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Fellowship Project
Dr. Mei Mei Rado spent six months (March – September 2015) at The Palace Museum in Beijing, China, where she conducted research on Qing court production of European-style silks and tapestries during the eighteenth century and studied the terminology and classification of Qing imperial textiles. She also gained experience in textile-related curatorial and conservation work.
Biography
Dr. Mei Mei Rado is Assistant Professor at the Bard Graduate Center in New York. Before her career at the Brad Graduate Center, she was the Associate Curator of Costume and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Rado was a part-time professor at The School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons School of Design in New York.
Dr. Rado received her M.A. from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. in History of Decorative Arts from the Bard Graduate Center in New York. Her doctoral dissertation discussed the changes in the design and weaving process of Qing textiles as well as their use in display under the influence of Europe. She specializes in the history of both Western and Eastern Asian textiles and dress from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, with a focus on intercultural exchanges.
Recent Development and Achievement
Dr. Mei Mei Rado is currently working on her book manuscript The Empire’s New Cloth: Western Textiles at the 18-Century Qing Court, which was supported by a postdoctoral grant from the American Council of Learned Societies. She is also developing and conducting research on the modern Chinese textile and fashion collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for a special exhibition.
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