Participant Info
- First Name
- Maria-Caterina
- Last Name
- Bellinetti
- Country
- United States
- State
- 4
- cbellinetti@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Website URL
- Keywords
- visual culture, Chinese propaganda, war photography, art history, China, Chinese history, Chinese art, politics, Chinese politics, propaganda, visual propaganda, photography, history of photography, gender studies, childhood representation, cultural geography, history of art, Second World War, Sino-Japanese War
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
My academic background is in Asian studies with a strong focus on China. I did my BA in East Asian Languages and Culture and MA in International Relations at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in Italy. In 2011 I moved to Scotland for a Master in Chinese Studies at The University of Edinburgh which included 6 months at Nankai University in Tianjin.
I obtained my PhD in History of Art from The University of Glasgow. My thesis looked at how Communist photographic propaganda contributed to the creation of the idea of modern China during WWII.
I have always been interested in war photography (my MA dissertation was on Western and Vietnamese photographs of the Vietnam War) and visual propaganda. I worked as a teaching assistant in history of art (Western and Asian) at the University of Glasgow for 4 years. During my time as a PhD student, I also set up and ran the Twitter account of the Scottish Centre for China Research Postgraduate Network and worked as an editorial assistant for The Asia Dialogue magazine.
I am a freelance writer for the online magazine Art & Object. I am currently based in California where I am volunteering for Project Read Redwood City as a literacy tutor and as editor/social media manager for Project CATA (Community Advocacy Through Art) in Redwood City.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/time-for-the-chinese-miracle-beijings-new-english-language-propaganda-push
- @ducky_cat
- Country Focus
- China
- Expertise by Geography
- Asia, China, East Asia
- Expertise by Chronology
- 7, 8, 9
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Children & Youth, Gender, Material Culture, Military, Politics, Rebellion & Revolution, Women, World War II
