About this episode

Dr. Di Wang discusses pioneering women artists and the cultural politics of modern China.

This lecture was recorded by Dr Di Wang on the 8th of June 2026 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London Dr Di Wang is an art historian and curator. Her work focuses on art and culture of East Asia from the late-nineteenth century to the present. Following her doctorate at the University of Oxford, she has taught as a departmental lecturer and research associate at the Department of History of Art at Oxford. Her first book project reveals the surprising entanglement of medicine, science, and revolutio...

People in this episode

Guest: Di Wang

Topics covered

• women artists
• modern China
• cultural politics
• art history
• East Asia
• medicine and science

Keywords

• women artists
• modern China
• art history
• cultural politics
• East Asia
• medicine
• science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gresham College, University of Oxford

Books & works: art and culture of East Asia

Places: Barnard's Inn Hall, London

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