School of Arts
Janet Jin
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Key information
- Roles
- School of Arts PhD researcher
- Department
- School of Arts
- Qualifications
- BA (Hons)/LLB (Sydney), MA (SOAS)
- Email address
- 656313@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Re-imagining the 1323 Buddhist Literary Banquet: Sensoria of Painted silks, Gift-giving and Foodways at the Mongol mid-Yuan court
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Shane McCausland & Professor Stacey Pierson
Biography
Janet Jin is a doctoral researcher at SOAS University of London in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology.
Her research focuses on court cultures and spaces in China and across Eurasia in the long 13th century. Her project investigates the choices, symbolisms and networks behind Mongol mid-Yuan collecting and patronage practices in China in the 1320s, focusing on the collection of Sengge Ragi (c. 1283–1331).
Prior to completing her MA in History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia at SOAS, she obtained a BA with First Class honours in Art History and LLB double degree from the University of Sydney after conducting fieldwork in north and central Shanxi on Jin (1115-1234) tomb and temple mural programs.
She has worked in various arts and legal non-profits that specialise in cultural advocacy and education, including as curatorial assistant at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, legal officer at Immigration Advice and Rights Centre and speaker in The Edge of Knowledge (TEOK) Basel talk series.
Research interests
Gender and ethnicity, nomadic-sedentary modes of culture and governance, food and drink cultures, city spaces, collecting theory
