A Cultural History of Asian Art 1800-1920
Editors: Preeti Chopra (University of Wisconsin, Madison), chopra@wisc.edu
Yeewan Koon (University of Hong Kong), koonyw@hku.hk
Volume 5 acknowledges the period of European colonial empire across Asia, but also seeks to re-centre that encounter through continued attention to Asian perspectives and interconnectivity. As such, it also coincides with new visual technologies and media, particularly the rise of photography and lithography as truly global technologies, their origins in Europe notwithstanding; the emergence of trans-Asian intellectual and political networks linking Delhi, Tehran, Istanbul, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Edo-Kyoto, Manila, and the Straits of Malacca; the agenda of human subjectivity and political agency, knowledge production and ethics as efforts of multi-spatial understanding; and the social and cultural developments that led to the break-up of colonial powers and the formation of modern nation-states.
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Series editors: Sussan Babaie and Stephen Whiteman, The Courtauld, University of London
Proposals are invited for contributions to A Cultural History of Asian Art. Drawing together a global team of editors and authors, this expansive history project incorporates emerging methodologies and approaches to present new interpretations of the arts across East, West, South, Southeast, and Central Asia over the last 2500 years. It offers an innovative vision of Asian art for scholars, students, and general readers alike.
A Cultural History of Asian Art consists of six volumes, spanning 550 BCE to the present, each comprised of eight thematic chapters. Proposals for specific chapter contributions are welcomed from individuals and co-authors. For further details about the project, including descriptions of the volumes’ coverage, chapter themes, and instructions for submission, please see the full Call for Proposals.
A Cultural History of Asian Art is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing for publication in 2028. For more on the Cultural History series, see https://www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com/.
Deadline for submission is Monday 1 July, 2024.
