Helen Loveday


Helen Loveday is a lecturer in Chinese and Japanese art at the University of Geneva and curator of the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva. She has written extensively on Asian art and translated a number of books.

Early life

Helen Loveday was born in Geneva in 1962. She earned a BA in Chinese studies and a PhD in Chinese archaeology from the University of Oxford.

Career

In 2002, Loveday became a lecturer in Asian art at the University of Geneva where she teaches Chinese and Japanese art. She has been an independent researcher and is also curator of the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva.
Loveday has written widely on Asian art. Among the books she has translated into English is Luce Boulnois's La route de la soie-dieux, guerriers et marchands which was published in English in 2004 as Silk Road: Monks, warriors & merchants on the Silk Road.

Selected publications

Articles