Timon Screech
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Timon Screech is a professor in the history of art
at the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), University of London
. He is a specialist in the art and culture of early modern
Japan
.
In 1985, Timon Screech received a BA in Oriental studies (Japanese) at the University of Oxford
. In 1991, he completed his PhD in art history at Harvard University
. Since graduating from Harvard, he has been at SOAS; and he has also been visiting professor of Art History at the University of Chicago
, and guest researcher at Gakushuin University
and Waseda University
in Tokyo. Screech is a Permanent Visiting Professor at Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo. His main current research project is related to the deification of the first shogun
, Tokugawa Ieyasu
, and the cult established for him at Nikkō.
in Japan; and the theory of art history. He was elected to a Chair in the history of art in 2006. Screech also serves a chair of SOAS's Japan Research Centre.
(UEA) in association with SOAS.
History of art
The History of art refers to visual art which may be defined as any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview...
at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
(SOAS), University of London
University of London
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. He is a specialist in the art and culture of early modern
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
In 1985, Timon Screech received a BA in Oriental studies (Japanese) at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. In 1991, he completed his PhD in art history at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. Since graduating from Harvard, he has been at SOAS; and he has also been visiting professor of Art History at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, and guest researcher at Gakushuin University
Gakushuin University
is an elite higher educational institution in Mejiro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as an affiliate of the Gakushūin School Corporation, the privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University or "Peers School" set up during the Meiji era to educate the...
and Waseda University
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
in Tokyo. Screech is a Permanent Visiting Professor at Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo. His main current research project is related to the deification of the first shogun
Shogun
A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...
, Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan , which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated from office in 1605, but...
, and the cult established for him at Nikkō.
SOAS
In SOAS's Department of Art & Archaeology, Screech is a Professor of the history of art. Professor Screech's particular areas of interest are the history of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century; history of scienceHistory of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
in Japan; and the theory of art history. He was elected to a Chair in the history of art in 2006. Screech also serves a chair of SOAS's Japan Research Centre.
Sainsbury Institute
Screech is a London-based staff member of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, which was founded in 1999 by Sir Robert Sainsbury and Lady Sainsbury. The independent Sainsbury Institute is affiliated with the University of East AngliaUniversity of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
(UEA) in association with SOAS.
Published work
- Screech, Timon. (2007). Ningen kouryuu no edo bijutsushi [Edo art and the exchange of persons]. Tokyo: University of Tokyo PressUniversity of Tokyo PressThe is a university press affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. It was founded in 1951, following the post-World War II reorganization of the university.-Location:...
. - __________. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 0203099850, 13-ISBN 9780203099858; OCLC 65177072
- __________. (2006). Edo no igirisu netsu [Britain in the Edo Period]. Tokyo: KodanshaKodansha, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
. 10-ISBN 4-0625-8352-6 - __________. (2005). "Pictures, the Most Part Bawdy: The Anglo-Japanese Painting Trade in the Early 1600s," Art Bulletin. Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 50–72.
- __________. (2005). "Introduction," Japan Extolled and Decried: Park Oeter Thunberg and the Shogun's Realm. London: RoutledgeCurzon.
- __________. (2005). Japan Extolled and Decried: Carl Peter Thunberg and Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 13-ISBN 978-0-7007-1719-4 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-203-02035-7 (electronic)
- __________. (2003). Sex and Consumerism in Edo Japan. In: Consuming Bodies: Sex and Consumerism in Japanese Contemporary Art. London: Reaktion BooksReaktion BooksReaktion Books is an independent book publisher based in Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom.Reaktion Books was founded in 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to London in 1987....
. - __________. (2002). "Dressing Samuel Pepys: Japanese Garments and International Diplomacy in the Edo Period," Orientations. Vol. 2, pp. 50–57.
- __________. (2002). "Erotyczne obrazy japonskie 1700-1820." Universitas Krakow. 10-ISBN 1-8618-9030-3
- __________. (2002). "The Edo Pleasure Districts as 'Pornotopia'," Orientations, Vol. 2, pp. 36–42.
- __________. (2001) "The Birth of the Anatomical Body," Births and Rebirths in Japanese Art. Leiden: Hotei Press.
- __________. (2001). "The visual legacy of Dodonaeus in botanical and Human Categorisation," Dodonaeus in Japan: Translation and the Scientific Mind in Tokugawa Japan. Leuven: Leuven University Press.
- __________. (2000). The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829. London: Reaktion BooksReaktion BooksReaktion Books is an independent book publisher based in Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom.Reaktion Books was founded in 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to London in 1987....
. (London). 10-ISBN 1-8618-9064-8 - __________. (1998). Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Imagery in Japan, 1720-1810. London: Reaktion BooksReaktion BooksReaktion Books is an independent book publisher based in Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom.Reaktion Books was founded in 1985 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to London in 1987....
. ISBN 1-8618-9030-3. - __________. (1997). Edo no jintai o hiraku [Opening the Edo Body]. Tokyo: Sakuhinsha. 10-ISBN 4-8789-3753-X.
- __________. (1996). The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
. 10-ISBN 0-5214-6106-5.