Yi Gu, University of Toronto

Research

Chinese art Chinese posters Chinese propaganda Chinese visual culture cold war modern art visual art socialism

Latest funding

Rethinking Posters of Mao's China (1949-1976) through Digital Art History
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$66,982
Recalibrating Postwar Chinese Art and Visual Culture: Alternative Archives and Digital Humanities
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$18,484
"Domestic art galleries" in Cuba, Russia, and China after 1989: a(n) (imagined) trans-socialist network
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$60,636

Rethinking Posters of Mao's China (1949-1976) through Digital Art History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gu, Yi

Keywords: Chinese posters; Chinese propaganda; Chinese art; Chinese visual culture; cold war; modern art; visual art; socialism; 20th century China; state patronage

$66,982

Recalibrating Postwar Chinese Art and Visual Culture: Alternative Archives and Digital Humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gu, Yi

Keywords: modern Chinese art; postwar art; socialist visual culture; alternative archive; digital humanities

$18,484

"Domestic art galleries" in Cuba, Russia, and China after 1989: a(n) (imagined) trans-socialist network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Alvarez Hernandez, Analays

Keywords: Post-socialism; Contemporary art; Apartment; Exhibition; Social housing; Cuba; Russia; China; Trans-socialism; Visual arts

$60,636

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Chinese art Dear Professor Gu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on chinese art connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Rethinking Posters of Mao's China (1949-1976) through Digital Art History" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]