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Martin Powers

Name: Martin Powers

Title(s):

  • Professor

Contact Information: 734.764.5402 , mpow@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CCS
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • History of Art

Research/Teaching Specialization: Martin Powers is Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, and former Director of the Center for Chinese Studies. In 1991 his Art and Political Expression in Early China received the Levenson Prize for the best book in pre-twentieth century Chinese Studies. His research focuses on the role of the arts in the history of human relations in China, with an emphasis on issues of personal agency and social justice. His Pattern and Person: Ornament, Society, and Self in Classical China, was published by Harvard University Press East Asian Series in 2006 and has been awarded the Levenson Prize for 2008. He maintains a series in Du Shu, a Chinese journal of culture and current affairs. Next year he will be at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton writing a book on the role of "China" in the cultural politics of the English garden.

Powers Martin

Name: Powers Martin

Title(s):

  • Professor

Contact Information: 734.764.5402 , mpow@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CKS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • History of Art