Jinze Cui

• EMPLOYMENT HISTORY                                                       

2019-2020                         Lecturer – Chinese Philology, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Department of Humanities, University of Catania (UNICT), Italy 

2017-                                Traveling-Guideline Writer – Qyer.com

2012-                                Beijing Cooperating Cultural Tour Guide - Neoma Business School (Paris Campus) 

2012-2014                         Project Assistant (Exhibition Curator & Catalogue Editor) - Art Exhibitions China (official institute reporting to the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage for international cultural relic exhibitions) 

2011 (Feb-Apr)                   TV Host - Secret Architectural Documents, an architectural-culture talk show on China Central Television (CCTV) Dream Channel

2008 (Jun-Nov)                 Olympic Village National Olympic Committee Services Supervisor - The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

2007-2008                        Lecturer - History of Chinese Ancient Architecture, College of Arts and Science of Beijing Union University, China

2007 (Jun-Dec)                 Architect - Wande Wenmai International Architecure Design (Duliao Studio)

2006-2007                        Freelance Writer (English) Panorama A - Z, Column of Beijing history and cultural heritage on the English written monthly Metropolis.

• EDUCATION & TRAINING                                                        

2014 – 2020                       PhD in Architectural Heritage Conservation (candidate, in the process of finalising by the end of next academic year), Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation / Faculty of the Science of Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium

2009 – 2012                       Master of Arts in History in major of cultural relic architecture, School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, China

2002 – 2007                      BArch (Hons) in major of architectural design, College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, North China University of Technology, China

1999 – 2002                       Graduated, Peking Academy (Huiwen High School), PR China

• Roam for the Legend of Water (May, 2019) – NYTimes Travel Magazine 新视线 (Panorama of hidden cultural heritage treasures in southeast Shanxi province of China)
• Will the Restoration of Notre Dame de Paris Trigger another Black-and White Debate Today? (Apr, 2019) – Art Critiques column, ThePaper.cn
• Issues over the Controversial Restoration of Ancient Clay Statues in the Blue Lotus Temple (Sep, 2018) – Ancient Art column, ThePaper.cn
• Heritage Visions of Mayor Geng Yanbo: Re-creating the City of Datong (2018) - Chinese Heritage in the Making (Edited by Christina Maags & Marina Svensson), Amsterdam University Press
• Newly Seen ‘Xiajuan’ang’ Case in Southeast Shanxi: The West Side Hall in the Temple of Emperor Tang in Pingshang Village (Apr, 2018) - Chinese Cultural Heritage
• Reconstructing the Dragons in London: Faking or Revitalization? (Sep, 2017) – Ancient Art column, ThePaper.cn
• The Bridge that Removed Dresden from World Heritage List: An Act of Prejudice (Sep, 2017)  – Art Critiques column, ThePaper.cn
• Brussels’ Ancient City Wall and Cultural Identity (6 Aug 2017) - The People’s Daily
• How did an 800-Year-Old Monastery Become an European Super Zoo? (Jul, 2017) – Ancient Art column, ThePaper.cn
• Opinions on the Physical Re-establishment of Heritage Sites in China (Mar, 2017) - Chinese Cultural Heritage 
• The Totem of Ideal Human Habitat: The Timber Structure of Chinese Traditional Architecture (Mar, 2017) - Chinese Heritage Magazine by Chinese National Geography
• Traces of a Living Memory: Dongguan Assembly Hall Renovation Plan (Nov, 2016) - Beijing City Planning ＆ Construction Review (with DraftArch)
• Consoling the Scar of the Perpetrator: Notes on the Culture Heritage in Dresden (Nov, 2015) - World Heritage Geography
• Inspirations on the Adaptive Reuse of Religious Architecture in Europe (Oct, 2015) - World Heritage (with Thomas Coomans)
• The Chinese Memories of Nagasaki (Aug, 2015) - Chinese Heritage Magazine by Chinese National Geography (Panorama of the unique Chinese-related heritage sites in Nagasaki, Japan)
• A Chronological Study on Pre-ming Dynasty Religious Architecture in Central & South Region of Hebei Province (Apr, 2015) - China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (www.cnki.net)
• Reinvestigation of the Conservation and Reuse of Zhizhu Temple in Beijing (15^th Jan, 2015) - China Culture Daily
• The Fault of History (1^st May, 2014) - Chinese Heritage Magazine by Chinese National Geography (A non-professional reader friendly article focuses on the issue of keeping the palimpsest phenomenon during architectural heritage restoration. Two sites in the historical city of Zhengding were taken as references)
• Sidelights on the Arrangement of the Exhibition: Tea, a Shared Culture between Morocco and China (13^th Dec, 2013) - China Cultural Relic News
• Reincarnation of Songzhu and Zhizhu Temples (1^st Oct, 2013) - Chinese Heritage Magazine by Chinese National Geography (From the Beijing palace of Mongolian Buddhist leader Hotogtu to 2012 UNESCO Asia & Pacific heritage conservation award winner, this is the story of the 300 years of building, rebuilding, confiscation and restoration of the Buddhist temple-complex of Songzhu, Zhizhu and Fayuan in the Imperial City of old Beijing)
• Study on the Former Residence of Chen Baochen in Beijing (1^st May, 2013) - Beijing Observation
• 200 Years of Restoration on the Ming Tombs (1^st May, 2013) - Chinese Heritage Magazine by Chinese National Geography
• Mourning the Loss of the Memorial Temple of Xie Fangde (Sep 2008) - Outlook Weekly (by the Xinhua Press)
• Instant Hutong (Dec 2007) - Business Culture

• Keynote Speech: Deconsecration: Reviewing the Reconstruction Taboo in the Venice Charter from a Cultural Differences Approach. Shanxi University, College of History and Culture (Mar 2019)
• Organising & MC of Conference, Keynote Speech: Whose Nostalgia? Symposium on Reconstruction/Re-creation of Heritage Sites in China, C-Salon, Temple Restaurant Beijing. (May 2016)
• Discovered and salvaged important cultural heritage: The Former Residence of Chen Baochen, the Teacher of the Last Emperor in China at No.33 & 37 Lingjing Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing. 

Aiming to halt the demolition and save cultural heritage, submitted the Application of Cultural Heritage Identification to the Xicheng District Culture Committee with an attachment of independent historical research. The site was official listed in May 2014. This was the first exact winning case of civil-led legal campaign for heritage conservation in Beijing since the Interim Regulations for the Managment of Cultural Heritage Identification was published in 2009. http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/a-rare-partial-victory-in-saving-remnants-of-old-beijing/ (Mar 2013 - May 2014)

• MC for the Ceremony of 2012 UNESCO Asian-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation Award: Restoration Project of the Zhizhu Temple in Beijing. (May 2013)
• Keynote Speech: Public Participation on Cultural Heritage Protection Issues in Beijing. The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (May 2013)
• Keynote Speech: Campaign for the Conservation of the Former Residence of Chen Baochen, the Teacher of the Last Emperor in China. Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (Apr 2013)
• Discovered and salvaged important cultural relic: The Garden of the Family of Suo at No.37 Qinlao Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing. 

​Aiming to halt the demolition and save cultural heritage, submitted the Application of Cultural Relic Identification to the Dongcheng District Culture Committee with an attachment of independent historical research.  Cooperated with The Beijing News, BTV, China News Service and China Culture Daily, aiming to halt the demolition and save cultural relic. (Feb-Mar 2012)

• Keynote Speech:  History of Beijing and Chinese Cultural Relic Protection, Atkins (Architecture) Beijing. (Mar 2012)
• Keynote Speech: Chinese Ancient Architecture and Cultural Relic Protection, Architecture & Art, a magazine associated with the Architectural Society of China. (Mar 2012)
• Invited to lecture on the history and ancient architecture of Beijing on the 4^th Walmart China Women in Leadership Forum. (Feb 2012)
• Monograph - The Analysis of the North Song – Qing Dynasties Relic of Yuhuang Daoist Temple in Changchun Village, Changzhi, Shanxi Province. Graduate Students Salon of Professor Zhang Bo’s Team, North China University of Technology (NCUT). (Jan 2012)
• Monograph - The Analysis of the North Song – Qing Dynasties Relic of Yuhuang Daoist Temple in Changchun Village, Changzhi, Shanxi Province. Graduate Students Forum on Historical Architecture 2011, Peking University. The forum was held in cooperation with the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University and the School of History, Renmin University of China. (Dec 2011).
• Participation in the making of cultural relic conservation plan - General Plan for the Conservation of the Temple of the Salina in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, a cooperative project between the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University and the Cultural Relic Protection Centre of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province. (Nov 2011)
• Discovered and reidentified of important cultural relic - The North Song Dynasty remains of the Hall of Grand Buddha in the Yuhuang Daoist Temple in Changchun Village, Changzhi, Shanxi Province. (Oct 2011)
• Discovered important cultural relic - The “First Year of Tiansheng Period” (Tian Sheng Yuan Nian, 1023 AD) ink inscription on the beam of the Main Hall of the Temple of Lord Ji (Ji Wang Miao) in Wanrong, Shanxi Province.

The discovery is taken as the key evidence to prove that the hall is the only existing example of North Song Dynasty wooden architecture built with Wudian roof style. (May 2011)

• General Census of Heritage: Hanging Lotus Gate: a General Survey and Relative Dating Seriation Study on Traditional Residences in Historical Beijing. In cooperation with Tam Lui. (2011-2012)
• Participation in the making of cultural relic conservation plan - Conservation Plan for the Site of Ancient Zhongshan City, a National Degree Cultural Relic Protection Unit, 2010 – 2025, a cooperative project between the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University and the Hebei Provincial Ancient Architecture Protection and Research Institute. (2010)
• Cultural relic rescue - the District Degree Cultural Relic Protection Unit, the Five Stone Tributes in Fengtai District, Beijing, was found partly stolen and a rescue campaign was initiated in cooperation with The Beijing News and The Evening Paper of Law.  (2010)
• Cultural relic rescue - Former Huitongsiyi State Guest House, the precious Ming Dynasty wooden building in the Xicheng District of Beijing, was demolished by real estate developer and a rescue campaign was initiated in cooperation with The Beijing News. (2008)
• Keynote Speech: Cultural Heritage Conservation Issues in China, the Western Returned Scholars Association in Beijing. (2008)
• Keynote Speech: Chinese Ancient Architecture and Cultural Heritage Conservation Issues in China, School of History, Beijing Normal University. (2008)
• Cultural relic rescue - Reported the bad protection conditions of the Bridge of Flying Immortals (Sheng Xian Qiao), a Provincial Degree Cultural Relic Protection Site in Xingtang Town, and Interviewed by Yanzhao Evening News on the issue of historical bridges protection in Hebei Province. (2008)
• Invited On-screen Speaker - for Historical Hutong, a short movie made by Monumental Adventure Productions Ltd partnered with Flora Montgomery. www.monumentaladventure.com (2008)
• Participation in the Organizing of Exhibition - Instant Hutong, Blue Rock Space, The China Millennium Monument. (2007)
• Team Work Leader: Report to the Survey on the Hall of Heavenly Kings in Qinghua Temple.

The project won the second prize of the 3^rd Science and Technology Thesis Competition of the Science Department of NCUT. (2005)

• Participation in the Activities as Observer: The European Union supported project: Asia Urbs Chn5-08,Beijing, a co-operation project between Rome, Paris and Beijing. (2004 - 2005)