Associate Professor in Art History; Art and Art History Program Coordinator
lei.xue@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-5395

Fairbanks Hall

Fairbanks Hall 317

220 NW 26th Street

220 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97331
Credentials: 
MA and PhD in Art History, Columbia University
BA and MA in Literature, Beijing Normal University
Additional Information: 
Publications

Eulogy for Burying a Crane and the Art of Chinese Calligraphy, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019.

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 

ART 208: Introduction to Asian Art

ART 310: Early Chinese Art and Archaeology

ART 311: Late Chinese Art and Culture

ART 312: Contemporary Chinese Art

ART 313: Art of Japan

ART 492: Special Topics in Asian Art

ART 469/569: Methods and Theory of Art History

Research/Career Interests: 

Lei Xue’s primary research field is pre-modern Chinese calligraphy and painting. His studies on Chinese calligraphy seek to situate this unique art form within the ongoing art historical and theoretical debates. Currently he is completing a book manuscript, titled “Model Letters: Media, Space, and Visuality of Chinese Calligraphy.”