Catherine Pagani, Ph.D. professor of art history and chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Alabama

Catherine Pagani is a professor of Asian art history in the Department of Art at the University of Alabama, where she also serves as chair of the department. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto and has worked at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan. Pagani has published and lectured widely on the arts of Asia, including rural Chinese embroidered textiles, China's first emperor, cross-cultural influences in the arts and sciences between China and Europe, and Japanese woodblock prints. In addition to three books, her work has appeared in journals that include Arts of Asia, Apollo, Burlington Magazine and Arts Asiatiques. Her book, "Eastern Magnificence and European Ingenuity": Clocks of Late Imperial China, is the result of research conducted at the Palace Museum, Beijing, where she was the first Westerner given research access to the large collection of 18th-century elaborate clockwork. In her spare time, Catherine enjoys knitting, beadwork, running, cycling and coaching marathoners.

Presentations by Catherine Pagani
Luck, Wealth, Longevity and Happiness: Symbolism in Chinese Art

The Way of Tea: Zen Art and Aesthetics