WIAS Visiting Researcher Seminar:
“Reading East Asia through Art: A Contrarian Perspective” (7/21)
Speaker
THOMSEN, Hans Bjarne (Professor and Chair of Section for East Asian Art History, University of Zurich)
*moderator: GONG, Sophie (Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Art History, Waseda University)
Outline
Reading East Asia through Art: A Contrarian Perspective
The art histories of East Asia are usually expressed in nation-specific or culturally-specific terms. We speak of Korean art, Japanese art or Chinese art, and typically not of the art that exist between and across the cultures. This is the general state of affairs, in terms of university curricula, popular and academic textbooks, and of museum exhibitions. Ideas of national art through the ages can be problematic and ahistorical, but remain, nonetheless, firmly engrained not only into the national education of modern East Asian populations, but also of academic communities in many parts of the world. How can we achieve a better reading of East Asian culture through the discipline of art history?
Date & Time
July 21, 2022（Thu） 14:45～16:15
Venue
Online (Zoom) and Onsite
Place:
Waseda University Toyama Campus
Language
English
Prospected Audience
Students, Faculty staff members, General public
Organizer
Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS), Waseda University
Registration
【Onsite Participation】
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【Online Participation】
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