Continuing Education + Community Outreach

Diana Y. Chou

Title Scholar-in-Residence
Department Continuing Education + Community Outreach
Phone 216.421.7303 | Fax 216.754.3632

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Courses  12 Artists of Post-1950's China | Art of China | Art of East Asia | Asian Art Survey | Cinematic Landscapes of Asia | Museum Studies: Who Owns Art? Issues of Asian Art Collecting

Born and raised in Taiwan, ROC, Diana Y. Chou joined The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2009 and has taught Art History: Ancient to the 18th Century, Art of China, Art of East Asia, Museum Studies, Asian Films, and Chines Contemporary Art. Her primary research interests focus on art-collecting cultures and painting taste in China and Japan of the pre-Modern eras; lately she has developed an interest in artistic transformation/adaptation in cross-cultural/cross-national contexts, focusing on the Silk Road.

Honors & Awards (Selected):

• Awarded Participant, The Niagara Foundation/the Center of Islamic Studies of John Carroll University, Intercultural and Interfaith study/field trip, Turkey 2013.
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institutes: University of Hawaii 2006
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institutes: India 2008.
• Seminar fellowships at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University 2009.
• Seminar/Worship Fellowship, Study of Islamic Culture, University of Texas-Austin 2009

Professional conferences & public talks (selected):

• SOAS, University of London, UK 2012
• The Department of History of Art, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2012
• Nankai University, Tianjin China 2012
• Beijing Normal University, World History Association, China 2011
• The Cultural Bureau, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, ROC 2012
• West City Market Art Museum, Xi'an, China 2011
• Gallery Talk (China & India), British Museum 2012
• Gallery Talk (Gallery One: India, Japan, & China), Cleveland Museum of Art 2013

Publications (selected):

• http://beyondborders-medievalblog.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html
• http://mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?aid=5835&pc=10
• http://berkshirepublishing.com/home/product.aspx?projid=65
• http://global.oup.com/academic/product/benezit-dictionary-of-asian-artists-9780199923014?cc=us&lang=en&tab=author

Archeology, Museum, and Conservation:

• National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
• Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
• Hadumi Mosque, Gjakove, Kosovo

Degree PhD, University of Kansas (Chinese Art History)
Dissertation: A Re-examination of Tang Hou (1250s) and His Huajian (An Examination of Painting)
MA, Northern Illinois University (Japanese Art History)
Thesis: I Fu-Chiu: An Influence of Japanese Nanga Painting Development
BA, Providence College, Taiwan, ROC (Western Literature and languages)
Thesis: Symbolism in The Great Gatsby