Professor Alison Wright lectures at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)

Professor Alison Wright was invited as a ‘distinguished visiting professor’ in Italian Renaissance art to give some lectures and run a workshop for researchers at the newly founded World Art Institute at the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU).

In Spring this year, Professor Alison Wright was invited as a ‘distinguished visiting professor’ in Italian Renaissance art to give some lectures and run a workshop for researchers, including doctoral students, at the behest of the newly founded World Art Institute at the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). 

The WAI had invited a series of Renaissance specialists from across Europe and the US to give talks and seminars through the year and, for Professor Wright, this involved giving a lecture in Shanghai based on a chapter from her book Frame Work: Honour and Ornament in Italian Renaissance Art, which is to be translated into Chinese. 

She also presented on her recent research at Peking University and finally led a cross-disciplinary workshop on the theme of ‘Gold: Distinctions and Difference’ at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. 

Alison Wright: “Among many wonderful visits, some highlights were those to the Ming tombs outside Beijing, the rock-cut statues of the Lingying Buddhist temple and the Silk Museum in the lovely lakeside city of Hangzhou. The hospitality and friendliness of my hosts was extraordinary, and I loved the chance to find out more about recent scholarship in Chinese archaeology and in studies of the image. I was also deeply touched by the kindness (and digital dexterity) of the delightful Chinese students who looked after me over the course of an unforgettable few weeks.”

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