‘Translation Zones’ by Heather Connelly/Library of Birmingham

I’m behind on blogging. I blame PhD land and a work interlude of manning a booth at Art16 art fair, London, … More

Conference: ‘The Work Between Us: Black British Artists and Exhibition Histories’

[Note: This text has been updated and edited since it was first published on 21 January 2016] First conference of … More

I write this blog post from my sofa, blanket and hot tea warmth engulfed by my woollen Japanese house coat. I’m … More

The end of another week, spent in another city, this time to Manchester to contribute to the second (out of five) research … More

Earlier in the week, I attended the one-day discursive event exploring ‘Artists Working within Higher Education’, aimed at artists and … More

One of the first people I met during my Shanghai, China, days was a photographer called Phillip Reed, who had … More

My world of research in the areas of contemporary China studies and Chinese contemporary culture are ever expanding…where today, I … More

Earlier in the year, I met Aowen Jin at the academic conference ‘China in Britain’, an AHRC funded research network project ‘China in Britain: … More

Earlier this year in July, I went to a conference in London as part of the AHRC funded research network … More

Yesterday, I went to a conference as part of the AHRC funded research network project ‘China in Britain: Myths and … More