WHITFIELD, Roderick

WHITFIELD, Roderick. British, b. 1937. Genres: Archaeology/Antiquities, Area studies, Art/Art history, Theology/Religion, Translations. Career: Princeton University, research associate and lecturer, 1965-66; St. John's College, Cambridge, research fellow, 1966-68; British Museum, Department of Oriental Antiquities, assistant keeper first class, 1968-84; University of London, head of Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1984-93, Percival David Professor of Chinese and East Asian Art, 1984-2002, professor emeritus, 2002-. University of Toronto, Teetzel Lecturer, 1995; Dunhuang Academy, fellow, 2000-; Palace Museum, Beijing, fellow, 2003-. Publications: In Pursuit of Antiquity, 1969; The Art of Central Asia, 1982-85; (with R. Goepper) Treasure from Korea, 1985; (with Y.S. Pak) Korean Art Treasures, 1986; (with A. Farrer) Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, 1990; Fascination of Nature: Plants and Insects in Chinese Painting and Ceramics of the Yuan Dynasty, 1993; Dunhuang, Caves of the Singing Sands, Buddhist Art from the Silk Road, 1995; The Art of Central Asia, 1996; (with Y.S. Pak) Handbook of Korean Art: Buddhist Sculpture, 2002; (with Y.S. Pak) Handbook of Korean Art: Pottery and Celadon, 2002; Chinese Textiles, 2004. EDITOR/JOINT EDITOR: The Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Bronzes, 1993; Exploring China's Past: New Studies and Theories in Chinese Archaeology, 2000; Art and Religion in Early China, 2004. Address: 7 St. Paul's Crescent, London NW1 9XN, England. Online address: rw5@soas.ac.uk