MA Asian Art Histories 2026 Study Trip to Fukuoka, Japan

Category - overseas study trips
By Kendall Fosse and Aparupa Saha At the beginning of the academic year, when the cohort (MAAAH batch of 2026) was told that a study trip to Fukuoka, Japan was planned for the next semester, all of us immediately wanted to skip everything in between and teleport ourselves to that moment right away. We knew it was going to be a memorable trip, and it fully lived up to expectations. While viewing Read more....

Exploring doctoral pathways: insights from MA Asian Art Histories alumni

Category - forums
This forum explores the doctoral journeys of three alumni from LASALLE’s MA Asian Art Histories programme and illuminate their transition from MA studies to PhD research. Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Eunice Lacaste and Akshatha Ranganrajan will reflect on research challenges such as fieldwork complexities, linguistic barriers and archival access, alongside the practical realities of navigating application Read more....

Mekong as Metaphor, Again: Contemporary Art and Regionality in Southeast Asia

Category - annual lecture 2026
This reflection on region departs from an earlier essay by speaker Associate Professor Pamela Nguyen Corey titled “Metaphor as Method: Curating Regionalism in Mainland Southeast Asia” (2013), which examined controversies around the curatorial use of geographical metaphors (such as the Mekong and the Ho Chi Minh Trail) to promote contemporary artists and foster artistic collaboration in mainland Read more....

2025 Theses

Category - thesis
Name: Sabrina Yin Fung Hung Thesis Title: From Mansau-Ansau to Gotong Royong: The collaborative practice of Yee I-Lann and Pangrok Sulap Thesis abstract This thesis critically examines the work of Sabahan artist Yee I-Lann and collective Pangrok Sulap’s in order to address the question of how frameworks for understanding collaboration can be more attuned to the specificities of context. It Read more....

Sabrina Yin Fung Hung (graduated in 2025)

Category - alumni
Sabrina is a gallerist with several years of experience in the visual arts industry. She earned her undergraduate degree in sociology from the London School of Economics and went on to pursue postgraduate studies in early modern art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. After returning to Hong Kong, she committed herself to a career in the arts. Driven by a passion for supporting Read more....