Assistant Professor
wclin@email.unc.eduMy research focuses on medieval Chinese architecture, in particular, religious structures, dwellings for the living and the dead, and cities in the context of urban culture and practice. Currently I am revising my dissertation (University of Chicago, 2006) into a monograph on how monastic art and architecture played a crucial role in building Buddhist sacred mountain traditions in China. Other architectural topics that interest me include representation of architecture (e.g., painting, diagram, illustrations, photos, etc.), space and place, monument and memory, and cultural heritage and identity in both pre- and modern periods. Another aspect of my research engages issues regarding how China (and East Asia) was constructed visually in the modern and contemporary world from both historical and historiographical perspectives. I am interested in changes in the ways vision has been practiced, as well as in (dis)continuites in which narratives of China have been written. I teach an introductory survey in East Asian art, Chinese Buddhist caves, visual and material culture of Chinese tombs, art and culture from Han to Tang, and visual arts and cultures in modern and contemporary China.
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