YWAbout & Research
Yizhou Wang is an art historian specialising in East Asian, particularly Chinese, art history. Her academic training and research have taken her to, among others, the Institute of East Asian Art History at Heidelberg University, the University of Glasgow / Christie's Education London, and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies in Kyoto.
She teaches and researches at Hong Kong Chu Hai College. Within the LitLIA project, she is a guest at the University of Münster as a Mercator Fellow from June to July.
Research Focus
- Chinese Art History: Focus on painting
- Courtesan Culture: Courtesan Culture
- Gender: further details to be added
Awards & Fellowships
04/2020
Doctoral Grant, The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies, Kyoto
2017
Heinz Götze Fellowship for Chinese Art History, Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University
2012
Trust Scholarship, University of Glasgow / Christie's Education London
Connection to LitLIA
- Talk at the workshop Painting the Little Ice Age: China – Germany – Netherlands, 29 June 2026, with Nadine Luskovec (Leipzig) and LitLIA (Münster)