Art in contemporary China

Date of Event: January 30, 2012

Posted: January 20, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Denison University’s Global Studies Seminar presents a lecture by Peggy Wang, assistant professor of art history, “Picturing the World: Art and Advertising in Contemporary China.” The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 30, in room 210 of Samson Talbot Hall (350 Ridge Road). The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sally Scheiderer at 740-587-6289 or visit www.denison.edu.

Wang specializes in Asian art and visual culture. She has been a recipient of the Jacob Javits Fellowship as well as the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. Her research centers on how meanings and histories of art have been constructed in China and other parts of Asia, particularly in light of cultural globalization.

The Global Studies Seminar at Denison is a multidisciplinary, scholarly forum, generally with an international focus, for presentation and discussion of papers in progress or other scholarly projects.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville—Lecture: “Picturing the World: Art and Advertising in Contemporary China,” at 7:30 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 30, in room 210 of Samson Talbot Hall (350 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sally Scheiderer at 740-587-6289 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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