ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on one small subfield of the Humanities: East Asian art history. East Asian art history is an aspect of what is often referred to as "Global Art History"—the expansion of the reach of art historical inquiry beyond the European tradition. This approach has traditionally been a strong suit of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLAs) Department of Art History, and this inquiry, though noncomprehensive, will throw some light on how this came to be. The history of Global Art History and especially of East Asian art history at UCLA is one of increasing parcelization into ever more minute areas of faculty competence. In the future, one may hope for a fuller utilization of UCLA's museum facilities for the benefit of students and faculty. The Hammer Museum in recent years has mounted several exhibitions of contemporary Chinese artists in its series "Hammer Projects," but without soliciting any input from the Art History Department's East Asia specialists.
