CfP: Cultural History of Asian Art

Proposals are invited for contributions to A Cultural History of Asian Art. Drawing together a global team of editors and authors, this expansive history project incorporates emerging methodologies and approaches to present new interpretations of the arts across East, West, South, Southeast, and Central Asia over the last 2500 years. It offers an innovative vision of Asian art for scholars, students, and general readers alike.

A Cultural History of Asian Art consists of six volumes, spanning 550 BCE to the present, each comprised of eight thematic chapters. Proposals for specific chapter contributions are welcomed from individuals and co-authors. For further details about the project, including descriptions of the volumes’ coverage, chapter themes, and instructions for submission, please see the full Call for Proposals (attached, and at https://courtauld.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CHoAA-Full-CFP-25.4.2024.pdf).

A Cultural History of Asian Art is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing for publication in 2028. For more on the Cultural History series, see https://www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com/.

Deadline for submission is Monday, 1 July, 2024.

Series editors:

Sussan Babaie, The Courtauld, University of London

Stephen Whiteman, The Courtauld, University of London 

Editorial team:

• Matthew Canepa, University of California, Irvine (vol 1: 550 BCE–600CE)
• Kate Lingley, University of Hawai‘i, Manoa (vol 1: 550 BCE–600CE)

• Oya Pancaroğlu, Boğaziçi University (vol. 2: 600–1200)
• Susan Whitfield, University of East Anglia (vol. 2: 600–1200)

• Sussan Babaie, The Courtauld, University of London (vol. 3: 1200–1500)
• Halle O’Neal, University of Edinburgh (vol. 3: 1200–1500) 

• Peyvand Firouzeh, University of Sydney (vol. 4: 1500­–1800)
• Stephen Whiteman, The Courtauld, University of London (vol. 4: 1500­–1800)

• Preeti Chopra, University of Wisconsin, Madison (vol. 5: 1800–1920)
• Yeewan Koon, University of Hong Kong (vol. 5: 1800–1920)

• Wulan Dirgantoro, University of Melbourne (vol. 6: 1920–present)
• Pamela Karimi, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (vol. 6: 1920–present)

Contact Information

Sussan Babaie, Professor of the Arts of Iran and Islam, The Courtauld
Stephen Whiteman, Reader in the Art and Architecture of China, The Courtauld

More information: https://courtauld.ac.uk/research/the-cultural-history-of-asian-art-project/