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Professor of Art History Allison Miller published a review of the book Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China: Artistry and Technique by Kin Sum Li in caa.reviews, an online, open-access journal published by the College Art Association. You can read the review here.

—September 2025

Professor of Art History Allison Miller presented the paper “Origin Stories: A Bronze ‘Cymbal’ from Hepu as a Case Study” on August 19 at the 10th Worldwide Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology, held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. The paper was given in a session titled “New Approaches to Gifting, Tribute, and Trade across Asia (11th c. BCE-10th c. CE).”

—September 2025

Associate Professor of Art History Allison Miller gave a presentation, titled “The Gaze of Animals in Western Han Bronze Sculpture,” on May 9 at the “Same and/or Other? Animals in East Asian History” workshop, organized by the Chinese Animal Studies Network. The workshop was held at the Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies at the University of Münster, Germany from May 8-10.

—May 2025

Associate Professor of Art History Allison Miller gave an invited lecture (in Chinese) at the University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学) in Hefei, Anhui Province, titled “Rediscovering Early China’s Polychrome Bronzes” (中国早期青铜器彩绘的再发现), on May 6.

—May 2025

Associate Professor of Art History Allison Miller gave an invited lecture (in Chinese) at Guangxi University for Nationalities (广西民族大学), titled “Rediscovering Early China’s Polychrome Bronzes” (中国早期青铜器彩绘的再发现) on April 28.

—May 2025