معرفی
Aurelia Campbell is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Art, Art History, and Film at Boston College (Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences). Her research focuses on Chinese architecture and material culture from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties (1279–1911), emphasizing imperial ideology, sacred spaces, and Sino-Tibetan exchanges.
- Education: B.A., Pitzer College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
- Roles: Visual Arts Editor for Religion and the Arts (since 2022); visiting scholar at Peking University (2009–2010) and Max Planck Institute (2016–2017).
Research Interests
Her work explores materials/technologies, Buddhist art, imperial court art, mortuary practices, and craft traditions. Key projects include annotated bibliographies on Chinese palace and Buddhist architecture, and an English dictionary of traditional architectural terms.
Publications & Awards
Her book What the Emperor Built (2020) won the Bei Shan Tang Prize (2023) and an honorable mention for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award (2022). Recent articles analyze Ming-Tibetan monasteries, Yuan-era Tibetan stupas, and Ming court architecture.
Grants & Fellowships
- Millard Meiss Publication Fund
- Asian Cultural Council
- Association for Asian Studies
