Biography
Shana Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of California, Berkeley, United States. She has studied, worked, and travelled extensively in China and Asia. Her area of expertise is modern Chinese intellectual and cultural history, with a special focus on visual culture in its global context. Current research projects include the history of photography in China and the contributions of modern Chinese women as artists, art collectors, and scholars.
Professor Brown’s area of expertise is twentieth-century China, with a focus on intellectual and cultural history. Her book Pastimes: From Art and Antiquarianism to Modern Chinese Historiography is forthcoming in 2011 from University of Hawaii Press. Pastimes discusses the history of Chinese antiquarianism, examining the relationship between artefact collecting, calligraphy and painting, and historical research.
Panel Presentation (2022) | Reimagining General Education Across Hawaii’s 10-Campus System: Process, Product, and Lessons Learned
