Asian Studies Minor

 
 

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Zhang, He
September 2002
3 Mary Ave.
Tel: (973) 439-9780 (H)
Pine Brook, NJ 07058 (973)720-2503 (O)

E-mail: zhangh@wpunj.edu

Education:

1996 Ph.D. in Art History, University of Texas at Austin

1992 M.A. in Art History, University of Cincinnati

1985 M.A. in Art History, Academy of Arts of China, Beijing

1982 B.A. English Language & Literature, Xinjiang University, China

Academic Experience:

1998- Assistant Professor in Art History, Department of Art, William Paterson University of New Jersey

(Arts of Pre-Columbian Americas; Art of India, China, and Japan; Approaches to Non-Western Art; Approaches to Western Art)

1997 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

(North American Indian Art)

    1. Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin

(Introduction to Visual Arts)

    1. Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin

(Introduction to Visual Art)

    1. Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Ohio

(Art History I)

1985-87 Research Assistant, Institute of Foreign Arts, Academy of Arts of China,

Beijing

Publications:

Articles:

  1. "Maya Writing System and 96 Glyphs" in Latin American Studies, August No.4., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing

2000 " Hopi Ceremonial Cycle, Cosmology, and Art", doctoral dissertation collected by China National Library, Beijing

1989 "Egyptian Art", Chinese Encyclopedia, 1st edition, Beijing

1986 "Law of Frontality - A Study on Ancient Egyptian Art Rules", in Esthetics in Foreign Countries, Vol.3, 1986, Commercial Publishing House, Beijing

1986 "Art of the Fourth Dimension", in Art Magazine July 1986, Beijing

1986 "New York East Village Art", in Art Newspaper, Beijing

1986 "Main Stream and Sub-cultural Art", in Art Newspaper, Beijing

1985 "Law of Frontality", in Art Newspaper, Beijing

1985 "Conceptual Art", in Art Newspaper, Beijing

Translations:

2002 " Introduction, Preface, Editor’s Comments, and Statement of the Artist" for Life in South Xinjiang – Zhang Liang Du Sketch Drawing Collections, Xinjiang Youth Publishing House, (translated from Chinese into English)

1989 Chinese translation of Robert Hughes, The Shock Of The New, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1981; published by Shanghai Fine Art Publishing House

1986 Chinese translation of "East Village Art", Art in America 1986; published in Trends of Foreign Art, Beijing

Presentations and Lectures

2003 "Did Ancient Chinese Leave their Written Records in the Americas? An Investigation on the Olmec Jade Carvings", to be presented at Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities sponsored by University of Hawaii-West Oahu, Honolulu, Jan. 11-15

2003 "Maya Landscapes and Art Presentation", to be presented at Community College Humanities Association National Conference, Santa Fe, Oct. 30-Nov.1

2002 "Field study and hands-on experience in Maya art teaching", to be presented at Community College Humanities Association Conference, New York, Oct. 24-26

2002 "A Study on the Olmec Jade Carving Design", WPU University Research and Scholarship Day, April 4

  1. " Pre-Columbian and Ancient Chinese Cultures", Beijing Normal University, June 28

2000 " Hopi Ceremonies and Cosmology", William Paterson University, University Research Day, April 10

1997 "An Interpretation to the Overpainting of Puebloan Murals" in the session "Reconsidering the `End' of Pre-Columbian Art" at the 1997 CAA (College Art Association) Conference

1997 "Mural Painting of the U.S. Southwest in Pre-Columbian Time", Texas Christian University, October

1997 "Comparison between Ancient Chinese Art and Pre-Columbian American Art", a 30-minute TV talk on Austin Asian American Alliance Television Program supported by City of Austin, Channel 16, Austin, Texas, June

1995 "Cosmic Interpretation of the Hopi Ceremonial Cycle and Its Art" at Eleanor Greenhill Symposium at University of Texas at Austin, April

1993 "Introduction to Western Methodology in Art History" in Guang Zhou Fine Arts School, China, and Academy of Arts of China, Beijing, China, May

1993 "Comparative Study of Pre-Columbian American Indian Art and Early Chinese Art" at Academy of Arts of China, Beijing, China, June

Grants:

2002 NEH Summer Institute: The Maya World: Cultural Continuities and Change in Guatemala, Chiapas and Yucatan, June 23 – August 3, 2002; sponsored by Community College Humanities Association

2002 NEH funded Asian Studies Development Program "South and East Asian Art and Literature" sponsored by East-West Center and the University of Hawaii, and hosted by Belmont University in Nashville Tennessee, April 10-14, 2002

2002 WPU Asian Studies Travel Fund as a match for NEH funded Asian Studies Development Program "South and East Asian Art and Literature" in Nashville Tennessee, April 10-14, 2002

2002-03 A.R.T., 3 credits

2001-02 Assigned Research Time, 3 credits

    1. Assigned Research Time, 3 credits

1999-2000 Faculty Research and Travel Incentive Funds

Other Scholarly Activities

1999 Host and panelist on the seminar with three visiting Chinese artists sponsored by the Student Art Association, William Paterson University

1999 " Definition of Then and Now – Asian Art Exhibition", organized and curated exhibition of works by contemporary Chinese and a Korean artists. The exhibition was funded and sponsored by the State of Texas, City of Austin, and Samsung North America.

Teaching Contributions

New Course Proposals (in process):

  • Field Study Abroad course: ARTH- Pre-Columbian and Latin American Art (It is designed to be cross-listed with Latin American Studies and Anthropology/Archaeology)
  • Upper-level Art History course: ARTH-399 Maya Art and Iconography

Introduced and established courses to the curricula of WPU since 1998:

  • ARTH 284 Arts of Pre-Columbian Americas

The course fills a significant gap in the art history curriculum, and now adopted as an elective for Latin-American Studies Major.

  • ARTH 102 Approaches to Non-Western Art

The course fills a gap in the art history curriculum, and is offered as a GE elective. (This course is my most successful one in its demand.)

  • ARTH 337 Art of India, China, and Japan (thoroughly revised from an existing course) The course is adopted as an elective for Asian Studies Minor.