Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, August 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2002. / Adviser: Robert M. Torrance. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-197).

published_or_final_version / abstract / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Education

The research aims to provide an alternative working methodology from the perspective of a contemporary Chinese artist, not a calligrapher, to answer the research question: how does one create new works of calligraphy an art so burdened with historical tradition? This is practice based research; the designed pattern of study aims to test and to exemplify the relationship, and also most importantly based on the nature of the investigation and practical necessity, the strategy of the research project is implemented in a dialectical construction as the title of the thesis suggests.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Fine Arts / Master / Master of Philosophy

abstract / toc / Fine Arts / Master / Master of Philosophy

An exhibition thesis from Xiao Han, who presents large photographs as ‘stills’ from a fictitious movie set in late 20th century China, after the suppression of the Tiananmen Square Protest and the inauguration of the one- Child policy. The artist plays multiple roles in sites that are specifically gendered, to expose the exceptional impact the population control laws had on women. Traumatized social and psychic perspectives emerge from the political turmoil, registering as uncanny absences and repressed delays.