Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.

Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. Dr. Clark is a Professor of Chinese history at Whitworth University. This site, while authorized, is not monitored by Dr. C.

See the "Notes" section for academic articles and books on cultural interaction between China and the West.

A lovely photo of the "Model of Qufu“ produced for the 1925 Vatican Missionary Exhibition showing the Temple of Confuciu...
09/04/2026

A lovely photo of the "Model of Qufu“ produced for the 1925 Vatican Missionary Exhibition showing the Temple of Confucius.

Beautiful Memories - Images of the Clarks conducting research in Shanxi in preparation for the book, Heaven in Conflict ...
08/26/2026

Beautiful Memories - Images of the Clarks conducting research in Shanxi in preparation for the book, Heaven in Conflict (University of Washington Press, 2014).

A lovely image of Bishop Celso Costantini (far left at the table) and other missionaries in China (ca. 1924) - Western e...
08/26/2026

A lovely image of Bishop Celso Costantini (far left at the table) and other missionaries in China (ca. 1924) - Western ecclesial wear was certainly the fashion of the Catholic leadership in China during the Republican Era (1912-1949). [Anthony E. Clark Collection]

Just posted.
08/24/2026

Just posted.

Unbroken: News from the Church in ChinaOne sentence in a popular Qing dynasty book by the Manchu novelist, Wen Kang (文康, fl. 1850) describes China’s Catholics today. “Bend a hundred times but never break (百折不撓)!”1 August 23, 2026 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. Analysis, Clark on China, Co...

Photograph of Bell Blessing Rite in China. This image features a French bishop blessing a new bell to be installed in a ...
08/20/2026

Photograph of Bell Blessing Rite in China. This image features a French bishop blessing a new bell to be installed in a Chinese Catholic Church. The bishop wears a traditional Roman mitre, while his assistants were jijin hats particular to China. Anthony E. Clark Collection (Nani Plates).

Just discovered - photograph of Anthony Clark with Bishop Sylvester Li Jiantang (李建唐主教, 1925-2017) at Taiyuan. Bishop Li...
08/18/2026

Just discovered - photograph of Anthony Clark with Bishop Sylvester Li Jiantang (李建唐主教, 1925-2017) at Taiyuan. Bishop Li, who had been imprisoned from 1966 to 1980, is seen here while he met with Professor Clark to help him with his research regarding the Chinese Catholics who perished during the Boxer Uprising in 1900. Li was a descendant of Chinese martyrs.

08/11/2026

Just arrived in the mail - beautiful cover!

Here is a rare photo, indeed - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in Nanjing during his trip to China in 1948. Anthony E. Clark Coll...
08/07/2026

Here is a rare photo, indeed - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in Nanjing during his trip to China in 1948. Anthony E. Clark Collection

Incredible photograph taken during Holy Mass - Père Vincent Lebbe administers Communion to the Little Brothers of St. Jo...
07/28/2026

Incredible photograph taken during Holy Mass - Père Vincent Lebbe administers Communion to the Little Brothers of St. John the Baptist (Les Petits frères de Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 耀汉小兄弟会) in China, 1938.

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