• 2020-2024, National Foundation for Significant Social Science Projects: “Techne, Art, and Society in Medieval Murals”
• 2020-2023, Significant Research Projects, Guangdong Association of Culture: A Series of Translation and Research Projects in Art Theories
• 2015-2018, Co-PI, “Global and Postglobal Perspectives on Medieval Art”, a Getty Foundation “Connecting Art History” project conducted by University of Toronto and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
• October 2014–July 2015, Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices Fellow, Forum Transregionale Studien (Berlin, Germany): “Painting, Sculpture, and Knowledge in Medieval China”
• September 2013–December 2013, Guest scholar, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA: “The Wonder that is Art: Indian Art Theory and Art Practice in the Six Dynasties”
• 2013–2016, Overseas Returnees Fund, Ministry of Education, China: “Formalism and Post-Formalism”
• 2010–2011, Guangdong Provincial Fund for Social Science Research: “Body on Clouds: A Medieval Visual Idiom”
• 2009–2010, Scholarship Development Fund, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts: “Gesture in Early Buddhist Art”
• 2009–2010, American Council of Learned Society/Luce Foundation post-doctoral grant: “Buddhist Art and the Formation of Qoco Kingdom”
• 2007–2009, Humanities Development Fund, Union College: “Baodingshan: A Southern Song Sectarian Society and its Art”

Books:

• The Incessant Second Sailing: Beginning from Color, Jinan: Shandong Fine Arts Press, 2023. (in Chinese)
• Method and Non-Method: Poetics of Art History, Jinan: Shandong Fine Arts Press, 2023. (in Chinese)

Forthcoming Books:

• Body on Clouds: Melancholy of Distance, Beijing: Beijing University Press (in Chinese, forthcoming November 2024)
• The New Art of Art History, Beijing: Beijing University Press (in Chinese, forthcoming November 2024)

Translated Books:

• 《藝術的理論與哲學》（Chinese Translation of Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artist, and Society: Selected Papers of Meyer Schapiro, Vol. IV), Nanjing: Jiangsu Fenghuang Meishu Chubanshe, 2016.
• 《蒂耶波洛的圖畫智力》 (Chinese Translation of Tiepolo and the Pictorial Intelligence), Nanjing: Jiangsu Fenghuang Meishu Chubanshe, 2014.
• 《真实空间：世界艺术史与西方现代主义的兴起》(Chinese Translation of Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism by David Summers), Nanjing: Jiangsu Fenghuang Meishu Chubanshe, 2024.

Select articles

• 《聯結的異想與全球藝術史的眩暈》(Reverie and Vertigo in Global Art History)，Meishu (Fine Art), 2023 (8).
• ‘Mount Baoding: A Planetary Story,’ Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Studies (2023)
• 《前出與望入——關於浮雕的現象學》(Coming Forward and Looking Into: A Phenomenology of Relief)，Kuawenhua meishushi nianjian (Transcultural Art History Annals) 2023 (4)
• 《走近未來的美術史》(Approaching the Future History)，Kuawenhua meishushi nianjian (Transcultural Art History Annals) 2023 (4)
• 《何以“塑型”——-全球美術史視野下的“凹凸畫”》(On Modeling: “Receding and Protruding Painting” from the Perspective of Global Art History)，Wenyi yanjiu (Research in Art), 2022 (9）
• 《表面與進深——大足寶頂山毗盧道場摩崖石刻索微》(Surface and Depth: On Relief Carvings at Mt. Baoding)，Meishu yanjiu (Research in Fine Art), 2022 (1)
• 《青綠大地的誕生——敦煌壁畫色彩演變探賾》(The Birth of Blue and Green Landscape: A History of Color at Dunhuang)，Wenyi yanjiu (Research in Art), 2021 (6）
• 《《跨文化的藝術史》與詩意現實主義》(Transcultural Art History and Poetic Realism)，Yishu sheji yanjiu (Research in Arts and Design), 2020 (6)
• 《永遠的二次航行——致後疫情時代的美術史家》(The Incessant Second Sailing: To Art Historians of the Post Pandemic)，Meishu guancha (Observers of Fine Art), 2020 (10).
• ‘On Figure and Ground in Dunhuang Mural,’ Journal of Art History and Art Philosophy 1 (2020).
• ‘The Relief Problem: Some Notes from An Art Historian,’ Ars Orientalis, vol. 48,
• ‘同途殊归——美术研究中的材料问题’ (Approaches to Materials in Art History and Art Criticism), Wenyi yanjiu (Art Studies) 2017 (7).
• ‘为游牧者说——论罗莎琳克劳斯的艺术批评’ (For the Sake of the Nomads: On Rosalind Krauss’ Art Criticism), 《雕塑之道研讨会论文集》Beijing: Minzu sheying chubanshe, 2017.
• ‘技術美術史視野下的中古陶俑’ (Ceramic Tomb Sculptures in Medieval China from the Perspective of ‘Technical Art History), Wu Hung, Lao Zhu, and Zheng Yan eds., Studies on Ancient Tomb Art, vol. 4, Changsha: Hunan Fine Arts Press, 2017.
• ‘Coming to Terms with rilievo,’ Proceedings of 34th World Congress of Art History, CIHA 2016, Beijing,Beijing: Shangwu Press, 2019.
• ‘回到基層：巴克森德爾非敘事底層美術史描寫’ (Back to the ‘Low Level’: Notes on Michael Baxandall’s Non-Narrative Description), Dangdai meishujia (Contemporary Artist) 2016 (1).
• ‘新世界藝術史與觸覺的回歸’ (The New “World Art History” and the Return of the Haptics), Meishu xuebao (Art Journal) 2013 (1).
• ‘蒙元時期墓室的裝飾化趨勢與中國古代壁畫的衰落’ (Decorative Trends in Tomb Chambers of Mongol-Yuan Times and the Decline of Mural Painting in China),’ Wu Hung, Lao Zhu, and Zheng Yan eds., Studies on Ancient Tomb Art, vol. 2, Changsha: Hunan Fine Arts Press, 2013.
• ‘試論肢體語言在中古佛教藝術中的表現’ (Gestures and Body Languages in Medieval Buddhist Art), Yishushi yanjiu (Art History Study) 13, 2011.
• ‘當繪畫淪為一種矯飾的藝術：論邁克爾弗雷德’ (When Painting Becomes a Mannered Art: On Michael Fried),’ National Art Museum of China Journal (Zhongguo meishu guan) 2011 (12).
• ‘走向幻化藝術’ (Approaching the Art of Metamorphoses: An Experimental Study of the Early Bronzes), Meishu xuebao (Art Journal) 2011 (5).
• ‘走近永陵：論王建墓裝飾設計及其背後的思想’ (Rethinking the Design of Wang Jian (847-918)’s Tomb), Yishushi yanjiu (Art History Study) 2010 (11).
• ‘半身像與社會變遷’ (Half-Length Figures and Social Changes), Yishushi yanjiu (Art History Study) 2004 (5).

Reviews

• ‘現代學術與中國藝術史的走向’ (Modern Scholarship and the Historical Study of Chinese Art: Review of Li Qingquan ‘Xuanhua liaomu’),’ Meishu yanjiu (Fine Arts Study) 2010 (1). (in Chinese)
• “Review of Herbert Franke ‘Chinesischer und tibetischer Buddhismus im China der Yuanzeit’, Mongolian Studies XXII (1999), pp. 115–17.

• “The Blue of the Distance,” (Annual Conference on Traditional Eastern Colors, Beijing, November 17, 2023)
• “The Incessant Baodingshan,” (China Project Workshop, New York University, December 10, 2021)
• “‘Relief-Painting’ (aotuhua): Painting, Sculpture, and Knowledge in Medieval China.” Jas Elsner Seminar Series: Comparativism in Relief, The University of Chicago Center in Beijing, September 15, 2017.
• “Figure and Ground in Dunhuang Art.” China, Art, History: New Orientations (A Conference in Honor of Professor Wu Hung), University of Chicago, November 5, 2016.
• “Coming to Terms with rilievo.” Paper given for Session 7 “Translation and Change.” The 34th World Congress of Art History, Beijing, September 16, 2016.
• “‘Iconography of the Stoff’: Materials/Materiality in Art History and Art Criticism.” Keynote Speech, the 9th Annual Conference of College Art History in China, Guangzhou, December 19, 2015. (in Chinese)
• “Ceramic Tomb Sculptures in Medieval China from the Perspective of Technical Art History.” Lecture for the 4th International Conference on Ancient Tomb Art, Beijing, September 7, 2015. (in Chinese)
• “Early Caves at Mogao.” Lecture for the Excursion to Turfan and Dunhuang presented by Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Plank-Gesellschaft, Dunhuang, China, Aug. 25, 2015
• “‘Wet-Drapery’ as a Descriptive Term: The Case of Medieval Sculpture.” Art Histories and Terminologies Workshop II, Heidelberg, Germany, Feb. 6, 2015
• “‘Relief Painting’: Buddhist Mural Arts and Their Beholders in Early Medieval China.” Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 11, 2014
•  “Art History: Historiography and Methodology.” Department of Archaeology, Renmin University of China (Beijing), December 27–December 30, 2013. (in Chinese)
• “The Eloquence of the Body: Gesture and Art in Medieval China.” Art History Department, University of Chicago, Nov. 8, 2013.
• “Decorative Trends in Tomb Chambers of Mongol-Yuan Times and the Decline of Mural Painting in China.” Lecture for the Second International Conference on Ancient Tomb Art, Beijing, September, 2011. (in Chinese)
• “On Buddhist Art.” Lecture for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, Schenectady, NY, May 2008.
• “Celestial Ascensions through Stone: Meaning and Visual Properties in Medieval China.” Paper given for the panel “Changing the Paradigm: Moving beyond Center and Periphery in Regional Studies of Buddhist Art.” Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS), San Diego, March, 2003

PhD Dissertations, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

• Yongxin Kathy Kong, “Art in Hair: A Global Art History,” (in progress)
• Xiaowen Yang, “Describing Art,” (in progress)

MA Theses, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

• Tang Qirong,  “Rhyme and Affect in Medieval Chinese Art,” (in progress)
• Jiongbin Chen, “Robert Smithson’s Critical Inquires,” (in progress)
• Qianwen Fan, “Kesi Textile in Medieval World,” (completed, 2022)
• Wei Wang, “On Oleg Grabar’s Mostly Miniature,”(completed, 2021)
• Xiaoyao Zhang, “Facture in Medieval Guanyin Wood Carvings,” (completed, 2020)
• Tiantian Zhong, “The Classic Mode in Chinese Stone Sculpture,” (completed, 2018)
• Zhilong Deng, “The Making of Early Medieval Chinese Stone Sculpture,” (completed, 2017)
• Yuting Liu, “Understanding the Art Historian John Hay,” (completed, 2017)
• Wenwei Tan, “Art History at a Turning Point: A Study of Michael Podro’s Depiction,” (completed, 2017)
• Kai Wang, “Shade and Shadow in Medieval Chinese Painting,” (completed, 2017)
• Yongxin Kong, “A Study of Michael Baxandall,” (completed, 2016)
• Fangjie Deng, “On the Decoration of Khitan Liao Buddhist Pagoda” (completed, 2014)
• Silong Zhu, “Classical Indian Dance and Early Central Asian Buddhist Art” (completed, 2013)
• Wei Liu, “Convention and Innovation: On An Bing (1148-1221)’s Tomb” (completed, 2012)
• Han Shi, “Landscape Painting in Medieval Tombs” (completed, 2012)

SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• 2020-2023, Academic Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
• 2013–2018, Deputy Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.