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Zaixin Hong is a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Puget Sound. His research focuses on medieval and modernist Chinese art, with additional expertise in Buddhist art, Taoism's influence on East Asian landscape art, and cross-cultural methodologies in art history.
- Education: BA (Zhejiang University, 1982), MA (China National Academy of Fine Arts, 1984), PhD (China National Academy of Fine Arts, 1996)
His award-winning textbook A History of Chinese Art (2000, 2012) and compilation of overseas scholarship Essays on the History of Chinese Painting (1950–1987) have become seminal references in the field. He is currently developing a new book project titled Shaking Hands with the Future: Huang Binhong and the Revelation of Chinese Modernism.
Hong teaches courses spanning Asian art surveys to specialized topics including:
- 20th–21st Century Chinese Art
- Buddhist Art
- Chinese and Japanese Art Comparisons
- Art History Methodologies
- East Asian Calligraphy
- Taoism and Landscape Art
- Chinese Painting in the West
Scientific Awards:
- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (2005–2006)
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2005–2006)
Contact: Office in Kittredge 216 • Phone: 253.879.3723 • Email: zhong@pugetsound.edu
