Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.

After one of the most demanding academic years, this summer is for long-neglected reading and ... beginning new research for another book.

Beautiful carving of Our Lady of China from the orphans of Tushanwan, Shanghai, in the 1930s. This carving is held in the research library of Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in Sankt Augustin, Germany. [Photographed by Anthony E. Clark]

China's first cardinal, Thomas Tian Gengxin 田耕莘 (1890-1967) after his consecration in Beijing in 1939. [Anthony E. Clark Collection]

Some Chinese catechism posters are more striking than others!

Prof. Anthony Clark at Guchengying Village (Shanxi) with the descendants of Catholic martyrs who died during the Boxer Uprising in 1900 – taken while conducting research for his book, Heaven in Conflict (University of Washington Press, 2014). Photo taken in 2008.

Wonderful meeting of scholars at DePaul University - time for deep dish pizza with old friends and new!

Uncovered photos of the Yangjiaping Trappist monastery near Beijing before Communist forces under General Zhu De (1886-1976) destroyed the buildings and led the monks on a protracted death march in 1947. [Collection of Sept-Fons Abbey/Notre-Dame de Sept-Fons]

Anthony Clark to present at the "Vincentians and the Papacy Symposium" at DePaul University - April 29, 2026.

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The Ricci Institute at Boston College was a marvelous venue for the recent workshop, "Bridging Faith and Nation: Passionist Missionary Footprints in Republican China" (16-17 April 2026). Professor Clark delivered a paper ("“Images, Media, and Method in Republican China”) and enjoyed rich intellectual discussion with the participants and the event organizers, Fr. Robert Carbonneau, CP, and Dr. Wu Xiaoxin. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻!

Rare group photo of Bishop Celso Costantini and the other ecclesiastics who attended the First Plenary Council for China (第一届中国主教会议) at Shanghai in 1924.