People

Shared Coasts, Divided Historiographies

Mobilizing People, Ideas, and Artifacts in the East Asian Mediterranean

この地図は富山県が作成した地図を転載・加工したものです。
This map is credited by Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

Anton Schweizer, Professor
PhD, Heidelberg University

Japanese art and architectural history, cultures of spatial thinking
At the center of Schweizer’s research is the employment of art and artifacts in space—objects and their use in spatial contexts, architectural decoration and the exhibition of objects, and site planning in the widest sense. This also includes depictions of works of architecture in painting. Main foci of his work are transcultural exchanges during the First Global Age (1550-1800), issues of materiality, manufacturing technologies, and temporality. An additional area of interest comprises manifestations of otherness (depictions of Asian, African, and European foreigners; courtesans; and samurai), transcultural picture migration, diplomatic gifts, and political iconography.

Yu Yang, Assistant Professor
PhD, Columbia University
Modern Japanese Art and Architecture, Colonial Space and Urbanism in East Asia

Yu Yang’s research focuses on architecture and urbanism in modern Japan, particularly on the exchange of people, materials, and ideas within the Japanese empire during the first half of the twentieth century. Her current project examines Japanese architectural practice and urban culture in colonial Manchuria (1905-1945). Her broader interests include urban development of modern Japan, colonial modernity, photography and visual culture of the Japanese empire. Yang teaches courses in modern Japanese art and architecture, and spatial configuration of modern East Asia.