Susan Eberhard

I am an art historian of early modern and modern China in a global context, focusing on decorative arts and material culture. I am interested in questions of mobility and exchange, transformation, and loss. My research and teaching take postcolonial, feminist, and comparative approaches to how knowledge about art is constructed and circulated. I am also interested in transpacific frameworks and Asian American art. 

My current book project is tentatively titled “Metamorphic Medium: Materializing Silver in Global Early Modern China.” I have a PhD in the history of art from the University of California, Berkeley. 

I warmly welcome Cal Poly students to take my classes on the introduction to visual arts and Asian art, and to contact me with any questions about the field and practice of Asian art history.