Blogs & Papers

The conference blog on early China will be our forum for raising issues about texts, images, and lectures, and bringing new material--perhaps material on contemporary China that relates to what we're reading in class--to everyone's attention. During the semester, members of conference will blog on lectures and readings (we'll rotate those responsibilities). The blog will serve as an archive of the course and will map shifts in our thinking about imperialism in early China.

The blog can be accessed at http://reedhumies.blogspot.com. It is a private blog, for members of our conference only.

Resources

Searchable image databases

ARTStor
500,000 images, mainly European and North American. For a limited number of Chinese images, go to "Collections" and select the Huntington Archive of Asian Art

Craig Clunas, Art in China
See the textbook on main reserve for additional information about the images within this database.

Richard Vinograd and Robert Thorp, Chinese Art & Culture
See the texbook on main reserve for additional information about the images within this database.

Ellen Johnston Laing, The Winking Owl
Includes revolutionary woodcut prints from the 1930s and arts from the Maoist era (1949-1976). In order to use this database successfully, please consult the figure list from Laing's book (click here).

Electronic Resources

Web sources on Imperial Chinese Arts and Visual Cultures

Web sources on Contemporary Chinese Arts and Visual Cultures

Critically Assessing Information on the Web
Remember that materials on the web must be evaluated as critically as any other texts we consider in this course. See this page at UCLA for brief guidelines on thinking critically about the web.

Museums

Language

Chinese romanization converter (for example, type a word such as QI in Pinyin into top frame and select Pinyin from drop-down menu for that frame; in the bottom frame, select Wade Giles, and then convert. The romanized word in the lower frame should read CH'I).

Chinese pronunciation guide (Harvard)

Citations

Art historians use the MLA, Chicago, or APA citation styles. Whichever you choose, be consistent.
click here for overview of Chicago citation style

Creating Image Lists

Chinese names

see useful explanation of style names, given and family names, tabooed names, names for women and for emperors