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YU–CHIH LAI

Academia Sinica · Taipei

Images, Objects, and Knowledge in Motion

China · Japan · Europe

Ongoing research across art, power, and knowledge

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BOOK MANUSCRIPT IN PROGRESS
DURUGAN: VISUAL GOVERNANCE
AT THE HIGH QING COURT

Qing Material Culture

Qing Imperial Governance

Manchu court politics

Qing Visual Culture

Qing History of Science

Translation as Cultural Negotiation

Images as a Form of Technology

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE COLD WAR, THE STATE, AND ART

Funded by the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica

ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ON POSTWAR TAIWANESE ART

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “MOVING PEOPLE AND FORMING ASIA: ART, STATE, AND COLD WAR GEOPOLITICS,
1950s–1980s”

Oct. 22-24, 2025, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica

GREATER CANTON AND QING GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE: MIGRANT ARTISANS, EXPATRIATE CONTACT ZONES, AND THE EMERGENCE OF HAIXI

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A BOUNDARY-CROSSING HISTORY OF CHINESE ART

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