 2022). Where? London, UK. Please find in the attached file below more information regarding the forthcoming PhD & ECR hybrid workshop organised by the Society for the History of Collecting – ‘Collections and Impermanence: Transfers, Exchange and Disposal’: Image: Handscroll showing Chinese antiquities, Qing dynasty (Yongzheng…

Position: Museum Director at the Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne

Duration of employment: five years with an option to extendDeadline: 22 July 2022Institution: Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, Germany The position of director of the Museum of East Asian Art Cologne has been opened. The core tasks of the work at the museum include the expansion and care of the East Asian collections, research…

Workshop: Forging the Image of the Divine in Byzantine Christianity and Chinese Buddhism (Vienna University and Fudan University)

When? 09/06/2022 − 11/06/2022 Where? Hybrid – In presence in Vienna, and online via Zoom Please find in the link below more information regarding the Workshop organised by the Institute of Art History, Vienna University, (Vienna, Austria) and the School of Philosophy, Fudan University (Shanghai, China): Image: Buddha Dipankara (Dingguang), dated 495 (19 (?) year…

CfP: Mirrors of the Past, Present & Future: A Global Perspective of Optics and Ancient Mirrors

When? Deadline (abstract): 15 June 2022 Deadline (paper): 30 November 2022 Please find in the link below more information regarding the call for papers by the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology: Image: Mirror with dragon. Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century, China. Bronze, diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm). From the collection of the Metropolitan…

Online Interdisciplinary Workshop “Living an Epoch with Nature: Plants and Spatial Representations in the Ming-Qing Transition”

When? 7 & 9 June 2022. Where? Heidelberg University. Please find in the attached files below more information regarding the workshop: Image: Flowers,14th century (Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Attributed to Lü Jingfu. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45655).

Book Launch: The Aura of Confucius. Julia K. Murray in conversation with James Robson.

When? 22 April 2022, 1-2:30 PM US Central Time / 7-8:30 PM British Time Where? Zoom Webinar (The Department of Art History and the Center for East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison) The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Art History and the Center for East Asian Studies are hosting an online launch for Julia K….

Symposium: Connecting Dunhuang – Sites, Art, and Ideas along the Silk Road(s)

When? 22-23 April 2022. Where? P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Please find in the link below information regarding the Symposium: Connecting Dunhuang – Sites, Art, and Ideas along the Silk Road(s): Image: Mogao Caves. Cave 275, view of the interior and sculpture of a bodhisattva….

Lecture: Qiao Zhongchang’s Illustration of Su Shi’s Latter Ode on the Red Cliff (by Alfreda Murck)

When? 8 April 2022. Where? Online, Zoom Webinar, 5:30 PM (CDT), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. Please find in the link below information regarding the lecture “Qiao Zhongchang’s Illustration of Su Shi’s Latter Ode on the Red Cliff” by Alfreda Murck: Image: Qiao Zhongchang (act. late 11th-early 12th c.), Illustration…

Leaves Unfurl – The Iconography of the Banana Plant in Chinese Art, Uta Lauer

Please find in the link below more information regarding Uta Lauer’s new book, Leaves Unfurl – The Iconography of the Banana Plant in Chinese Art: https://book.kongfz.com/267066/4662045531/ Image: Jade group of a lady standing next to a banana tree, Qing Dynasty. From the collection of China National Palace Museum, Beijing.

Concepts of polity and space in Early Chinese epigraphy – Lecture by Maria Khayutina

When? 22 March 2022, 10:15 am (CET). Where? Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Sala A, Ca’ Vendramin dei Carmini, 3462 Venice. Please find in the attached file below information regarding the lecture by Maria Khayutina on “Concepts of polity and space in Early Chinese epigraphy”: Image: Gui, bronze ritual vessel, Western Zhou dynasty (11thC BC)….

Freud and China – Exhibition at the Freud Museum in London

When? 12 February 2022 to 26 June 2022 Where? Freud Museum, London Please find in the link below information regarding the “Freud and China” exhibition: Image: From the Freud Museum’s website.

Call for Applications – Ph.D. position in Archaeology, Art, and Material Culture of China, Leiden University

When? Starting September 2022 Where? Leiden University Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities Leiden University Institute for Area Studies and Centre for the Arts in Society Four-year PhD fellowship sponsored by the Hulsewé-Wazniewski Foundation Vacancy number 22-099 The Hulsewé-Wazniewski Foundation (HWS, [https://www.hulsewe-wazniewski.nl)/]https://www.hulsewe-wazniewski.nl)/ for the advancement of teaching and research in the archaeology, art, and material culture…