Stephanie Tung

Stephanie Tung leads the interpretation and presentation of the Peabody Essex Museum’s growing photography collection, which spans the 19th century through today. A specialist in the history of photography of China, her research focuses on transnational art exchanges, global modernism, translation studies, and notions of artistic labor. Prior to joining PEM in 2018, Tung worked at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, China, as a curator and director of international affairs. She has published widely on photography and contemporary art from China. Her most recent publication, Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China (PEM, 2022), was co-authored with Karina Corrigan and serves as the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name. Tung holds a Bachelor of Art in Literature and History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University, and a Masters of Arts in Art & Archeology from Princeton University. She is completing her Ph.D. in Princeton’s Art & Archeology program with her dissertation, Pictorial China: Art Photography in the Republican Era, 1923–1929.

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2018-06-01

Stephanie Tung (CCL/Mellon Seminar 2015) named Assistant Curator, Exhibitions Research and Publishing at the Peabody Essex Museum

Stephanie Tung, a participant in the 2015 CCL/Mellon Seminar program, has been named Assistant Curator, Exhibitions Research and Publishing at the Peabody Essex Museum. Tung is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at Princeton University, finishing her dissertation “Pictorial China: Art Photography in Republican Era China, 1923 — 1932.”. She specializes in Chinese ... Read More >

2015-06-04

CCL Announces Students for 2015 CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar

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