Where to keep up with latest scholarship?

[dnosarth]

Hello everyone,

As I am preparing for this application season, I'm hoping to get some more advice on where and how the best to keep up with the latest scholarship.  

Apart from reading papers/books of POIs, going on the art bulletin, jstor etc., what resources are helpful for keeping up with new papers and/or conferences? My intended subfield would be modern chinese/japanese art if that matters. 

Sorry if this is naive question but would really appreciate any suggestions!

 

[roving99]

What are the major publishing houses in your field? Keep abreast of their new and upcoming scholarship. What are recent dissertations written in your proposed field? Take a look at their work and their arguments, look at their bibliographies. 
 

generally, use bibliographies. They are extremely helpful in finding new/alternative sources that you may not know of, particularly if it is interdisciplinary/a new approach. 
 

are you engaged with professional organizations in the field? They would probably offer book/article announcements and prizes that would be useful to you as well.