Helen Kwong
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Blog Posts
Intended as short reads that offer bitesize extensions to social media content. Tap image to read (left to right):
Intended as short reads that offer bitesize extensions to social media content. Tap image to read (left to right):
- Japanese-American Landscapes
- Modern Asian Women Artists YSK
- Lamqua’s 19th-century portraits
Intended to read as a personal diary entry qua review using two-column format for image-dense content. Watch the accompanying Instagram Reel here.
Co-contributed an entry to the University of Leiden’s interactive visual database of objects. Part of “Trans-Asias: Early Modern Stories from the Courtauld”.
Of Lost Time
Conceptualized and published SEO web copy to increase keyword traffic to the imprint’s blog, in collaboration with industry-leading PR consultants.
Magazine Article
3,500-word article surveying key profiles of 19th-century Chinese migrants from research for “China’s Hidden Century” at the British Museum (May-Sept. 2023). Commissioned by the exhibition curators for a special edition of Arts of Asia.
3,500-word article surveying key profiles of 19th-century Chinese migrants from research for “China’s Hidden Century” at the British Museum (May-Sept. 2023). Commissioned by the exhibition curators for a special edition of Arts of Asia.
Catalogue Essay
600-word sample catalogue essay on a Qing-dynasty vase with the “Hundred Deer” motif in yangcai enamel, auctioned by Christie’s HK in 2018. Written as part of virtual exhibition examined for The Courtauld’s MA in History of Art programme.
600-word sample catalogue essay on a Qing-dynasty vase with the “Hundred Deer” motif in yangcai enamel, auctioned by Christie’s HK in 2018. Written as part of virtual exhibition examined for The Courtauld’s MA in History of Art programme.
Historical Practice
2,800-word timed examination essay on memory in History. Written and submitted for the Historical Argument and Practice (HAP) portion of the Historical Tripos, Part II during Easter Term 2020. Classed a First overall.
2,800-word timed examination essay on memory in History. Written and submitted for the Historical Argument and Practice (HAP) portion of the Historical Tripos, Part II during Easter Term 2020. Classed a First overall.
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Carousels – swipe on image to view
mediumsilk 💐 Happy Mother’s Day! This AAPI History carousel is dedicated to Mary Tape (1875-1934), a painter, photographer, telegrapher, activist, and most of all a mother who fiercely defended her Chinese-American children’s rights in American society. [...]
mediumsilk 🌸🌼 MARCH GALLERY ROUNDUP: New York | Los Angeles | London | Singapore
Wake up friends, it’s fair season! Here’s our pick of 8 gallery shows around the world to keep you busy this month, in case you need a break from Frieze [...]
Reels – tap to play in Instagram
Video series produced for Of Lost Time
Additional greenlit episodes complete with research, video scripts, and thumbnails:
- How long would you watch? | Charles Dickens on capital punishment
- Angry French workers really put stray cats on trial for witchcraft? | The Great Cat Massacre