Department of Fine Arts,
CUHK

客座教授

蘇芳淑

B. A., M. A., (Harvard); D. Phil. (Harvard)

蘇芳淑教授於美國哈佛大學獲哲學博士學位，主修中國藝術史。其後於美國佛利爾美術館工作，曾策劃多個有關中國古代藝術的展覽及參與多項相關研究。2001年起於本系任教，主要教授青銅器史、玉器史及藝術史學方法等專題。蘇教授於2001至2008年為藝術系系主任，於2002至2011年兼任香港中文大學中國文化研究所所長，並於2013至2015年任中文大學文物館館長。現為藝術系兼任教授。

蘇教授的研究範圍主要集中在史前至青銅時代的藝術及考古、中國古代的文化與藝術交流。近年主持的研究項目主要關注美國收藏的中國古玉、香港的中國藝術收藏史、中國古代金器及文化與藝術交流。論文收錄於多部重要論文集與出版物中。

主要著作

專書：

  1. （主編）《金曜風華：夢蝶軒藏中國古代金飾》。香港：香港中文大學藝術系及文物館，2013。
  2. （主編）《松漠風華：契丹藝術與文化》。香港：香港中文大學文物館，2004。
  3. (Ed.) Music in the Age of Confucius. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2000.
  4. (Co-ed with) Emma C. Bunker. Traders and Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier. Washington and Seattle: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and University of Washington Press, 1995.
  5. Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sacker Collections, Volume III of Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. New York: Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
  6. (Co-authored with) Robert Little. Splendours of the Orient. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1985.

論文：

  1. “Foreign Elements in Pre-dynastic Qin Culture: Materials, Techniques & Types.” In Yang Liu ed. Beyond the First Emperor’s Mausoleum – New Perspectives on Qin Culture (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2014), pp. 193-212.
  2. “Scented Trails: Amber as Aromatic in Medieval China.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Series 3, 23, 1(2013), pp. 85-101.
  3. 〈古人存古：玉琮在古代墓葬中的諸意義〉，載鄭岩、巫鴻、朱青生編：《古代墓葬美術研究 (第二輯)》（長沙：湖南美術出版社，2013），頁1-17。
  4. Jades from Niuheliang: Answers to an Archaeological Problem?”, Zurich Studies in the History of Art: Georges Bloch Annual , Vol. 13/14, 2009, pp. 79-101.
  5. 〈北宋玉器範式之尋找〉，載王耀庭編：《開創典範：北宋的藝術與文化研討會論文集》（臺北：國立故宮博物院，2008），頁723-759。
  6. 〈古人擬古：春秋戰國時代的復古風 〉，《中國文化研究所學報》，2008年08月，頁373-406。
  7. “Exploring Ancient Sichuan’s Cultural Contacts: Evidence from Jade and Stone.” Thomas Lawton, ed. New Frontiers in Global Archaeology: Defining China’s Ancient Traditions. Proceedings of the International Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, 28-20 May 2004 (New York: The AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities, 2008), pp. 297-320.
  8. (Co-authored) with Peter J. Lu, Nan Yao, George E. Harlow, Jianfang Lu and Genfu Wang, and Paul M. Chaikin. “Earliest Use of Corundum and Diamond in Prehistoric China.” (Preprint July 18, 2004). Archaeometry 47, 1(2005), pp. 1-12.
  9. 〈契丹玉與琥珀雕飾初論附：白玉在契丹文化中的意義〉，載《中國隋唐至清代玉器學術研討會論文集》（上海：上海古籍出版社，2002），頁237-248。
  10. “Jade and Stone at Sanxingdui.” In Robert Bagley ed. Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization (Seattle: Seattle Art Museum and Princeton University Press, 2001), pp. 153-175.
  11. “Different Tunes, Different Strings: Court and Chamber Music in Ancient China.” Orientations, May, 2000, pp. 26-34.
  12. “Chu Art: Link Between the Old and New.” In Constance A. Cook and John S. Major ed. Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999), pp. 33-47.
  13. (Co-authored) with Janet G. Douglas. “Understanding and Identifying Jades from the Hongshan Culture.” In Tang Chung ed. East Asian Jade: Symbol of Excellence, vol. 1 (Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong and Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art, 1998), pp. 148-63.
  14. Addendum to “A Hongshan Jade Pendant in the Freer Gallery of Art.” Hong Kong: Orientations Publications, 1997, pp. 171.

研討會

  1. (Co-authored) with Ling-yun Tang, “Collecting Chinese Art in Hong Kong – A Global Phenomenon.” Paper presented in “The 8th International Conference on the Arts in Society” organized by the Arts in Society, 24-26 June, 2013.
  2. “Foreign Elements in Qin Culture: Materials, Manufacture, and Types.” Paper presented at “Beyond the First Emperor’s Mausoleum – New Perspectives on Qin Culture” organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 27-28 October, 2012.
  3. 「陕西韓城梁帶村出土青銅、黃金、與玉/石」。上海博物館主辦「陝西韓城出土芮國文物國際學術研討會」，13-15.08.2012。
  4. 「從香港夢蝶軒藏先秦金飾說起」。秦始皇帝陵博物院主辦「秦與北方民族國際學術研討會」，07-10.08.2012。
  5. 「古人存古：玉琮在古代墓葬中的諸意義」。芝加哥大學東亞藝術研究中心、中央美術學院人文學院、北京大學視覺與圖像研究中心主辦「第二屆古代墓葬美術研究國際學術會議」，9-11.09.2011。
  6. 「史前玉鐲面面觀」。中華玉文化中心主辦「良渚論壇－中華玉文化中心第三屆年會」，19-21.08.2011。
  7. “Scented Trails: Sources, Uses, and Meanings of Aromatics in Medieval China.” Paper presented at “Perfumery and Ritual – The Use of Incense, Flowers, Distillates, and Aromatic Objects” organized by Heidelberg University Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) ‘Dynamics of Ritual’, 28-30 November, 2010.
  8. “Collecting Chinese Art in Hong Kong – A Global Phenomenon.” Paper presented in “Fine Objects: Material Culture Re-though. The Circulation of East Asian Artefacts on Their Route to the West and Their Conservation”, organized by Fundação Oriente, the Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação and the Centro de História de Além-Mar (Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa), 19-20 October, 2009.
  9. 「《詩經》—考古—與中國古代音樂」。國家漢辦/孔子學院總部主辦「《五經》研究與翻譯國際學術委員會第一次工作會議」，29.07.2009。

講座

  1.  “Why potter, bronze, or jade, and not gold? – Why we need to know our materials in art and Cultural studies?” Seminar presented at the department of Archaeology, Wuhan University, 21 April, 2014.
  2. “Why Gold in China: The Significance of Materials in Artistic-Cultural Studies.” organized by Faculty of Arts Colloquium, 13 December, 2013.
  3. Lead presenter, Planning workshop on exhibition “Jade: China’s Immortal Soul,” organized by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 25-27 Oct, 2013.
  4. Moderator, Symposium in honour of Dame Professor Jessica Rawson’s 70th Birthday. London, British Museum, 14-15 June, 2013.
  5. Leader, Mellon Bronze Object Study Workshop, Freer Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, 3-7 June, 2013.
  6. Convenor, Workshop on study of gold in China, organized in conjunction with one-day symposium on the opening of Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection at the Art Museum, ICS, 4-5 May, 2013.
  7. “Bronze Inscriptions for Dummies: A Layman’s Approach.” Presented at conference marking the opening of the Art Institute of Chicago’s special exhibition of Katherine and George Fan’s Collection of Chinese bronzes, 4-8 November, 2010.
  8. “Jades of the 10th Century and Dynastic-Ethnic-Regional Identities.” Delivered at Tenth Century China and Beyond: Art and Visual Culture in a Multi-centered Age, symposium organized by the Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago, 14-15 May, 2010.
  9. “Antique Jades in Antiquity: Heritage? Collectible? Or Material Resource?” Delivered for   the Harvard East Asian Archaeology seminars and Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University, 23 April, 2010.
  10. “Asia-Europe Forum for Field Studies”, organized by E.C.A.F., 6-8 January, 2009.
  11. “Antiques in Antiquity: Early Chinese Looks at the Past”. Guest presentation and discussion for “Comparative Empires and Material Culture” (ARCH 1850) seminar at Brown University, 5 March, 2008.

榮譽及獎項

  1. Co-Chair, Advisory Committee, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, March 2013 to 2015.
  2. Expert Advisor, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2010-2015.
  3. Member, Advisory Board, Arts Asiatiques, E.F.E.O, Paris, September 2010 to date.
  4. Member, Advisory Board, Hong Kong International Arts and Antiques Fair (HKIAAF), March 2009 to date.
  5. Member, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (and three subcommittees), October 2008-14.
  6. Sector/ Subject Specialist, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications, Jan 2008- June 2011.
  7. Advisor-assessor, Visual Arts Panel, Asian Cultural Council (March 2011).
  8. Member, grants assessment panel, Luce/ACLS Initiatives on Early East Asian Archaeology, 2006, 2007, 2009.
  9. Reviewer, Creative Arts, Performing Arts & Design Panel, Research Assessment Exercise 2006, University Grants Committee.
  10. 評鑑委員, 國立臺灣大學藝術研究所, 2005 年5月10日- 2006 年5月13日。
  11. Member, Executive Committee, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU, 2005 to date.
  12. External Assessor, Visual Studies Programme, Department of Philosophy, Ling’nan University.
  13. Member, Board of Advisors, The Ink Society Ltd.
  14. Governor, Bei Shan Tang Foundation, 2002 to date.