Asst. Prof. Huahua LIU


✉ hhliu@cityu.edu.mo

 

Academic Qualifications

2019 - 2022 Ph.D. in History of Chinese Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong

  • Friends of Art Museum Research Grant Recipient
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Yuandai Kuizhangge Jiqi Shuhua Jiancang Huodong 元代奎章閣及其書畫鑒藏活動 (Art Collecting and Connoisseurial Activities in the Pavilion of the Star of Literature). Department of Fine Arts, CUHK

2016 - 2019 M.A. in Art History, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China

  • Excellent Graduate Thesis Scholarship Recipient
  • M.A. Thesis: Yuandai Zhangcaoshu Yanjiu元代章草書研究 (Zhangcao Script Calligraphy of Jijiuzhang During the Yuan Dynasty). Art History, CAFA,

2011 - 2015 B.F.A. in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China

  • Academic Scholarship Recipient

 

 

Current Position

2022-present, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, Macau

  • MAS106 History of Chinese Calligraphy
  • MAS105 Seminar on Visual Arts

 

 

Working Experience

2020 - 2021, Teaching Assistant & Tutor, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, Hong Kong

2019 - 2020, Research Assistant, Art Museum, CUHK, Hong Kong. Contributed to publications:

  • Ho Pik-ki ed., Artistic Influence in Guangdong: Selected Painting and Calligraphy from Ming to Mid-Qing China. Hong Kong: Art Museum, CUHK, 2021.
  • Meggie C.K. Wan, Jiang Fangting ed., Transcending Transience: Art and Culture of Late Ming Jiangnan. Hong Kong: Art Museum and Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, 2021.

 

 

Research Interests

Court art

Art collecting and connoisseurship

Art history of Song-Yuan dynasty

Practice of Chinese calligraphy and seal-carving

 

 

Research and Publications

  • Jiandingzhe erfei quanshizhe: Shuhua tiba suojian Ke Jiusi zai Kuizhnagge zhong de juese 鑒定者而非詮釋者:書畫題跋所見柯九思在奎章閣中的角色,  (Authenticator rather than Interpreter: Ke Jiusi's Role in the Kuizhang Pavilion as Seen through Inscriptions on Painting and Calligraphy). Under review.
  • Fengya wei shi li wei ben: Xiangge laji tianqingsi yaji de zhengzhi wenhua yihan 風雅為飾禮為本:祥哥剌吉天慶寺雅集的政治及文化意涵, Under review.
  • Catalogue Entries for Selected Yuan-Dynasty Paintings, in 1001 Chinese Paintings (1001 幅中國畫), ed. Fan Mo (Beijing: China Pictorial Publishing House, 2026), 379, 380, 390, 391, 392, 395, 405, 406, 411, 421, 425, 428, 429, 430, 432, 443, 444.
  • Zhao Mengfu zhaocao jijiuzhang yanjiu: Dui Shanghai bowuguan yu liaoning sheng bowuguan cangben zhi fenxi 趙孟頫章草〈急就章〉研究—對上海博物館與遼寧省博物館藏本之分析 (Zhao Mengfu's Cursive Script Jijiu Zhang: An Analysis of the Versions in the Shanghai Museum and Liaoning Provincial Museum). The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art 故宮文物月刊, 504 (2025): 36-45.
  • Yuanwenzong yushu yuci yanjiu: Yi Yonghuai yu Kuizhanggeji weili元文宗御書御賜研究:以〈永懷〉與〈奎章閣記〉為例  (A Study of Imperial Calligraphy Bestowed by the Yuan Emperor Wenzong with "Yonghuai" and "Record of the Kuizhang Pavilion" as Examples). The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly 故宮學術季刊, vol 40(1), 63-102.
  • Bawen paishu: Jiangxing chuxuetu yuandai kuizhangge bawen kao 跋文排署:〈江行初雪圖〉元代奎章閣跋文考 (A study of the Inscription of Along the River during Winter's First Snow). The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art 故宮文物月刊, 469 (2022): 46-53.
  • Yao Guangxiao shufa yanjiu 姚廣孝書法研究 (A study of Yao Guangxiao's calligraphy). Chinese Calligraphy Newspaper 書法報, 2018, 42(06).

 

Professional Activities

  • Presenter, "Sengge Ragi's Tianqing Temple Gathering : Art Collection, Inscriptions, and Confucian Li (禮)," Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 2025.
  • Presenter, "Yuandai zhangcaoshu tanxi元人章草書探析 (Four works of Jijiuzhang during the Yuan dynasty)," Youth and Academics Forum, CAFA, Beijing, China, 2019.

 





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