STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Miya Elise Mizuta Lippit (Harvard University Asia Center, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. This study of modern Japan engages the fields of art history, literature, and cultural studies, seeking to understand how the “beautiful woman” (bijin) emerged as a symbol of Japanese culture during the Meiji period … [Read more...]
“From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue”
Colloquium "From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue" Florence Hsia, Professor of History of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kristina Kleutghen, David. W. Mesker Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, University of Washington, St. Louis Walter S. Melion, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History, Emory University Eugenio Menegon, … [Read more...]
“Columbia China Art International Development Forum: China’s Cultural Landscape by Mid-Century”
Conference "Columbia China Art International Development Forum: China's Cultural Landscape by Mid-century" Mark Wasiuta, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Xun Lu, Director, Sifang Art Museum Herb Tam, Chief Curator, Museum of Chinese in America (MoCA) Jie Li, Curator, A4 Art Museum in Chengdu Inna Xu, … [Read more...]
“Aesthetic Life,” a Forthcoming Study of the WEAI, Receives Meiss/Mellon Book Award
We are pleased to announce that Miya Mizuta Lippit's forthcoming Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Aesthetic Life: The Artistic Discourse of Beauty in Modern Japan, has received a 2015 Meiss/Mellon Author's Book Award from the College Art Association. Professor Lippit's book, which will be published by the Harvard University Asia Center, is an interdisciplinary … [Read more...]
February 24 Event “Sound and Image: Chinese Poets in Conversation with Artist Xu Bing:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the February 24, 2015 event "Sound and Image: Chinese Poets in Conversation with Artist Xu Bing." The standing-room only event featured a stimulating discussion between internationally acclaimed artist Xu Bing and five renowned Chinese poets: Bei Dao, Ouyang Jianghe, Xi Chuan, Zhai Yongming, and Zhou Zan. Their conversation was … [Read more...]
