Karil J Kucera

Luce Associate Professor of Asian Visual Culture
Depts of Asian Studies and Art & Art History
Dittmann Center 301
St Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 55057
507/786.3129
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Curriculum Vitae

Projects

On-going Research Topics

I am currently completing materials related to a book manuscript covering activity at the Buddhist site of Baodingshan from the 12th through the 21st centuries.

My recent research deals with the memorials found at My Lai, Nanjing, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While some may see this as a departure from my Buddhist work on hell and the grotto site of Baodingshan, it is in fact an extension of my interest in sites as sacred spaces, effective uses of text and image, and humankind's attempts to represent the unimaginable.

Wickedness & Evil conference paper

Studies on Asia - My Lai

Collaborative On-line Resource Projects

ASIANetwork-LuceAsian Art initiative

IDEAS - Image Database to Enhance Asian Studies

Digital Humanities Projects

Cliff Notes: Text&Image@Baodingshan [Flash file]

Baodingshan Parinirvana narrative in IMovie

Exhibitions

Yoshida "Evolution" exhibition

Earth, Water, Fire exhibition