MA and Honors Theses

• Art Market
  

  Tsui, Denise. ‘The Art Fair in Indonesia: A Case Study.’ MA, University of Melbourne, 2014.

• Biennales, Triennales and Art Festivals
  

  Campbell-Smith, Lisa. ‘The Sharjah Biennial: How Is It Positioned in a New Era of Contemporary Art in the Gulf Region?’ PGDip, University of Melbourne, 2009.

  Liu Mengjie. ‘The Dialogue and The Dilemmas: Rethinking the Shanghai Biennale.’ MA, University of Melbourne, 2012.

• Curatorial and Museological Studies
  

  Brittlebank, Kate. ‘A Survey of Asian Holdings in Victorian Regional Galleries’. MA Preliminary, University of Melbourne, 2004.

  Chadwick, Jack. ‘One Hundred Years of Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints at the National Gallery of Victoria’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2011.

  Cook, Connie. ‘The Catalogue of Chinese and Indonesian Textiles in the City of Hamilton Art Gallery’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 1991.

  Dutton, Sonia Thelma. ‘Do We Still Need “Authenticity”? An Analysis of Contemporary Theory and Practice Which Addresses Oceanic, Pacific and African curatorial narrative’. MA [partial fulfillment], University of Melbourne, 1999.

  Jiang Lin. ‘Comparing the Shanghai Museum and the PSA: Suggestions for Transforming the Traditional Art Museum in the Chinese’. MA, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

  Lo, Jessica. ‘Art Museum Development and the West Kowloon Cultural District Project in Hong Kong’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2008.

  Maxlow, Jane. ‘”A Gift of Chinese Curios”, The George Morrison Bequest at the National Gallery of
  Victoria,’. BLitt, University of Melbourne, 1996.

  Martin, Julia. ‘Floating World in the Big Apple: The New York Public Library Japanese Woodblock Collection’. MA Preliminary, University of Melbourne, 2004.

  Sacco, Stephanie. ‘The 1909 Acquisition of Japanese Woodblock Prints in the National Gallery of Victoria’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2009.

  Shi Yini. ‘The Examination of China’s Recent Museum Boom’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2019.

  Teo Sui Hong Angelita. ‘The Potential and Future of Handheld Guides in Museums: The National Museum of Singapore and the Museum of Old and New Art as Case Studies’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2011.

  Toua, Danielle H. C. ‘The Specifics of Curating the Pacific: Myth and Magic at the National Gallery of Australia’. MA [partial fulfillment], University of Melbourne, 2016.

  Travis, Lara. ‘The National Gallery of Australia’s Oceanic Collection. A Window onto the Histories of Collecting’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 1995.

  Yin Cheng Jin. ‘The Chinese Ceramics Collection of the University of Melbourne’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 1995.

  Zhu Ni. ‘Exhibiting Art in Shanghai: The K11 Model.’ MA, University of Melbourne, 2014.

• Exhibition Histories
  

  Tamura Kayo. ‘Australian Aboriginal Art in Japan: A Study of Recent Public Exhibitions’. MA, University of Melbourne, 1994.

  Liao Xin (Lucy). ‘Exhibitions of Chinese Paintings in the West: A Case Study of Three Exhibitions in the US from 1960s to 1980s’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2011.

• Art Policy, Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power
  

  Boon Low Zu. ‘Art and Politics in Singapore’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2010.

  Corkhill, Anna. ‘Made for Japan: An Analysis of Government-Supported Contemporary Australian Art Exhibitions’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2011.

  Gong Pan Pan. ‘Arts Policy in a Climate of Pragmatism – Singapore’s Quest Towards Being a Vibrant Arts Hub’. MA [partial fulfilment], University of Melbourne, 2011.

  Trail, Genevieve. ‘Contemporary Chinese Art: Intersections in Official and Artistic Agendas’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2018.

  Ziyue Tang. ‘Image of China and Cultural Diplomacy: A Comparative Study of Exhibitions of Chinese Objects Held at the National Gallery Of …’ MA, University of Melbourne, 2017.

• Monographic and Thematic Studies
  

  Nagaya/Ajioka, Chiaki. ‘An Investigation of Major Influences on Munakata Shiko: Their Interpretation in the Prings 1928-1941’. MA, University of Melbourne, 1987.

  Devery, Jane. ‘The Thousand Names of Anish Kapoor’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 1999.

  Johnston, Julia. ‘Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascape Photographs (Reworked)’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2010.

  Lowe, Katherine. ‘Re-Evaluating Hokusai’s One Hundred Poets’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2005.

  Mo Gongyi. ‘Studies in the Influence of Dong Qichang’s (1555-1636) Official Career and Friendships on His Role as a Connoisseur’. MA, University of Melbourne, 1990.

  Pui Shan Wan Louisa. ‘Seventeenth Century Chinese “individualist” Monk Painters: Kuncan, Bada Shanren and Daoji from the Collection in the National Gallery of Victoria’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 1997.

  Roberts, Claire. ‘Tradition and Modernity: The Life and Art of Pan Tianshou 1897-1971’. MA, University of Melbourne, 1987.

  Thompson, Vivien. ‘Narrating a Buddhist Legacy: The Art of Svay Ken (1933-2008)’. MA [partial fulfilment], University of Melbourne, 2011.

  Todaka Naoko. ‘Tradition and Modernity: The Portraits by Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2005.

• Nation, Post-Nation and Cultural Identity
  

  Budai, Anita, ‘A Rising Indian Art Scene: Cultural Identity, Cultural Exchanges, and Their Impact on New Media Art Practices’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2012.

  Chng Mien San, Darelle. ‘Contemporary Chinese “Art” or “Sensibility”’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 1995.

  Clarke, Justine. ‘The Representation of “Oriental” People in Late Nineteenth Century Australian Visual Culture’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 1995.

  Collyer, Kelleson. ‘Royal Imagery on the Hoysala Temples of Belur and Halebid’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 1979.

  ———. ‘The Identification of Artists and Styles in the Hoysala Period’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 1986.

  Garden, Wendy. “Performing Identity in British India 1850-1900: A Perspective Through the Camera Lens.” MA, University of Melbourne, 2004.

  Holland, Allison. ‘The Interior Displays of the Higashiyamadono, Kyoto: The Aesthetic Principles and Presentation Protocols for Karamono’. MA [partial fulfilment], University of Melbourne, 2000.

  Kramer, Melissa. ‘The City as Subject: Contemporary Art and the Demise of Old Beijing’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2005.

  Teo Rofan. ‘The Jian and Jizhou Tea Bowls of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 2004.

• Trade, Exchange and the Silk Road
  

  Bushby, Adam, ‘El Gran Turco: The Representation of Ottoman Turks in Venetian Painting between the Mid-Fifteenth and Late Sixteenth’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2014.

  Drummond, Anna. ‘Meek and the Mighty Queen Esther, Old Testament Queen of Persia, in Western Art’.BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2003.

  Guy, John S. ‘Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia 9th to 16th Century, with a Catalogue of Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai Wares in Australian Collections’. MA, University of Melbourne, 1984.

  Heale, Felicity. ‘Tinted Memories, Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Port of Yokohama’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 2003.

  Nicholls, Lara Nancy. ‘The Duc d’Aumale and His Orientalist Paintings: A Study in the Taste for Orientalism in 19th Century France’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2000.

  Ong, Zhen M. “The Tea Bowl in the Tearoom: An Analysis of the Influence of the Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Creation and Interpretation of Japanese Raku Tea Bowl.” BA
  Hons., University of Melbourne, 2003.

• Transculturalism, Diaspora and Globalisation
  

  Coelho, Kathleen. ‘Crossing Borders: The Art of Expatriate Japanese Artists Masami Teraoka and Akio Makigawa’. MA, University of Melbourne, 2005.

  Gartlan, Luke. ‘Visions of Japan: Negotiating Early Meiji Modernity in the Photography of Baron Raimund von Stillfried Und Rathenitz’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 1997.

  Nagaya/Ajioka, Chiaki. ‘The Kelmscott Press in the 1890s: An Attempt to Assess William Morris’ Private Press in the Context of a Japanese Aesthetic’. MA Preliminary, University of Melbourne, 1984.

  ———. ‘With Argus Eyes: The Early Life and Work of Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz (1839-1911)’. PGDip, University of Melbourne, 2003.

  Su Tzu-Hsiu. ‘A Re-Examination of the Terms “Japonaiserie” and “Japonisme” in the Painting of Monet, Whistler and Menpes’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2008.

• Societies, Communities and Artist-Run Spaces
  

  Roberts, Claire. ‘The Emergence of the Modern Woodcut Movement in Hangzhou and Shanghai and the nature of the Modern Print Society’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 1983.

  McIntyre, Tanya. ‘Attitude and Class in Relation to Chinese Woodblock Printing in the Folk Art Tradition’. MA Preliminary, University of Melbourne, 1991.

  Teo Lois Su May. ‘Printing the Chrysanthemum: Homoerotic Woodblock Prints of Edo Period Japan’. BA Hons., University of Melbourne, 2004.

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