“Domesticating the Global and Materializing the Unknown: A Study on Album of Beasts at the Qianlong Court,” in Anna Grasskamp, Monica Juneja eds., EurAsian Matters: China, Europe, and Transcultural Object, 1600-1800 (Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context Series, Switzerland: Springer, 2018), pp. 125-174.

This volume is a landmark volume that rethinks global art history through the lens of objects as agents of exchange across Eurasia. It highlights how material culture shaped transcultural encounters, challenging traditional Eurocentric or Sinocentric frameworks.My article explores how exotic animals were reimagined in the Qing court’s Album of Beasts. It shows how global knowledge was domesticated and integrated into Qing imperial order, offering a significant case study in transcultural object history and Qing visual culture.