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Cheng He

@ChengHe1737

PhD (Warwick University); material culture; lacquer; art history; global history

Joined September 2017
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Thrilled to see this edited volume coming out: routledge.com/Writing-Artifa… I'm lucky to have contributed to a short piece on ink collection in late Ming China. Please check other chapters if you're interested in objects related to writing, or material culture studies in general 🖊️
Writing Artifacts

Writing Artifacts

This book is an interdisciplinary collection of concise investigations into everyday artifacts that matter to writers and writing. With the collection’s 31 contributors and through the lens of...

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Just in case you haven’t seen this—I’m really happy to have contributed to this issue. I shared some thoughts on making art at home, focusing on women’s sugary works for banquets in Renaissance England.
EPOCH History Magazine (@HistoryEpoch) profile pictureEPOCH History Magazine@HistoryEpoch1 Mar 2025
Issue 19 is out now! A special issue themed on art and architecture, it features a wide range of fantastic articles from emerging historians from across the globe. Read them all at: epoch-magazine.com/
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And don’t miss out on the other captivating pieces featured in the autumn series⬇️
The Recipes Project (@historecipes) profile pictureThe Recipes Project@historecipes19 Oct 2024
The Fall issue of The Recipes Project on IMAGES AS/AND RECIPES is live! This issue, guest-edited by @AliMicMac explores the visual in relation to recipes. recipes.hypotheses.org
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Delighted to explore the fascinating objects used for healthcare in 16th-century China⬇️
Melissa Reynolds (@melkatrey) profile pictureMelissa Reynolds@melkatrey19 Oct 2024
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And @ChengHe1737 looks at a sixteeenth-century Chinese guide to the good life, to examine how images—of inkstones, of fancy new hampers for outdoor dining, and other objects—communicated that it was “crucial to nourish one’s soul through entertainment.” recipes.hypotheses.org/24270
Using Images of Objects for Healthcare in Sixteenth-Century China

Using Images of Objects for Healthcare in Sixteenth-Century China

By Cheng He Late-sixteenth-century China witnessed the increasing publication of illustrated books of various kinds. This includes books on health preservation, which deals with treating illness and...

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Had a fantastic time at Burghley House a couple of weeks back looking at Chinese and some Japanese porcelains - some enormously famous and surprising pieces alike - but was so smitten by their (Asian) lacquer and textiles 😍
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We are excited to announce we are now accepting applications for speakers to present in our Seminar Series for the upcoming academic year! Check out the post below for all the details Deadline to apply is Sunday 29th September
We are thrilled to announce we are now accepting applications for speakers to present in the MEMSA Seminar Series for 2024/2025. Our Seminars take place at 6pm on alternate Monday evenings of term at 7 Owengate. If you're new to MEMSA, we are Durham University's Medieval and Early Modern Student Association. MEMSA is an interdisciplinary association attended by postgraduate students in the facilities of English, History, Archaeology, MLAC, Art History, and more. We welcome submissions for 20 to 30 minute papers from postgraduate students and early career academics from any discipline engaged in the study of the medieval and early modern periods. Papers should be accessible to a non-specialist academic audience and will be followed by a 10 minute question and answer session. Send a proposal of no more than 250 words to memsa.committee@durham.ac.uk Please include a brief biographical statement of up to 100 words with your application. Deadline: Sunday 29th September

ALT We are thrilled to announce we are now accepting applications for speakers to present in the MEMSA Seminar Series for 2024/2025. Our Seminars take place at 6pm on alternate Monday evenings of term at 7 Owengate. If you're new to MEMSA, we are Durham University's Medieval and Early Modern Student Association. MEMSA is an interdisciplinary association attended by postgraduate students in the facilities of English, History, Archaeology, MLAC, Art History, and more. We welcome submissions for 20 to 30 minute papers from postgraduate students and early career academics from any discipline engaged in the study of the medieval and early modern periods. Papers should be accessible to a non-specialist academic audience and will be followed by a 10 minute question and answer session. Send a proposal of no more than 250 words to [email protected] Please include a brief biographical statement of up to 100 words with your application. Deadline: Sunday 29th September

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CFP: Conference: Localizing Global Culture in China and Beyond December 8-9th, 2024 Location: Jiangsu Sheng, China (Onsite and online) Deadline: Sep 15th 2024 networks.h-net.org/group/ann…
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🎉Offre de contrat postdoc (24 mois) pour travailler à l'UGA sur « Parfums et cosmétiques : un patrimoine sensoriel » : emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UM…
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Happening this week: "Towards a Global Diplomatic History, c, 1400-1900", Warwick, 30-31 May. Register here (in-person or online): warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/histo… @WarwickHistory @ahrcpress
Guido van Meersbergen (@GuidovMe) profile pictureGuido van Meersbergen@GuidovMe20 May 2024
Registration for the GHCC conference "Towards a Global Diplomatic History, c. 1400-1900" (Warwick, 30-31 May) is still open. Attend in person or online: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/histo… This is the first conference of a new AHRC research network on global diplomatic history @ahrcpress
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Interested in a fully funded PhD in art history? Apply here for full-time Doctoral Research Fellowship in Art History and Visual Studies at University of Oslo. Project: Anna Grasskamp's new ERC-funded ECOART project. for details: A/P Anna Grasskamp hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/peop…
Anna Grasskamp

Anna Grasskamp

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

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#NewPublication #PortableObjects #Iconographies #Manuscript #paintings #Metalwork Tales Things Tell: Material Histories of Early Globalisms Finbarr Barry Flood and Beate Fricke Princeton Univ Pr, 2024 #OpenAccess Intro , Ch. 1 Direct Access PDF ⬇️ pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/im…
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#TwitterHistorians Can anyone help me with this letter in #German? The correspondence between these guys (one in Colombia, the other one in the UK, in the 1890s) was almost all in English except a couple of letters in German when they spoke about some important things. 🙃
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Deadline to apply to be part of our Podcast series is tomorrow!
DurhamMEMSA (@DurhamMEMSA) profile pictureDurhamMEMSA@DurhamMEMSA19 Dec 2023
MEMSA are excited to announce that we will be putting together a podcast series next year. We are currently looking for MA or PhD Students, Post-Docs and Early Career researchers who would be interested in taking part. To apply, please complete the online form on the poster below
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So happy that I passed viva this week🥳 Many thanks to my supervisor @gerritsen_anne for her guidance and support all along! I'm also grateful to my examiners @HistoryElaine and Luca Molà for their inspiring suggestions! It's a lovely discussion with you😄
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any Ottomanists out there looking for a permanent post? We are hiring, at Warwick!! Come and work with us! Please circulate far and wide--the closing date will be upon us very soon (14 January). #globalhistory #Ottoman #History jobs.ac.uk/job/DEX988/assist…
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The Call for Papers for the Spring (Hilary Term) 2024 Session of the International History of East Asia Seminar at the University of Oxford is out now - please share widely!
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We have a new book: “The History of Knowledge” (Cambridge Elements) Published today. Open access. Feel free to spread the word. cambridge.org/core/elements/…
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The latest #PlantSciBull features an AMAZING special section on Art in the Botanical Sciences! Check out artist-scientist collaborations & accounts of what drives their curiosity & exploration, integrations of art & science in museums & more! issuu.com/botanicalsocietyof… #botany
An embroidery hoop by Clarissa Rodriguez showing stinknet (Oncosiphon pilulifer) accumulating seeds in the seed bank, and a harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) crawling along the soil surface to depict a collaborative study investigating the role of harvester ants in dispersing invasive plants.

ALT An embroidery hoop by Clarissa Rodriguez showing stinknet (Oncosiphon pilulifer) accumulating seeds in the seed bank, and a harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) crawling along the soil surface to depict a collaborative study investigating the role of harvester ants in dispersing invasive plants.

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EMSE@MEMspaces7 Dec 2023
EMSE 2024 CFP now open! Closes 1 Feb 2024. Do send in your abstracts. – at South West, England
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Delighted that @WarwickHistory will be hosting the 2024 British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference, in association with @Warwick_Global 19-20 April 2024 Call for papers now open! pg-conference.bshs.org.uk/ @BSHSNews @BSHSPostgrads #histsci #histstm
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