{"id":13513,"date":"2026-05-21T10:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T05:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:00:51","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"sbabaie\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.6;\">Keynote Speakers<\/h1><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-1 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13516\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sb-circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"Sussan Babaie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sb-circle-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sb-circle-400x399.png 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sb-circle-600x599.png 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sb-circle.png 656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Sussan Babaie<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"swhiteman\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Sussan Babaie\u00a0is Professor in the Arts of Iran and Islam at The Courtauld, University of London. A graphic designer by training (BA, Tehran University), she earned her PhD in Art History from IFA, New York University. Among her publications are <em>Isfahan and Its Palaces<\/em> (2008, 2018) and <em>Persian Kingship and Architecture<\/em> (2015) edited with Talinn Grigor, as well as on modern and contemporary arts of Iran and West Asia. She is currently working collaboratively on\u00a0several projects focusing on the arts across trans-Asian networks: co-editor with Stephen Whiteman and author, <em>Cultural History of Asian Art<\/em>, six-volume series (Bloomsbury); co-curator of an exhibition on the Arts of the Great Mongol World; and lead scholar on <em>Mongol Connections<\/em>, a traveling seminar supported by Getty Connecting Art Histories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#keynote1\">Iran: Modernity, Photography and the Painter\u2019s Dilemma &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"border-color:rgba(181,159,135,0.25);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-2 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13570\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sw-AB-photo-cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Whiteman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sw-AB-photo-cropped-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sw-AB-photo-cropped-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sw-AB-photo-cropped.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Stephen Whiteman<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"hauji\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Stephen Whiteman\u3010\u9b4f\u745e\u660e\u3011is a historian whose research draws on art and architectural history, cultural geography, and technology studies to explore the visual and spatial cultures of early modern and modern China. Author of the award-winning <em>Where Dragon Veins Meet: The Kangxi Emperor and His Estate at Rehe<\/em>, his work has been supported by the British Academy, the Getty Foundation, the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts, and Dumbarton Oaks, amongst others. He is coeditor-in-chief of <em>The Art Bulletin<\/em> and a Trustee of the Association for Art History, and currently serves as Professor of the Art and Architecture of China at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#keynote2\">On Heroic Maps: Imagining \u2018China\u2019 in Premodern Geo-bodies and Modern Historiography &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"border-color:rgba(181,159,135,0.25);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"border-color:rgba(181,159,135,0.25);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 40px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"kbrooks\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.6;\">Panel Speakers<\/h1><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-3 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13518\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HA-profile-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hala Auji\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HA-profile-square-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HA-profile-square-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HA-profile-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HA-profile-square-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HA-profile-square-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Hala Auji<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Virginia Commonwealth University<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-8{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-8 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-8{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-8 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-8{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-8 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Hala Auji is associate professor of art history and the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair for Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on Arabic visual and print culture, the history of publishing, and the circulation of images in the nineteenth-century eastern Mediterranean. She is the author of\u00a0<em>Printing Arab Modernity: Book Culture and the American Press in Nineteenth-Century Beirut<\/em>\u00a0(Brill, 2016), and co-editor of\u00a0<em>The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment<\/em>\u00a0(Bloomsbury, 2023) and\u00a0<em>Islamic Art History and the Global Turn: Theory, Method, Practice <\/em>(Yale University Press, 2026).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 3<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel3\">Transforming the Image: Artisans, Visual Knowledge, and Translocality in Arabic Print Culture &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-9{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-9 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px 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auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"border-color:rgba(181,159,135,0.25);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-10{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-10 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-10{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-10 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-10{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-10 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-4 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13519\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KB-profile-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kit Brooks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KB-profile-square-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KB-profile-square-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KB-profile-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KB-profile-square-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KB-profile-square-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Kit Brooks<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Princeton University Art Museum<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-11{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-11 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-11{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-11 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-11{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-11 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"pchopra\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>Kit Brooks\u00a0joined the Princeton University Art Museum as the curator of Asian art in 2024 and is a specialist in Japanese art history. Prior to their appointment, Brooks was the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC). Their recent exhibition projects include <em>Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints<\/em>\u00a0(2024) and <em>Ay-\u014c\u2019s Happy Rainbow Hell<\/em>\u00a0(2023), the first exhibition dedicated to the psychedelic Japanese Fluxus artist Ay-\u014c (born 1931) organized in the United States. Brooks also curated\u00a0<em>Living Proof: Drawing in Nineteenth Century Japan\u00a0<\/em>(2017) at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis, MO) and <em>Uncanny Japan: The Art of Yoshitoshi<\/em>\u00a0(2015) at Worcester Museum of Art (Worcester, MA), among others. Brooks earned their PhD in art history from Harvard University in 2017, with a dissertation focused on the materiality of <em>surimono<\/em>\u00a0prints in the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks\u2019 latest publication, <em>Takeda Hideo\u2019s Genpei: Defying Authority<\/em>, accompanies\u00a0their current exhibition, of the same title, which opened at Princeton on August 30th. The exhibition reconsiders the work for which Takeda is best known, a series of silkscreens portraying battle scenes from the twelfth century Genpei War, against the context of <em>ero-guro nansensu<\/em> (erotic-grotesque-nonsense) aesthetics and the student protest movement. Brooks&#8217; current research project examines the depiction of wolves throughout Japanese art history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 2<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel2\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Extinction and Visualization of Japanese Wolves in the Meiji era (1868\u20131912) &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-12{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-12 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-12{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-12 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 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.fusion-builder-column-13{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-13 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-13{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-13 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-13{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-13 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-3{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-14 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-5 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13474\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Preeti Chopra\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chopra-profile-square-e1779359494136.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Preeti Chopra<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-14{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-14 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-14{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-14 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-14{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-14 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-15 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"tgrigor\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Preeti Chopra is professor of visual studies and architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in the visual, spatial, and cultural landscapes of South Asia and the British empire.\u00a0 She trained as an architect (CEPT, Ahmedabad), landscape architect, urban designer and planner, and architectural historian (University of California, Berkeley) and has conducted research in western and southern India.\u00a0 Chopra is the author of <em>A Joint Enterprise: Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay<\/em> (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011). She is currently working on a second book on colonial Bombay.\u00a0 In addition to these book projects, Chopra has published on a range of subjects that includes charity and philanthropy, naming practices, photographs of civil disobedience, colonialism and world histories of architecture, and French colonial urbanism in Pondicherry.\u00a0 Chopra has received numerous research grants and fellowships, including the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study (NIAS) fellowship. Most recently she was the recipient of the 2023 Suzanne Deal Booth Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel1\">Opium Elites and the Making of an Indian Statuary Tradition in Colonial Bombay &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-15{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-15 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-15{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-15 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and 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!important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-16 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-16{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-16 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-16{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-16 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-4{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-6 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13522\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TG-profile-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Talinn Grigor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TG-profile-square-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TG-profile-square-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TG-profile-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TG-profile-square-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TG-profile-square.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Talinn Grigor<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The University of California, Davis<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-17{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-17 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-17{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-17 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-17{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-17 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"ykoon\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>Talinn Grigor is Professor of Art and Architectural History at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on late 18<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; to 20<sup>th<\/sup>-century histories through postcolonial, race, feminist, and critical theories grounded in Iran, Armeno-Iran, Armenia, and Parsi India. Her books include the winner of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2025 and Western Association of Women Historians\u2019 Barbara \u201cPenny\u201d Kanner Award,<em> The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity <\/em>(coauthored with Houri Berberian, 2025);\u00a0the winner of the Saidi-Sirjani Book Award,\u00a0<em>The Persian Revival <\/em>(2021);\u00a0<em>Persian Kingship<\/em> and <em>Architecture <\/em>(coedited with Sussan Babaie, 2015); <em>Contemporary Iranian Art<\/em> (2014); and\u00a0<em>Building Iran <\/em>(2009). She is currently a chief coeditor of the <em>Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies<\/em> and a field editor for <em>Encyclop\u00e6dia Iranica<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel1\">Postcards, Hotels, and Hospitable Minorities: Armenian and Parsi Urbanity Networking a British Empire &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-18{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-18 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-18{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-18 > .fusion-column-wrapper 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type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-19{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-19 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-19{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-19 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-19{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-19 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-5{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-20 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-7 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13473\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/koon-profile-square-e1779361872422-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Yeewan Koon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/koon-profile-square-e1779361872422-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/koon-profile-square-e1779361872422-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/koon-profile-square-e1779361872422-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/koon-profile-square-e1779361872422-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/koon-profile-square-e1779361872422-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Yeewan Koon<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The University of Hong Kong<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-20{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-20 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px 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class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>Yeewan Koon is Associate Dean (Global) in the Faculty of Arts, Chair of the Department of Art History, and Director of the MA in Art History and the MA in Museum Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on Guangdong art history and contemporary art in Asia. Her publications include <em>The Defiant Brush: Su Renshan and the Politics of 19th Century Guangdong Art<\/em> (2014), &#8220;A Chinese Canton? Painting the Local in Export Art&#8221; in <em>18th Century Art Worlds: Global and Local Geographies<\/em> (Bloomsbury Academic Press) and &#8220;Marks and Manifestations: Religious Art by Su Renshan&#8221; in <em>China 1800: Visual and Material Culture<\/em> (British Museum Press), among other publications. She has held fellowships and visiting scholarships at Cambridge University and Columbia University, and received a Fulbright Senior Researcher Award. Her current research includes overseeing the first digital timeline of Hong Kong art history. In 2022 she received the prestigious UGC Teacher Award. Her curatorial projects include exhibitions at the Helsinki Biennale, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre, and the 12th Gwangju Biennale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 3<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel3\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Seen from Within: Tingqua, Alterity, and Artistic Agency in China Trade Painting &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-21{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-21 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-21{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-21 > .fusion-column-wrapper 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type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-22{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-22 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-22{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-22 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-22{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-22 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-6{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-23 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-8 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13524\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Boreth Ly\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BL-profile-square.jpeg 1257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Boreth Ly<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The University of California, Santa Cruz<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-23{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-23 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-23{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-23 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-23{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-23 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-24 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"snut\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>Born in the cosmopolitan village of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Boreth Ly is an associate professor of Southeast Asian art history and visual culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He coedited with Nora A. Taylor,\u00a0<em>Modern and Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia<\/em>\u00a0(2012).<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>In addition, he has written numerous articles and essays on the arts and films of Southeast Asia and its diaspora. Academically trained as an art historian, Ly employs multidisciplinary methods and theories in his writings and analysis, depending on the subject matter. One of his research areas focuses on the intersection between memory and historical trauma. He authored,\u00a0<em>Traces of Trauma: Cambodian Visual Culture and National Identity in the Aftermath of Genocide<\/em>\u00a0(University of Hawai\u2019i Press, 2022).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 2<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel2\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Khmer Royal and Noble\u00a0<em>Chedey\u00a0<\/em>(stupas) as Markers of Family Lineage and Politics at the Time of Shifting Political Regimes &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-24{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-24 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body 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style=\"border-color:rgba(181,159,135,0.25);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-25{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-25 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-25{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-25 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-25{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-25 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-7{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-26 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-center fusion-person-9 fusion-person-icon-bottom\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;border:0px solid #ffffff;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive wp-image-13523\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN-profile-square-150x150.png\" alt=\"Suppya H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Nut\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN-profile-square-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN-profile-square-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN-profile-square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN-profile-square-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN-profile-square.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Suppya H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Nut<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-26{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-26 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-26{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-26 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-26{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-26 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-27 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"sray\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p>Suppya H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Nut is a scholar and practitioner specialising in Cambodian Court Theatre (<em>lokhon luang<\/em>) and the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. She teaches Southeast Asian arts and history at INALCO and Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9. Her research combines archival analysis, ethnographic fieldwork, and embodied practice, drawing on extensive interviews with artists in Cambodia and across the diaspora. A former dancer, teacher, and administrator within the Ballet Classique Khmer in Paris, she brings a practice-based perspective to the study of performance. Her work explores the relationships between performance, power, memory, and identity, particularly in the contexts of colonialism, post-conflict reconstruction, and cultural diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 2<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel2\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Khmer Royal and Noble\u00a0<em>Chedey\u00a0<\/em>(stupas) as Markers of Family Lineage and Politics at the Time of Shifting Political Regimes &gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-27{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-27 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) 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https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SR-profile-square-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SR-profile-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SR-profile-square-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SR-profile-square.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Sugata Ray<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">The University of California, Berkeley<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-29{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-29 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 20px !important;padding-right : 0px 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class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p>Sugata Ray is Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian art and architecture in the Departments of History of Art and South &amp; Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His research and writing focus on climate change and the arts from the 1500s onwards. Ray\u2019s recent books include\u00a0<em>Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550\u20131850<\/em>\u00a0(2019; awarded the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain\u2019s\u00a0Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion and the American Academy of Religion\u2019s Religion and the\u00a0Arts Book Award) and\u00a0<em>Water Histories of South Asia: The Materiality of Liquescence<\/em>\u00a0(coedited; 2020). He is currently writing a book on the question of the animal and animality in the early modern period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 3<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/news-activities\/events-overview\/conferences\/choaa-conference-2026\/2026-choaa-conference-programme\/#panel3\">(Mis)Translating James Gibbs: Neoclassical Mosques and the Architecture of a Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Indian Ocean World &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-30{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-30 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-30{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-30 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-30{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-30 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-9{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13392,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13513"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13616,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13513\/revisions\/13616"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}