Dr. An Yi Pan

Biography

An-Yi Pan’s primary research focus is Chinese art, particularly Chinese Buddhist art and Taiwanese art. His work explores the relationship between images and religious practices. His book, "Painting Faith: Li Gonglin and Northern Song Buddhist Culture," addresses how ancient Chinese literati engaged in Buddhist practices within a Confucian-dominated society. In recent years, he has been active in curating exhibitions and writing about Taiwanese art. In 2004, he curated exhibitions of contemporary Taiwanese art at the Johnson Museum of Art, which included a scholarly catalogue. He is a council member of the Taiwanese Art Association and an advisory board member of Art Taiwan magazine, published by the National Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan. His forthcoming book, "Embattled Modernity: Postwar Taiwanese Art," examines key issues in art historical debates from the decades immediately following World War II. An-Yi Pan has served on various national and international committees, including the Executive Committee of the East Asia Program at Cornell and the Fulbright National Screening Committee for the U.S. Department of State. He has held positions as an External Fellow at the Humanities Center, National Central University, Taiwan, and as a Visiting Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

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