Housing the Majesty in the Dark: Princely Tombs in Western Han China (206 BCE–8 CE).
5110 S Kenwood Ave. Apt.409
Chicago, IL.60615
Wu Hung
Western Han princely tombs are important not only because of their monumental scale and extraordinary content, but also because of their critical role in the development of Chinese tomb history and its rich implication about Chinese views of life and death. This dissertation approaches the Western Han tombs as an integration of architecture, buried objects, buried subjects (the tomb occupants) and the living’s ritual practice. The central question is how these tombs and their spaces were constructed, by what means and for what purposes.
Stand-alone Lecturer, “Art of The East: China,” Spring 2010
Designed the syllabus, reading list, assignments, museum sessions and exams
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2009
Graded written assignments, exams and held weekly discussion sessions and museum sessions for undergraduate survey course “Art of The East: China”
Teaching Assistant, Winter 2009
Graded written assignments, exams and held weekly discussion sessions for undergraduate survey course “Paintings from Alexander to Augustus”
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2007
Graded written assignments, exams and held weekly discussion sessions for undergraduate survey course “Art of Asia (China)”
“The Role of Stupas/Pagodas in Six Dynasty Tombs,” paper presented at International Graduate Conference of Art History, Peking University, Beijing, Sept. 2011.
“Mediating the Dead and the Living: The Sacrificial Space in Western Han Princely Tombs,” paper presented at The 2nd International Conference on Ancient Tomb Art, organized by Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago, School of the Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Center for Visual Studies, Peking University, Beijing, Sept. 2011.
“All Merged in One: the First Emperor’s Tumulus,” paper presented at Terracotta Warriors Conference, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, Aug. 2011.
“Crossing the Transitional Realm: Image, Ritual, and Memory in Early Chinese Funerary Shrines,” paper presented at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting at Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 2010.
“Why Did the 6th Century Chinese Expect their Tombs to Be Ruined?” paper presented at Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop’s ENCOUNTERS CONFERENCE, Department of Anthropology and Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May.2009.
“A State-of-the-field Essay on Studies of the Arts in the Han Dynasty in the United States, 1999-2008,” paper presented at International Conference on Han Art Cataloguing and Database Construction, Institute of the Art of the Han Dynasty, Peking University, Beijing, Sept. 2008.
“The Hidden Voice behind Images: A Case Study of the Representation of the Twenty-eight Lunar Lodges in Han Funerary Art,” paper presented at the Graduate Student Symposium: Rethinking the Field of East Asian Art History, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May.2006.