4 August 2023 (Friday)
Hong Kong Time: 1am – 2:30am (3 August, 10am – 11:30am PDT)
Online via Zoom Webinar | Conducted in English
Meet the three inaugural winners of the Bei Shan Tang Prizes: Aurelia Campbell, author of What the Emperor Built: Architecture and Empire in the Early Ming (University of Washington Press), Dora C. Y. Ching, author and editor of Visualizing Dunhuang: The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves (Princeton University Press), and Rachel Silberstein, A Fashionable Century: Textile Artistry and Commerce in the Late Qing (University of Washington Press). Moderated by Bei Shan Tang Prizes Committee chair Roberta Wue, the event will be 90 minutes, beginning with each author discussing their projects and the publication process, from the conceptualization of the project to the nuts and bolts of bringing their work to press, and ending with 45 minutes of questions from the audience.
The event is presented by the Association for Chinese Art History (ACAH).
About the Association for Chinese Art History (ACAH)
ACAH seeks to promote communication and community among scholars of Chinese art and architectural history and the visual cultures of global and diasporic Chinas by providing opportunities for dialogue, promotion of scholarly opportunities and events, and celebration of the achievements of members of our field. ACAH is an affiliate committee of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). ACAH is supported by Bei Shan Tang Foundation.