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Transfer of ReNetMoCoCA blog to hypotheses.org – thank you and welcome there

The present blog of the Research Network for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art, a grassroots based, non-commercial scholarly network, will close. After its inception in 2015 hosted by Nottingham University’s blog server and following a continuous stream of posts related with academic events, information on publications and exhibitions, and jobs, a new editorial team has …

CfP – Journal of Contemp. Chin. Art calls for articles related with performance art in China (deadline: 31 March 22)

Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art  calls for contributions discussing performance art in China Performance art bases an artist’s practice on direct action. In China, performance art is known by the term xingwei yishu (lit. behaviour art). Other terms include action art (xingdong yishu), body art (shenti yishu) and live art (xianchang yishu). Each term links …

CfA: Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) of Heidelberg University calls for up to three doctoral scholarships on cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe (due 14 Feb. 2021)

The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) at Heidelberg University welcomes applications for up to three doctoral scholarships for international students beginning in the winter semester 2021/22. The scholarships amount to 1200 EUR per month for a period of three years. In accordance with the research scheme …

CfP: Conference “Transcultural Curation and the Post-Covid World”, CCVA, Birmingham 2-3 Dec 2021, submission 31 March 2021

The Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) at Birmingham City University calls for papers in context of its 14th Aanual Conference “Transcultural Curation and the Post-Covid World” (2-3 December 2021). The Centre aims to sharpen understandings and perspectives of Chinese contemporary arts, design and visual culture through interdisciplinary practices and theoretical studies. The two-day conference …

CfP for “Asie” (Creops, Sorbonne Univ.), theme issue “La nuit dans l’art asiatique: perceptions, imaginaires, représentations, sub. 15 June 2020

ReNet MoCoCA member Marie Laureillard calls for paper concerning a theme issue in the magazine “Asie” (Creops, Sorbonne Université) about the night in Asian art. Submission deadline is 15 June 2020. Please view the CfP as re-posted below. “La nuit dans l’art asiatique : perceptions, imaginaires, représentations” par Marie Laureillard · Publié 07/01/2020 À la …

ANN Member Publication: Franziska Koch “Die ‘chinesische Avantgarde’ und das Dispositiv der Ausstellung”, monograph, German (Bielefeld: transcript, Aug. 2016)

ReNetMoCoCA co-founder Franziska Koch, Assistant Professor of Global Art History at the Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies (HCTS), published her dissertation entitled “Die ‘chinesische Avantgarde’ und das Dispositiv der Ausstellung” with transcript. In her book “Die ‘chinesische Avantgarde’ und das Dispositiv der Ausstellung. Konstruktionen chinesischer Gegenwartskunst im Spannungsfeld der Globalisierung” she analyzes how art from …

ANN: Workshop “De-essentializing Difference – Acknowledging Transculturality. Art Education…”, 9 June 2017, Kassel, Germany

Two members of ReNetMoCoCA recently announced the workshop “De‐Essentializing Difference − Acknowledging Transculturality. Art (History) Education and the Public Sphere in a Globalized World”, Friday, 9 June 2017, 2:30‐6:30 pm, KulturBahnhof Kassel, Germany. The event is organized on the occasion of documenta 14 and presents an activity of the Research Network for Transcultural Practices in …

Network Member Yuen-yi Lo opens her exhibition “Dwelling on objects. Fragments drawn by Yuen-yi Lo”, 6 Oct.-20 Nov. 2016, Macao

The Hong Kong based artist-cum-scholar Yuen-yi Lo – a member of the Research Network for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art – has recently opened her solo-exhibition “Dwelling on objects. Fragments drawn by Yuen-yi Lo” in connection with the “Macao Arts Window” at Macao Museum of Art. The show is on display from 6 October to …

Job opportunity: research curator, Asian collection, GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Germany, Deadline: 25 August 2016

The Museum GRASSI – funded by the city of Leipzig (Germany) – has recently announced an open position that might be of interest for German speaking network members. Position: research curator for the Asian collections of its “Angewandte Kunst”  (applied arts) museum Deadline for application: 25 August 2016 The employee will receive an income in …