Dr. Shaoqian Zhang is an associate professor of art history at Oklahoma State University, United States of America. She received her BA in traditional Chinese architecture from Beijing University, and MA and PhD in art history from Northwestern University. Professor Zhang’s research touches upon a wide variety of visual materials ranging from traditional East Asian architecture to contemporary art in China. She has published a number of articles that reflect her interests in print culture, military history, medium specificity and spectatorship in China’s modern period, appearing in journals such as Modern Art Asia, Transcultural Studies, Twentieth Century China, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy and Art in Print. She is the author of “Political Art and Posters” in Oxford Bibliographies of Chinese Studies. Professor Zhang received the 2017 Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence.

GRID 2020

Monday, November 23, 2020
Session II: Gridded Plans and Architectures | Duet A | 12:00-13:00
Centrifugal versus Processional: Divine Power and Mundane Power in Ancient Chinese Funeral Grids