Activities per year
Personal profile
Research overview
Jin (she/her) researches representations of Meiji Japan made by British artists between 1880 and 1910 under the supervision of Dr Luke Gartlan. Her project centres around Mortimer Menpes’ illustrated travel book Japan: A Record in Colour (1901) to explore the production, circulation and reception of pictures of Japanese subjects in the late Victorian and Edwardian visual culture. She is particularly interested in the intermedial and intertextual relationship between painting, photography and reprography. Focusing on cross-cultural encounters, Jin's thesis examines the entangled histories of Japan’s modernisation, British imperialism and globalising artistic practices towards the turn of the twentieth century.
Jin's project is funded by the School of Art History and the Janet T Anderson Trust. She has received further support from the British Association for Victorian Studies, the Company of Arts Scholars, St Leonard’s Postgraduate College, the Paul Mellon Centre and the Association for Art History.
Teaching activity
Tutor for AH2001 Modernity, Empire and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Letters, University of St Andrews
8 Sept 2022 → 29 Nov 2023
Master of Arts, University of Glasgow
5 Sept 2018 → 29 Jun 2022
External positions
Qualitative Researcher (Internship), The Royal Society of Edinburgh
15 Jan 2026 → 12 Jun 2026
Activities
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St Andrews Postgraduate Symposium of Art and Culture
Lednicky, A. (Chair of organising committee), JIN, C. (Chair of organising committee), Alessandrini Lupia, F. (Member of organising committee), Bourke, A. M. (Member of organising committee), Volochniuk, K. (Member of organising committee) & Mesonjnik, R. (Member of organising committee)
14 Oct 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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(Dis)Locating Images of Meiji Japan by British Artist-Travellers, c.1880-1910
JIN, C. (Speaker)
15 May 2026 → 16 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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After Paintings: Photomechanical Reproduction and the Experience of Art in Edwardian Visual Culture
Jin, C. (Speaker)
8 Apr 2026 → 10 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Race, Space and Access: A Zine Making Workshop on Art and Decolonisation
Ashraf, A. (Organiser) & JIN, C. (Organiser)
2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Citizenship, Culture and Ethics: Working in Partnership through Curating and Artistic Collaborations
Spencer, C. (Organiser), Ashraf, A. (Organiser) & JIN, C. (Organiser)
2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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British Association for Victorian Studies Research Funding Award
JIN, C. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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O.E. Saunders Memorial MLitt Art History Dissertation Prize
JIN, C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Paul Mellon Centre Research Support Grant
JIN, C. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)