Faculty: Department of Art & Art History
Aurelia Campbell
ACM-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
in Asian Art History
Education
PhD University of Pennsylvania, 2011
MA University of Pennsylvania, 2008
BA Pitzer College, 2001
Research Interests
Chinese architecture of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Other interests include Chinese mortuary arts and Buddhist material culture.
Courses Taught
ARTH 206: Chinese Art and Culture
ARTH 205: Japanese Art and Culture
ARTH 306: Buddhist Arts of East Asia
FIYS 155: Art and Culture along the Silk Road
ARTH 110: Introduction to Visual Arts
ARTH 280: Architecture in East Asia
Publications
Books
Architecture and Empire in Early Ming China (in progress)
Journal Articles
“The Form and Function of Western Han Dynasty Ticou Tombs,” Artibus Asiae 70.2 (2010): 227-258.
“The Influence of the Cult of the Bodhisattva Guanyin on Tenth-Century Chinese Monasteries.” Sino-Platonic Papers 182 (January 2009): 83-117.
Reviews
Wen-shing Chou, “The Visionary Landscape of Wutai Shan in Tibetan Buddhism from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century” in Inner Asian Dissertation Reviews (January 2013).
Wu Hung, The Art of the Yellow Springs: Understanding Chinese Tombs in The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 71.4 (December 2012).
Fellowships & Awards
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Dissertation Writing Fellowship (2011-2012) (declined)
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2010-2011)
The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (Summer 2010)
Benjamin Franklin Fellowship (2008-2009 and 2009-2010)
Asian Cultural Council Art and Religion Fellow (Summer 2009)
Association for Asian Studies China and Inner Asia Council Small Grants (Summer 2009)
Oriental Club of Philadelphia Best Graduate Student Paper (2008)
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship for Japanese language study at the University of Pennsylvania (2006-2007 and 2007-2008)
Foreign Language Area Studies Summer Fellowship for Japanese language study at International Christian University – Tokyo, Japan (Summer 2007) and at Hakodate International Foundation – Hakodate, Japan (Summer 2006)
Earhart Foundation Fellowship (2005-2006)
Conference Papers and Invited Talks
“Reexamining Yongle’s Architectural Legacy,” Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia workshop, University of Chicago – Chicago, IL (February 2013)
“Palace-Temples and Empire-Building in the Yongle and Xuande Reigns (1403-1435),” Capital Normal University – Beijing, China (June 2012)
“The Problem of Ancestors: The Sleeping Hall (qindian) and Surrogates for the Dead in the Early Ming and Before” (panel co-organizer), Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference – Toronto, Canada (March 2012)
“Ming Court Culture at the Frontiers: An Investigation of the Monasteries Qutan and Yongning,” Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference – Cambridge, MA (February 2011)
“Exploring New Readings of Tibetan Buddhist Architectural Styles,” College Art Association Annual Conference – New York, NY (February 2011)
“What Can We Learn from a Building? Architecture and Political Authority at Qutansi,” Beijing Normal University Doctoral Student Conference – Beijing, China (August 2009)
“The Form, Function, and Development of Western Han Dynasty Ticou Burials,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies – Rutgers University, NJ (October 2008)
“Three Yuan Dynasty Tombs that Represent Private Courtyard Houses,” Columbia University Graduate Student Conference in East Asian Studies – New York, NY (February 2007)
Research Languages
Chinese (modern and classical)
Japanese
French
Professional Memberships
Association for Asian Studies
College Art Association
Society of Architectural Historians
