Dr. O.J. (Oliver) Moore - Faculty - Faculty of Humanities

Dr. O.J. (Oliver) Moore

Position:

Lecturer

Expertise:

Chinese art history, material culture and language

Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2538
E-Mail:	o.j.moore@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS China
Office Address:	Arsenaal Arsenaalstraat 1 2311 CT Leiden Room number 1.24

Research

Oliver Moore’s present research is centered on different forms of the visual image in late imperial and early modern Chinese history. His chief current project is a book-length study of the early history of photography in China. He is also engaged in smaller projects concerned with questions of image circulation during the Chinese Middle Ages and during the early commerce of printed books in China.

Moore’s other interests include the ritual and social dimensions of forming elite identities in early China, and numerous expressions of material and visual culture

Curriculum Vitae

Since June 1998 Oliver Moore has been Lecturer in Art and Material Culture of China, Sinological Institute, University of Leiden.

Before joining the Sinological Institute, during 1993-98, Oliver Moore was assistant keeper in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, London, responsible for the safekeeping, research and exhibition of the collections.

He studied Chinese at SOAS, London University (BA 1985), before completing a dissertation on the social history of Tang civil service examinations at Cambridge University (PhD 1993). He spent two years studying Chinese in Shanghai (1982-83, 1985-86), and worked there for one year (1986-87) for a US law firm.

Teaching activities

Oliver Moore teaches a general introductory course of art history in China, which is open to students not majoring in Chinese. He contributes to courses organized by the Art History Department (Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis). On behalf of students and interested members of the public Moore maintains a website which lists sources for the study of Art and Material Culture of China (AMCC).

Publications

Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China: Reading An Annual Programme in Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940), Leiden: E.J.Brill, 2004 [407 pp]

Reading the Past: Chinese, London: British Museum Press, 2000 [80 pp.]

“Zou Boqi (1819-1869), Map-maker and Photographer”, for Kenneth Hammond ed., The Human Tradition in Modern China. Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming, 2007

"The Dongyang Cave, Art, Society and China", in Kitty Zijlmans, ed., Site-Seeing:Places in Culture, Time and Space. Leiden: CNWS Publications, 2006: 53-87.

"Violence Un-scrolled: Cultic and Ritual Emphases in Painting Guan Yu”, Arts Asiatiques 58 (2003): 86-97

2011

Moore, O.J. (2011)
“Het Wen-ideaal in literatuur en Kunst”, “Vertier en plezier”. In: Mater, B (Ed.), De Goude Eeuw van China—Tang-dynastie (618-907 na Chr.), pp. 137-170. Assen: Drents Museum.
(Part of book or chapter of book)

2010

Moore, O.J. (2010)
Comment on Anders Karlsson, “The Discourse on Forensic Investigations in Eighteenth-Century Chosŏn Korea”. In Tomiya, I & Zhou, DP (Eds.) Tōa girei yo keibatsu [Ritual and Punishment in East Asia], Proceedings of an international symposium organized by Kyoto University and Xiamen University (pp. 18-20). Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto University.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
Moore, O.J. (2010)
L'Écriture chinoise. Arles: Centre de Conservation du Livre.
(Book (monograph))
Moore, O.J. (2010)
[Bespreking van: History of Photography in China, 1842-1860]. In: Trans-Asia Photography Review
(Book review)

2009

Moore, O.J. (2009)
Games and Play. In: Pong, D (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern China, pp. 103-106.
(Part of book or chapter of book)

2008

Moore, O.J. (2008)
Art and Ritual as the Theatres of Early Photography in China. In Tomiya, I. (Ed.) Higashi Ajia ni okeru girei to keibatsu—kenkyū seika hōkokusho (Ritual and Punishment in East Asia—Report of Research Findings (pp. 175-192). Kyoto: Kyoto University Press.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
Moore, O.J. (2008)
Chugoku no zenkindai eiri shiwa ni okeru shikei to bōryoku no zuzō(“Images of Capital Punishment and Violence in Early Illustrated Histories of China”). In: Tomiya, I. (Ed.), Higashi Ajia no shikei (Capital Punishment in East Asia), pp. 221-255. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (2008)
De Bronstijd in China. In: Groninger Museum, (Ed.), Antieke Bronze: Meesterwerken uit het Shanghai Museum, pp. 9-25. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgeverij.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (2008)
Historical Views and Histories of Viewing. Picturing China 1870-1950, Supplement in IIAS Newsletter, 46, pp. 9-11.
(Article)
Moore, O.J. (2008)
Pioneering Portraits: Early Photography in Japan. IIAS newsletter, 49, pp. 24-25.
(Article)
Moore, O.J. & Tani, A (2008)
Pioneering Portraits: Early Photography in Japan. IIAS Newsletter (49), pp. 24-25.
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
Moore, O.J. (2008)
Tentoonstelling: antieke Bronzen; Meesterwerken uit het Shanghai Museum. Aziatische Kunst, 38 (1), pp. 27-32.
(Article)
Moore, O.J. (2008)
Zou Boqi on Vision and Photography in Nineteenth-Century China. In: Hammond, K.J. & Stapleton, K. (Eds.), The Human Tradition in Modern China (The Human Tradition Around the World Series), pp. 33-53. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
(Part of book or chapter of book)

2007

Moore, O.J. (2007)
Photography in China: A Global Medium Locally Appropriated. IIAS newsletter, 44, pp. 6-7.
(Article)

2006

Moore, O.J. (2006)
The Dongyang Cave, Art, Society and China. In: Zijlmans, Kitty (Ed.), Site-Seeing: Places in Culture, Time and Space (CNWS Publications), 147. Leiden: CNWS Publications.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (2006)
The Keys to Unlock Eastern Imperial Imagery. [Bespreking van: China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 3 march, pp. 24-25.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (2006)
Visualizing Change: The Negative, Positive and Double Images of Photography's Subjects in Early Modern China. Zhongguo wenxue lishi yu sixiang zhong di guannian bianqian (pp. 291-309). Taipei: Guoli Taiwan Daxue Wenxueyuan.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)

2005

Moore, O.J. (2005)
Character-building effect of text on a nation. [Bespreking van: The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 10.06.2005, p. 32.
(Book review)

2004

Moore, O.J. (2004)
Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China: Reading an annual programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940). (Sinica Leidensia). Leiden: Brill.
(Book (monograph))

2003

Moore, O.J. (2003)
Introduction "The Imperial Duplication of Mounuments", and chapter 1 "Historical Background". In: Shi, L.W., Kooij, K.R., van, Zhao, L., Silva, R. (Eds.), Pule Temple, Chengde (Chengde Pule si), pp. 25-57. Beijing: Zhongguo Luxing chubanshe.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (2003)
Violence Un-scrolled: Cultic and Ritual Emphases in Painting Guan Yu. Arts Asiatiques, 58, pp. 86-97.
(Article)

2002

Moore, O.J. (2002)
Exam regime that outlived dynasties. [Bespreking van: A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 05.04.2002, p. 29.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (2002)
Inky lines that can be more than words. [Bespreking van: The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 21.06.2002, p. 28.
(Book review)

2001

Moore, O.J. (2001)
Review. [Bespreking van: Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art]. In: China Information, 15, pp. 182-184.
(Book review)

2000

Moore, O.J. (2000)
Art et mecenat sous la dynastie des Tang. In: Petit Palais, Paris (Ed.), Chine, la gloire des empereurs, pp. 284-341. Paris: Paris-Musees.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (2000)
Chinese. (Reading the Past). London: British Museum Press.
(Book (monograph))

1999

Moore, O.J. (1999)
Double-dealing. The Times, pp. 22-23.
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
Moore, O.J. (1999)
Boekbesrpeking. [Bespreking van: Contemporary Public Art in China: A Photographic Tour]. In: China Information, 13, pp. 155-157.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (1999)
Technical Limits and Contextual Riches: Behind a Warring States Mirror. Aziatische Kunst, 29 (3), pp. 12-23.
(Article)
Moore, O.J. (1999)
The Ceremony of Gratitude. In: McDermott, J.P. (Ed.), State and Court Ritual in China (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications), 54. , pp. 197-236. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (1999)
Translation of ancient Chinese texts. In: Herrman, G. (Ed.), The Monuments of Merv, 1: Traditional Buildings of the Karakum, pp. 120-121. London: Society of Antiquaries.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (1999)
Whispers of Ancient Times. [Bespreking van: Cambridge History of China, vol. 8, The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 2]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 26.11.1999, pp. 24-25.
(Book review)

1998

Moore, O.J. (1998)
Art to Tempt the Ming Consumer. [Bespreking van: Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 31.07.1998, p. 22.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (1998)
Clothing the Emperors Anew. [Bespreking van: Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 04.12.1998, p. 29.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (1998)
Islamic Glass at Buddhist Sites in Medieval China. In: Ward, R. (Ed.), Gilded and Enamelled Glass from the Middle East, pp. 78-84. London: British Museum Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Finkel, I. & Moore, O.J. (1998)
The Incredible Writing Box. London: British Museum Press.
(Book (monograph))

1997

Moore, O.J. (1997)
Boekbesrpeking. [Bespreking van: Religious experience and Lay Society in T'ang China]. In: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 7.2, pp. 494-495.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (1997)
Occupied with a clask of symbols. [Bespreking van: Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan: Reading Between the Lines]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 04.07.1997, p. 23.
(Book review)

1996

Moore, O.J. (1996)
Age-old Ingenuity. The Times: Mysteries of Ancient China, Souvenir Issue, pp. 22-23.
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
Moore, O.J. (1996)
An Introduction to 'Mysteries of Ancient China': A Momentous Loan Exhibition at the British Museum. Arts of Asia, 26 (25), pp. 106-113.
(Article)
Moore, O.J. (1996)
Armes et armures. , La cité interdite: vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine, 1644-1911, pp. 130-144. Paris: Paris Musses.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Moore, O.J. (1996)
Dictionary of Art. [Bespreking van: The Macmillan Dictionary of Art]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 06.12.1996, p. 24.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (1996)
La défense des Qing. , La cité interdite: vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine, 1644-1911, pp. 102-109. Paris: Paris Musses.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Rawson, J. & Michaelson, C. & Moore, O.J. (1996)
Mysteries of Ancient China. London: British Museum Press.
(Book (monograph))
Moore, O.J. (1996)
Reading the Mandorla. British Museum Magazine, 24, pp. 14-15.
(Article)
Moore, O.J. (1996)
The Sound in the Symbol. [Bespreking van: The World's Writing Systems]. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, 18.10.1996, pp. 20-21.
(Book review)
Moore, O.J. (1996)
Throwing to Win in Games with Gods. British Museum Magazine, 25, pp. 18-21.
(Article)

1995

Moore, O.J. (1995)
Arms and Armour in Late Imperial China: Examples of AD 1600-1900 in the British Museum. Apollo, feb 1995, pp. 16-19.
(Article)

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