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SUMMARY:To be Hong Kong and Modern: Ha Bik Chuen’s Sculptures
DESCRIPTION:Research Postgraduate Seminar\nTo be Hong Kong and Modern: Ha Bik Chuen’s Sculptures \nDate: 5 February 2024 (Monday)\nTime: 5:30-7:00pm\nVenue: CPD G.02\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nSpeaker: Michelle Wong\, PhD candidate\, HKU \nAbstract\nThis presentation examines a selection of sculptures by the late Hong Kong artist Ha Bik Chuen (1925-2009) and argues that artistic modernism in Hong Kong was a self-aware response to the diverse current of ideas and information on art circulating in the city. Ha’s sculptures encompassed self-conscious references to artistic modernism from Europe and America\, inherited elements of Chinese aesthetics\, and his lived experiences in Hong Kong. These lived experiences included urban life\, the changing values of labour within a developing consumer economy\, and the cosmopolitan aspiration that accompanied Hong Kong’s rapid modernization. For Ha\, sculpture was also a creative and social domain where he established himself as a modern artist in Hong Kong by producing works with a highly individualized visual language. This study thus takes into consideration the social and cultural aspects of the mid-twentieth century Hong Kong art world\, and how they\, alongside the city’s rapid modernization\, found ways into Ha’s sculptures as material\, imagery\, and process. \nSpeaker\nMichelle Wun Ting Wong is a PhD candidate in Art History at The University of Hong Kong\, exploring the modernity emerging from Post WWII Hong Kong. Her writing has been published in Ambitious Alignments: New Histories of Southeast Asian Art\, 1945–1990 (2018) and the journal Southeast of Now (2019). She was previously Researcher at Asia Art Archive\, focusing on Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Curatorial projects include Portals\, Stories\, and Other Journeys at Tai Kwun Contemporary (2021)\, Afterglow\, Yokohama Triennale 2020\, and 11th Edition of Gwangju Biennale (2016).
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/to-be-hong-kong-and-modern-ha-bik-chuens-sculptures/
LOCATION:CPD-G.02\, CPD-G.02\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Academic Talk,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240124T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Nara Yoshitomo with Dr. Yeewan Koon
DESCRIPTION:This event is sponsored by The University of Hong Kong Museum Society\nIn Conversation: Nara Yoshitomo with Dr. Yeewan Koon\nDate: 24th January 2024 (Wednesday)\nTime: 6:30pm-8pm\nVenue: Grand Hall\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (click here for directions)\nLanguage: Conversation in English and Japanese with translation in English \nRegistration: CLICK HERE  full\nFree seating \nSign-in begins at 5:45pm and doors open from 6pm\nBy 6:45pm\, we start offering no-show seats to stand-by guests\nBy 7pm\, all doors are closed
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/in-conversation-nara-yoshitomo-with-dr-yeewan-koon/
LOCATION:Grand Hall\, Grand Hall\, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre\, Centennial Campus
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Academic Talk,Conversation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240105T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20231218T043225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T074011Z
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SUMMARY:Does Picasso Still Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Department of Art History presents\nDoes Picasso Still Matter?\nDate: 5th January 2024 (Friday)\nTime: 5-6:30pm\nVenue: CPD-2.58\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nSpeaker: Prof. Pepe Karmel (Professor\, New York University)\nRegistration: RSVP at https://bit.ly/hkupicassotalk \nAbstract\nIn his new book\, Looking at Picasso\, Pepe Karmel approaches the artist’s work through the lens of art rather than biography\, showing how he invented multiple new visual languages and transformed the traditional themes of Western art. In this special lecture for the University of Hong Kong\, Prof. Karmel will give an overview of his book and will also address the question of whether Picasso’s work still matters today\, when contemporary art seems to have evolved so far beyond historic styles like Cubism and Neo-Classicism. Is Picasso’s work a relic of expired revolutions\, or does it still speak to art today? \nSpeaker\nPepe Karmel is a Professor in the Department of Art History\, New York University. He has written widely on modern and contemporary art and is the author of Looking at Picasso\, published in autumn 2023\, Abstract Art: A Global History (2020) and Picasso and the Invention of Cubism (2003). \nThis event is made possible through the generous support of The University of Hong Kong Museum Society.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/does-picasso-still-matter/
LOCATION:Classroom 258\, Room 2.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Academic Talk,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231206T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231206T173000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20231116T024228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T024228Z
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SUMMARY:Aphrodite in Miniature and the Embodied Figurine
DESCRIPTION:Research Postgraduate Seminar\nAphrodite in Miniature and the Embodied Figurine \n\n\nDate: 6 December 2023 (Wednesday)\nTime: 4:00-5:30pm \nVenue: CPD 3.16\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nSpeaker: Ryan Ho\, PhD candidate\, HKU \nAbstract\nThis project introduces a selection of miniature Graeco-Roman figurines of Aphrodite/Venus\, from the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods and combines both formal and contextual approaches to studying these objects with more recent theories of embodiment in classical art history. As “embodied objects” of handling\, these figurines intimately engage with and invite a direct process of sensory engagement with the viewer/handler in their use. They encourage and respond to fantasies of sculpted objects transformed into living\, conscious subjects capable of possessing an animated agency in relation to those who use them. By examining these cult figurines in their original contexts and in these “embodied” terms\, this project aims to reconsider and interrogate ancient and modern engagements with this material genre and explore the ways in which their appeal to tactility serves as evidence for the importance of haptic modes of image-making and viewing in Graeco-Roman visual culture.  \nSpeaker\nRyan Ho is a second-year PhD candidate in the Department of Art History at The University of Hong Kong. He has a background in Art History and Visual Arts\, receiving his MA from The University of Hong Kong and BA from The University of Chicago\, respectively. As an independent researcher\, digital developer\, and multidisciplinary creative\, Ryan has executed projects for a wide range of academic and cultural institutions\, startups\, and global brands alike.  
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/aphrodite-in-miniature-and-the-embodied-figurine/
LOCATION:Classroom 316\, Room 3.16\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Academic Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231129T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231129T183000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20231114T013330Z
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SUMMARY:Career Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Art History Workshop\nCareer Workshop\nDate: 29 November 2023 (Wednesday)\nTime: 4:30-6:20pm\nVenue: CPD-3.29\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus\nSpeakers: Louise Wong (Head of Programming of Today at Apple\, Apple)\, Leo Xu (Senior Director of David Zwirner Hong Kong)\, Pauline Yao (Lead Curator of M+) \nAll are welcome. No registration is required.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/career-workshop-2023/
LOCATION:Classroom 329\, Room 3.29\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231116T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231116T183000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20231108T093319Z
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SUMMARY:The Empire of Paper
DESCRIPTION:Research Postgraduate Seminar\nThe Empire of Paper: Pictures of Chinese Papermaking Made in Late Imperial China and Their Social Lives in Early Modern World\n\n\nDate: 16 November 2023 (Thursday)\nTime: 5:00-6:20pm \nVenue: CPD 1.44  Room 10.28\, 10/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nSpeaker: Summer Xiaomin Wen\, PhD candidate\, HKU \nAbstract\nMy research investigates a series of Chinese papermaking album produced in Qing China and traveled to France throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. These albums entail a consecutive program of step-by-step scenes\, each of which dedicates to a specific procedure of producing bamboo paper. Despite their shared thematic focus on bamboo papermaking\, many identical technical procedures demonstrated in the scenes\, these albums take on distinct artistic languages. The variety of these albums nicely exemplify the visual diversity of pictures of papermaking produced in later imperial China while each of the albums captures its dynamic relationship with respective historical context. The intersection of art\, culture\, and technology embodied in these papermaking picture albums offers a fascinating lens through which to examine the history of technology\, labour production in both Qing China and France\, and Sino-European interaction in the early modern world.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/the-empire-of-paper/
LOCATION:Department Seminar Room\, 1028\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Academic Talk,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231028T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231028T170000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20231024T074629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T092804Z
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SUMMARY:Information Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:HKU Information Day\nDate: 28 October 2023 (Saturday)\nTime: 10am – 5pm\nVenue: CPD-3.01\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\n \nFind out more about Art History and our students’ learning experience inside and outside the classroom. \nCome and experience VR Dunhuang in the morning and join our talk in CPD-3.01 in the afternoon. No registration is required.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/information-day-2023/
LOCATION:Classroom 301\, Room 3.01\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231028T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231028T170000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20231005T024510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T080244Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Info Day student volunteers
DESCRIPTION:Call for HKU Information Day student volunteers\nDate: 28 October 2023 (Saturday)\nTime: 9am – 5pm  \n2023 Info Day is coming\, and it’s time for us to share with prospective students how amazing art history can be! \nThe event is going to run from around 9am-5pm\, with one booth that’s with all other humanities subjects\, and a separate room where we have VR terminals set up\, as well as a 50min talk by Dr Hammers in the afternoon. \nSo\, to make it work\, we are looking for a team of 8-10 student volunteers. If you wish more people can get to know about art history\, especially the young ones\, and that you don’t mind helping out on that day\, please send Nicole (fungnkn@hku.hk) a brief reply\, and state: \n1) your name\n2) your year group (major/ minor)\n3) am/pm/whole day* \n*For volunteers staying for the whole day\, you may claim up to $80 for lunch.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/call-for-hku-information-day-student-volunteers/
LOCATION:HKU\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230927T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230927T183000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230919T035520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T040801Z
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SUMMARY:Applying to Graduate School
DESCRIPTION:Art History Workshop\nApplying to Graduate School\nDate: 27 September 2023 (Wednesday)\nTime: 5:30-6:20pm\nVenue: CRT7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\nSpeakers: Dr. Yeewan Koon\, Dr. Vivian Sheng\, Dr. Susanna McFadden \nEach fall\, the Department of Art History holds a workshop to provide information and advice about applying to graduate schools in art history. This will be useful for all majors and minors who are thinking about art history study beyond the BA. We will discuss differences among MA\, MPhil\, and PhD degrees; how to select appropriate programs (in Hong Kong and internationally); costs and financial aid; and the application process. We will also provide some advice for preparing a strong application.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/applying-to-graduate-school-2023/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 758\, Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230921T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230913T033427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T042433Z
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SUMMARY:Innovations in studying the past with technology
DESCRIPTION:Talk from the School of Humanities on Technological Innovations in Archaeology\nDate: 21 September 2023 (Thursday)\nTime: 2-3pm\, 6-7pm (both sessions are the same\, so you only need to attend one)\nVenue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One\, LED Wall and Brainstorming Area (LG/F)\nSpeakers: Dr. Peter Cobb and RPG students\, School of Humanities\, Faculty of Arts\, HKU\nRegistration: Required. (CLICK HERE)\n \nTechnology is increasingly important in studying humanities topics such as archaeology. HKU helps lead a collaborative fieldwork project in Armenia every summer where we are excavating a fortress from 3\,000 years ago. This field project is a laboratory for experimenting with various technologies including 3D modeling\, databases\, augmented reality\, virtual reality\, machine learning and many other technologies. \nIn this talk\, we will introduce some of our past engineering experiments and our ongoing projects. All participants can join us in developing new technological solutions that can facilitate our fieldwork in the future. Participating students may also get a chance to join us in Armenia next summer! \nThese talks are open to all!
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/innovations-in-studying-the-past-with-technology/
LOCATION:Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One\, LED Wall and Brainstorming Area (LG/F)\, Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing\, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Conversation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230916T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230916T153000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230913T041108Z
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SUMMARY:Desperately Seeking Lauren
DESCRIPTION:This talk is co-organised by M+ and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.\n\nDesperately Seeking Lauren: Yeewan Koon in Conversation with Angela Su\n\n\nDate: 16 September 2023 (Saturday)\nTime: 2-3:30pm\nVenue: The Forum\, M+\nRegistration: Required. (CLICK HERE)\nSpeakers: Dr. Yeewan Koon and Ms. Angela Su \nIn response to her 2022 Venice Biennale presentation\, Angela Su produced an installation of more than 400 items on loan from the archives of Lauren O at the Esalen Institute in California. However\, very little is known about this enigmatic figure who was arguably involved in a 1967 plan to levitate the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War. Who is Lauren O? How is this obscure levitator from 1960s America relevant to the world that we live in today? \nSu\, together with Dr Yeewan Koon\, who has conducted extensive research on Lauren O\, will take a deep dive into the counterculture of the 1960s in the US. Their conversation will cover the confluence of social movements\, psychedelics\, supernatural and popularisation of technology that gave rise to a fascinating era of change and infinite possibilities. Through Lauren O’s cosmological views and her vision of the future\, one could also make sense of Su’s own practice\, in particular\, her fascination with worldbuilding.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/desperately-seeking-lauren/
LOCATION:The Forum\, The Forum\, M+
CATEGORIES:2023-2024,Conversation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230814T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230814T120000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230719T013230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T065725Z
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SUMMARY:Internship Workshop 2023
DESCRIPTION:Internship Workshop 2023-2024\nDate: 14 August 2023 (Monday)\nTime: 11am\nVenue: Online via Zoom \nThis Zoom meeting will give an introduction to the course ARTH4005 Art History Internship and provide more information about available internship positions in our host institutions—Asia Art Archive\, Centre for Heritage\, Arts and Textile\, and University Museum and Art Gallery—for the academic year 2023-2024. \nHost: Dr Vivian Sheng (Assistant Professor\, Department of Art History\, HKU)\nGuest Speakers: \n\nCarol Choi\, Learning & Participation Coordinator\, Asia Art Archive\nRaymond Leung\, Manager\, Curatorial Programme Management\, Centre for Heritage\, Arts and Textile\nSarah Ng\, Curator\, University Museum and Art Gallery\n\nRegistration: required  (CLICK HERE)\nRegistrants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/internship-workshop-2023/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230504T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230504T173000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230425T040429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T040429Z
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SUMMARY:Between Toil and Toile
DESCRIPTION:Between Toil and Toile: Socialist Ornament in Printed Cotton Design from the Cultural Revolution\nDate: 4 May 2023 (Thursday)\nTime: 4-5:30pm\nVenue: CPD-2.42\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nSpeaker: Dr. Angie C. Baecker \nAbstract\nThis paper takes up the question of socialist ornament\, looking specifically at the design of printed cotton textiles produced from the late 1950s into the early 1980s in the People’s Republic of China. Through close examination of a collection of printed cotton quilt covers in the collections of the Peabody Essex Museum and the University of Michigan Museum of Art\, the authors seek to understand how industrial designers interpreted new state policies and industrial development projects as decorative motifs on printed fabric. If\, as Oleg Grabar argues\, the defining function of the ornament is to improve upon the object it adorns\, how do the patterns and design programs of Maoist era printed cottons participate in the construction of the cloth’s visual interest and material value? Through close examination of the cotton boll as a design motif\, the authors argue that the ornamentation of consumer goods such as printed cotton implies an economy of labor\, cost\, and use value that is itself signaled by the presence of the ornament. By putting the decorative function of these textiles into conversation with their material and historical context\, we seek to bring an art historical theorization of the sensory appeal of the ornament into conversation with a growing body of scholarship examining the materiality of everyday culture in the P.R.C. The resulting pastiche of decorative motifs and political iconography combined to create a highly inventive sort of high socialist toile\, testifying to the experimental and distinctive nature of applied art and industrial design in Maoist China.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/between-toil-and-toile/
LOCATION:CPD-2.42\, CPD-2.42\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230328T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230328T180000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230301T013238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T014715Z
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SUMMARY:Unhappy History Painters: Academic Artists and the Impossible Genre
DESCRIPTION:Unhappy History Painters: Academic Artists and the Impossible Genre\nDate: 28 March 2023 (Tuesday)\nTime: 5-5:45pm\nVenue: CPD-LG.34\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nSpeaker: Prof. Mark Ledbury (Power Professor of Art History and Visual Culture | Director of the Power Institute\, Power Institute for Art & Visual Culture\, The University of Sydney) \nAbstract\nWhy did History painting make painters miserable? We know that the theory and the system of old regime painting privileged History painters and made it part of the aspiration of generations of young artists. But many of these artists\, some of enormous talent and application\, lived constantly in fear and misery\, failed to produce paintings on time\, or otherwise just dropped out of the race. As part of my (rather overdue) study of History painting as lived experience for ancien-regime artists\, critics and publics\, this paper will explore the multiple anxieties that afflicted artists as they tried with varying success to come to terms with the genre of history painting and the pressures it exerted.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/unhappy-history-painters-academic-artists-and-the-impossible-genre/
LOCATION:LG 34\, LG.34\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Academic Talk,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230310T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230310T160000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230224T022857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T023100Z
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SUMMARY:Making Your Own Rubbing
DESCRIPTION:Technique Workshop: Making Your Own Rubbing\nDate: 10 March 2023 (Friday)\nTime: 12:00pm-2:00pm (Group A)\, 2:00pm-4:00pm (Group B)\nVenue: Room 10.28\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nInstructor: Sunny Zhang Jinfa\nMedium of instruction: Cantonese (English translation is available)\nClass size: 10 participants/ session \nThe instructor will introduce participants to the various tools and steps required in the making of a rubbing. There will be demonstrations on the associated techniques and all participants get to try it out too\, making a proper rubbing to bring home! \nRegistration\nFirst come\, first served. Students from ARTH2085 and ARTH2107 have priority.\nSign up by sending Nicole Fung (fungnkn@hku.hk) an email before Tuesday 28 February\, 2023\, with your full name\, year group\, and contact number. State clearly whether you can make both timeslots\, or one specific group only. A refundable $300 cash deposit has to be paid before March 6 to secure your spot. Participants can get the deposit back on the day of the workshop.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/making-your-own-rubbing/
LOCATION:Department Seminar Room\, 1028\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230213T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230224T173000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230127T081404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T120952Z
UID:10694-1676280600-1677259800@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Buddhaverse: Virtual Dunhuang
DESCRIPTION:Buddhaverse: Virtual Dunhuang @HKU Art History\nDate: 13-24 February 2023 \nVenue: Art History Resource Centre\, 10.29 Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\n(Opening Hours: Mon-Fri\, 9am-1pm\, 2pm-5:30pm) \nRegistration: all current HKU students and staff are welcome\, free\nSign up for your free 30-minutes VR session in the Resource Centre (in person); first come first served. \nMogao caves in Dunhuang has a long and fascinating history. Treasures found inside those caves carry great historical significance and showcase an artistic development of Buddhist art across the centuries. With the generous support of Dr Yeewan Koon and Dunhuang Foundation\, participants are able to virtually explore 4 different Mogao caves on HKU campus\, including cave 158\, 275\, 285\, and 428. It is going to be a truly top-quality VR experience. Go for it! \nNote: for HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association (HKUFAAA) members and friends\, please call 3917-2614 to make a reservation. \n 
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/buddhaverse-virtual-dunhuang-hku-art-history/
LOCATION:Art History Resource Centre\, 10.29 Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230204T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230211T123000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20230131T011450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T012002Z
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SUMMARY:Art Versus Money?
DESCRIPTION:Department of Art History presents\nArt Versus Money? A workshop series on the “art world” and how to survive it\nDate: 4 & 11 February 2023 (Saturday)\nTime: 10:00am-12:30pm\nVenue: Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nRegistration: Required. Seats are limited. RSVP by 2 Feb to maah@hku.hk\n*Students must attend 4 Feb to participate in 11 Feb. \nCan art and money be friends? What are the most important roles in the Hong Kong art ecology of the next five years? How does one play a meaningful part in the cultural growth of the region and what are good skills to have? Sign up for this two-part workshop to tackle these and other burning questions. \nThe workshop will cover:\n– What is the art world? What is the art market? An anthropologist’s approach via a survey of Dr. Sarah Thornton’s “Seven Days in the Art World”\n– The needs of the Hong Kong cultural sector\, and how workshop participants might best be placed\n– Skills to kill it and succeed in the art world\, a beginner’s list\n– How can we make culture in Hong Kong “better?” \n  \nSpeaker: Alexandra A. Seno \nAlexandra A. Seno is an arts administrator and an art critic. She has served on the executive committee of the Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong\, the board of Para Site Art Space\, as adviser to the Hong Kong non-profit Spring Workshop in Hong Kong\, and as Head of Development at Asia Art Archive. She is on the advisory board of Singapore’s SEA Focus\, a National Arts Council-sponsored platform for contemporary art from Southeast Asia\, and the International Center of Photography\, an education and exhibit-making institution in New York. Alex is Managing Partner of AXS Asia\, a cultural management consultancy\, and has a weekly radio segment about art on RTHK Radio 4\, on Tuesdays at 8:30am.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/art-versus-money-a-workshop-series-on-the-art-world-and-how-to-survive-it/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 758\, Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230112T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221230T024228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T024807Z
UID:10604-1673548200-1673553600@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Archaeology HK: the Development of Hong Kong through the Dynastic Periods
DESCRIPTION:This online talk is organized by HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association\n\nArchaeology HK: the Development of Hong Kong through the Dynastic Periods\n\n\nDate: 12 January 2023 (Thursday)\nTime: 6:30-8:00pm (HK time)\nVenue: CPD2.42\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (directions) \nSpeaker: Mr. Chau Hing Wah\, Curator (Special Duty) Archaeology\, Hong Kong Museum of History\nMedium: Cantonese \nEvent Registration: required\, click here
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/archaeology-hk-the-development-of-hong-kong-through-the-dynastic-periods/
LOCATION:CPD-2.42\, CPD-2.42\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Academic Talk,Public Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association":MAILTO:alumni@hkufaaa.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221219T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221122T035330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221219T023815Z
UID:10548-1671472800-1671478200@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Tracing Water: Contemporary Art and Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Public Lecture\nTracing Water: Contemporary Art and Climate Change\nDate: 19 December 2022 (Monday)\nTime: 6-7:30pm\nVenue: Asia Art Archive (11/F Hollywood Centre\, 233 Hollywood Road\, Sheung Wan) ONLINE\nZOOM meeting URL: CLICK HERE\nMeeting ID: 999 8229 1929 | Password: 974576\nSpeaker: Prof. Joshua Shannon (Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory\, The University of Maryland\, USA) \nAbstract\nBeginning by observing that climate change demands not only technical and political solutions but a remaking of some of our most basic beliefs\, this talk turns to recent climate art for the ways in which it can guide and ignite this process. Looking at examples in forms ranging from science-fiction film to contemporary-art installations\, the talk considers the difficulty\, given its geographic and temporal dispersal\, of visually representing climate. \nSpeaker\nJoshua Shannon is Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Maryland\, USA. His research and teaching investigate modern and contemporary art in relationship to social and cultural history\, with special interests in architecture\, cities\, landscape\, and ecology. His publications include The Disappearance of Objects: New York Art and the Rise of the Postmodern City (Yale University Press\, 2009)\, The Recording Machine: Art and Fact During the Cold War (Yale University Press\, 2017) and\, co-edited with Jason Weems and Laura Bieger\, Humans (Terra/Chicago\, 2021). \nThis event is made possible through the generous support of The University of Hong Kong Museum Society.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/public-lecture-tracing-water-contemporary-art-and-climate-change/
LOCATION:Asia Art Archive\, 11/F Hollywood Centre\, 233 Hollywood Road\, Sheung Wan\, Hong Kong\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Academic Talk,Public Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221214T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221216T170000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221122T033612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221216T022436Z
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SUMMARY:Masterclass in Modern/ Contemporary Art with Prof. Joshua Shannon
DESCRIPTION:Department of Art History presents\nMasterclass in Modern/ Contemporary Art with Prof. Joshua Shannon\nDate: 12\, 14\, 16 December 2022 (Monday\, Wednesday\, Friday)\nTime: 3:30-5pm\nVenue: CPD-2.42\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus (Direction to CPD-2.42 from MTR HKU station) ONLINE \n\nThe Modernist Landscape (12 Dec 2022)\nAbstract Expressionism: Action and the Sublime After World War II (14 Dec 2022)\nPhotography and the Human Being Since 1980 (16 Dec 2022) ONLINE \n\nZOOM meeting URL: CLICK HERE\nMeeting ID: 994 5014 4903 | Password: 853749\n \nSpeaker: Prof. Joshua Shannon (Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory\, The University of Maryland\, USA) \nJoshua Shannon is Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Maryland\, USA. His research and teaching investigate modern and contemporary art in relationship to social and cultural history\, with special interests in architecture\, cities\, landscape\, and ecology. His publications include The Disappearance of Objects: New York Art and the Rise of the Postmodern City (Yale University Press\, 2009)\, The Recording Machine: Art and Fact During the Cold War (Yale University Press\, 2017) and\, co-edited with Jason Weems and Laura Bieger\, Humans (Terra/Chicago\, 2021). \n* These classes are opened to students\, alumni and friends of HKU Department of Art History.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/masterclass-in-modern-contemporary-art-with-prof-joshua-shannon/
LOCATION:Classroom 242\, Room 2.42\, Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Academic Talk,Lecture Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221126T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221126T170000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221122T094141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T022515Z
UID:10573-1669478400-1669482000@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Yin Xiuzhen: Materiality & Spirituality in Everywhere
DESCRIPTION:This talk is organized by Pace Gallery\n\nYin Xiuzhen: Materiality & Spirituality in Everywhere\n\n\nDate: 26 November 2022 (Saturday)\nTime: 4pm (HK time)
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/yin-xiuzhen-materiality-spirituality-in-everywhere/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221029T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221014T023539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T034657Z
UID:10464-1667034000-1667066400@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Information Day 2022
DESCRIPTION:HKU Information Day\nDate: 29 October 2022 (Saturday)\nTime: 9am – 6pm \nVenue: LG.10\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\n \nFind out more about Art History and our students’ learning experience inside and outside the classroom. \nOur half-an-hour in-person talk will take place in LG. 60\, at 12noon. No registration is required.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/10464/
LOCATION:LG 10\, LG.10\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Information
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221027T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221027T183000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221014T025447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221014T031032Z
UID:10472-1666890000-1666895400@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:An Ecology of Art Space in the East Asian City
DESCRIPTION:Society of Fellows in the Humanities Lecture Series 2022–2023\nAn Ecology of Art Space in the East Asian City\nDate: 27 October 2022 (Thursday)\nTime: 5pm\nRegistration Link: https://bit.ly/22SoFTRenwick \nThis talk will explore the relationship between art and architecture in the East Asian City from an academic and practitioner’s perspective. Each speaker will unpack what an art ecology means to their work. In addition to examining how these ecologies have transformed over time and are defined by place\, we will discuss how they are informed by global and regional movements in art\, architecture\, and cities shaping. \nSpeakers: Ms. Elizabeth Briel\, Dr. Ying Zhou \nElizabeth Briel’s prints\, paintings\, and installations begin with materials imbued with meaning—papers devastated by a typhoon or made of military uniforms\, paints of bone and lead—and frequently incorporate architectural elements. She received a BFA in Painting from the University of Minnesota\, and has been awarded fellowships or residencies from China Exploration and Research Society (Shangri-la)\, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penang)\, and Grabart (Barcelona). \nYing Zhou’s expertise is at the intersection of architecture\, urbanism\, and visual art. Her current research investigates the arts ecologies manifested by Shanghai\, Hong Kong\, and Singapore’s art spaces. She also researches on and writes about heritage conservation\, architectural reuse\, gentrification\, and creative cities. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. \nModerator: Dr. Trude Renwick \nTrude Renwick is a Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. She specializes in the Architectural and Urban History of Thailand and Southeast Asia and is currently completing her monograph on the relationship between commercial and spiritual space in Bangkok.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/an-ecology-of-art-space-in-the-east-asian-city/
LOCATION:Room CBC\, Room CBC\, LG1/F\, Chow Yei Ching Building\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Conversation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221026T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221026T173000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20221017T091621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T020518Z
UID:10490-1666801800-1666805400@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Applying to Graduate School
DESCRIPTION:Art History Workshop\nApplying to Graduate School\nDate: 26 October 2022 (Wednesday)\nTime: 4:30-5:20pm\nVenue: CRT7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\nSpeakers: Dr. Susanna McFadden\, Dr. Anne Williams \nEach fall\, the Department of Art History holds a workshop to provide information and advice about applying to graduate schools in art history. This will be useful for all majors and minors who are thinking about art history study beyond the BA. We will discuss differences among MA\, MPhil\, and PhD degrees; how to select appropriate programs (in Hong Kong and internationally); costs and financial aid; and the application process. We will also provide some advice for preparing a strong application.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/applying-to-graduate-school-2022/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 758\, Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221019T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221019T173000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20220930T014324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T014715Z
UID:10417-1666195200-1666200600@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Representation of Filial Piety...
DESCRIPTION:Research Postgraduate Seminar\nThe Representation of Filial Piety in the Yuan-Dynasty Handscroll Four Stories of Filial Piety\n\n\nDate: 19 October 2022 (Wednesday)\nTime: 4-5:30pm (HKT)\nFormat: Hybrid\nVenue: Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (room capacity: 40\, first come first served)\nRegister for online participation: click here \nAbstract\nXiao 孝 (filial piety)\, as the one of the core concepts of Confucianism\, has held profound significance in Chinese society throughout history and may have informed nearly every aspect of society. However\, the idea of filial piety is not static\, instead\, it is ever-changing and dynamic. Many Chinese artworks engage with this subject\, and the Yuan-dynasty 元 (1271-1368) handscroll painting Si Xiao Tu 四孝圖 (Four Stories of Filial Piety) is one of them. Presently collected in the Taipei National Palace Museum\, the pictures of the handscroll render four stories of filial piety. In its current arrangement\, it begins with the narrative of the wife of Wang Wuzi 王武⼦ of the Tang dynasty 唐 (618-907)\, and then Lu Ji 陸績 of the Three Kingdoms period 三國 (220-280)\, Wang Xiang 王祥 of the Jin dynasty 晉 (266-420) \, and\, at the end\, Cao E 曹娥 of the Eastern Han dynasty 東漢 (25-220). Examining this handscroll may assist us in construing the development of the concept of filial piety and its pictorial traditions\, especially under Mongol governance in the Yuan era. Seeking to explore the meaning of the representation of pain and the significance of the subject of filial piety\, I will reconstruct the formation and function of this handscroll at the time when it was produced. \nSpeaker\nLiu Meichen Annie is currently a MPhil candidate\, studying at the Department of Art History and specializing in Song to Yuan figure painting. She obtained both of her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the University of Hong Kong\, majoring in Art History.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/the-representation-of-filial-piety-in-the-yuan-dynasty-handscroll-four-stories-of-filial-piety/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 758\, Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Academic Talk,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220914T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220914T170000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20220906T013156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T094431Z
UID:10129-1663171200-1663174800@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:"Red and Expert"
DESCRIPTION:Research Postgraduate Seminar\n“Red and Expert”: Photographers at the Ming Tombs Reservoir Construction Project\n\n\nDate: 14 September 2022 (Wednesday)\nTime: 4-5:30pm (HKT)\nFormat: Hybrid\nVenue: Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (room capacity: 40\, first come first served)\nRegister for online participation: click here \nAbstract\nThis seminar presents a major case study from ongoing research into the aesthetics of early Mao era propaganda photography. The presentation will include an examination of representational strategies used by two photographers at the 1958 Ming Tombs Reservoir construction project to capture the social and political significance of the event in their construction landscapes. The photographs will be assessed according to three criteria used at the time in major periodicals about photography practice: conceptuality\, artistic quality\, and truthfulness. These terms help to describe how Maoist politics was put into practice for propaganda\, as well as variations in the relative importance of different subject matter. By considering the written discourse around the photographs\, I seek to contextualise how people were expected to engage with propaganda photography and\, in turn\, how photographers were expected to engage with the masses. \nSpeaker\nChristie Wong is an MPhil candidate. She obtained her BA and MA in Western art history at University College London\, where she developed her interest in exploring challenges to the nature of representation in the twentieth century\, including conceptual art\, performance art\, and photography. Her previous work includes a study of humour as a critical technique in Allan Sekula’s early photo-essays.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/red-and-expert/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 758\, Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2022-2023,Academic Talk,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220829T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220830T123000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20220824T063420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T063846Z
UID:10076-1661772600-1661862600@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:HKU Art History Taster @ Summer 2022
DESCRIPTION:HKU Art History Taster @ Summer 2022\nDate: 29-30 August 2022 (Monday & Tuesday)\nTime: 11:30am – 12:15pm \nVenue: CPD-G.02\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\nTarget audience: S2-S3 / Grade 8-10 students \nThe Department of Art History invites you to our scholarly gathering! If you have your own seal\, bring it along! If not\, don’t worry. We will provide tools and materials for you to leave a mark.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/hku-art-history-taster-summer-2022/
LOCATION:CPD-G.02\, CPD-G.02\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2021-2022,Information,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220818T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220818T113000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20220725T101820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220725T102130Z
UID:10021-1660818600-1660822200@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Orientation Talk: Art History @HKU
DESCRIPTION:Art History @HKU\nDate: 18 August 2022 (Monday)\nTime: 10:30am – 11:30am (HK time)\nVenue: Online via zoom \nNot everyone comes to university with a clear goal in mind\, and even if you do\, have you considered taking an art history course in your very first year\, as a way to explore the world? \nThis online talk offers freshmen an introduction to the discipline of art history\, the visual materials that we study as art historians\, and the approaches that we use in research. A lot of first year students in the past were amazed by how much our introductory courses cover\, in terms of both time periods and countries. \nFor those who may have already decided to take art history\, this talk will also be helpful as it provides a clear structure of our 4 year curriculum\, so that students know what to anticipate in the following years\, and even after graduation. \nThe Q&A session at the end allow participants to ask more specific questions. We hope students are reassured and feel excited about starting a new journey with us. \nRegistration: required  (CLICK HERE)
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/orientation-talk-art-history-hku/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2021-2022,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220816T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220816T193000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20220725T091651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T021518Z
UID:10015-1660674600-1660678200@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Myriad Shades of Jade
DESCRIPTION:This online talk is organized by HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association\n\nMyriad Shades of Jade: the Problem and Beauty of Celadon\n\n\nDate: 16 August 2022 (Tuesday)\nTime: 6:30-7:30pm (HK time)  \nFormat: Zoom Webinar\nMedium: Cantonese\, with some specific terms in English \nEvent Registration: required\, click here \nCeladon itself is a popular term that refers to ceramics covered in green glazes. The term has been associated with a large number of wares in China and such inclusiveness is convenient and yet at times problematic. Dr Ruby Leung (Lecturer\, Department of Art History\, HKU) will address celadon’s technical and stylistic distinctiveness to articulate it artistic importance. By examining and tracing the development of various objects associated with this term\, this talk surveys the fascinating beauty that celadon embraces\, and also explores how inappropriate the term can be in certain cases.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/myriad-shades-of-jade/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2021-2022,Academic Talk,Public Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association":MAILTO:alumni@hkufaaa.hk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220815T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220815T130000
DTSTAMP:20260711T082307
CREATED:20220720T074102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T065720Z
UID:9967-1660564800-1660568400@arthistory.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Internship Workshop 2022
DESCRIPTION:Internship Workshop 2022-2023\nDate: 15 August 2022 (Monday)\nTime: 12noon – 1pm (HK time)\nVenue: Online via zoom \nThis zoom meeting will give an introduction to ARTH4005 Art History Internship and provide more information about available internship positions in our host institutions— Art Promotion Office\, Asia Art Archive\, Centre for Heritage\, Arts and Textile\, and University Museum and Art Gallery—for the academic year 2022-2023. \nHost: Dr Vivian Sheng (Assistant Professor\, Department of Art History\, HKU)\nGuest Speakers: \n\nCarol Choi Learning & Participation Coordinator\, Asia Art Archive\nSarah Ng Curator\, University Museum and Art Gallery\nJessie So Curator (Exchange and Extension)\, Art Promotion Office\nWendy Wo Director\, Curatorial Programme Management\, Centre for Heritage\, Arts and Textile\n\nRegistration: required  (CLICK HERE)\nRegistrants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/internship-workshop-2022/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2021-2022,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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