conferences & symposia

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Between Han and Tang: Cultural and Artistic Interaction in a Transformative Period
Department of Archaeology, Peking University
5-9 July 2000
6/23

Second Worldwide Society of East Asian Archaeologists Conference
University of Durham (England)
6-9 July 2000

Scholars from China, Korea, Japan, the U.S., and Europe participated in fourteen panels covering various aspects of East Asian archaeology. For the full program and paper abstracts, consult the conference web page.7/31

Yinxu Civilization: International Academic Symposium Commemorating 70 Years Since the Discovery of Sanxingdui
Guanghan, Sichuan
25 July 2000
6/23

International Symposium Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Hidden Manuscripts Cave at Dunhuang
Co-sponsored by the Chinese Studies, Chinese Cultural Studies Departments and the Center for the Promotion Chinese Culture of the University of Hong Kong
25-26 July 2000
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AUGUST 2000

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Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Archaeology Institute: International Academic Symposium on Chinese Archaeological Studies and World Archaeology in the 21st Century
1 August 2000

The Institute organized this international symposium in Beijing in order to develop the field of Chinese archaeology. In addition to the Beijing-based principals, over a hundred experts from more than twenty official government agencies at the provincial, municipal, and autonomous regions, from Hong Kong and Taiwan cultural relics and archaeology institutions, universities, and museums, as well as representatives from Australia, Canada, the U.S., Germany, England, Japan, Korea, and Spain attended the conference. Over a hundred papers covering every period were delivered, eliciting lively exchanges on theory, methodology, and the state of the field inside and outside China. Discussions also led to the evaluation of the Chinese and East Asian archaeology in the 20th century, with forecasts and recommendations for the direction of the field in the 21st century.8/31

International Academic Symposium on the History of Chinese Society
Central China Normal University, Wuhan
20-24 August 2000
Contact: Prof. Yan Changhong, Historical Research Institute, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
8/31

"Audiences, Patrons and Performers in the Performing Arts of Asia"
Leiden University (The Netherlands)
23-27 August 2000
7/31

The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology
University of San Francisco Pacific Rim Conference Center
26 August 2000
7/31

The 36th Annual International Congress of Asian and North African Studies: "Oriental and Asian Studies in the Era of Globalization: Heritage and Modernity - Opportunities and Challenges"
Montreal
27 August - 1 September 2000
http://www.bcoc.umontreal.ca/icanas/english/
7/31

European Association of Chinese Studies XIII Conference: "The Spirit of the Metropolis"
Torino, Italy
30 August - 2 September 2000
http://hal9000.cisi.unito.it/wf/ATTIVITA_C/Congressi-/Area-Umani/Convegno-S/
7/31

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Thirtieth International Congress of the History of Art: "Time"
London
2-8 September 2000
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/arthist/CIHA2000/Sections.html
7/31

2000 China (Shenyang) Painting and Calligraphy Art Festival
Shenyang, Liaoning
8-12 September 2000
6/23

Dunhuang 2000: The Medical Manuscripts
School for Oriental and African Studies, University of London
9-10 September 2000
7/31

"Mysticism, Reason, Art and Literature: East West Perspectives"
Ferrum College, Virginia (USA)
13-14 September 2000
Contact: Dr. Kisor Chakrabarti
8/31

Conference on Archaic Jades across the Taiwan Strait and International Symposium on the Studies of Chinese Archaic Jades
Taipei
18-22 September 2001
http://jade.gl.ntu.edu.tw/
7/31

"The History of the Book in China"
Charles University, Prague
18-29 September 2000
Contact: CCK International Sinological Center
8/31

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Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2000 Annual Meeting
California State University, Long Beach
6-7 October 2000
http://www.csulb.edu/web/misc/wcaas2k/
8/31

Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA)
Indiana Memorial Union on Indiana University
6-8 October 2000
http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/
9/30

The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Gallery of Chinese Painting
Ashmolean Museum Oxford, England
Opening 12 October 2000
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/

In celebration of the opening of the new gallery and in conjunction with the exhibition. Lectures include: Shelagh Vainker (Curator of Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum) on "Chinese Painting in Oxford, 1900-2000"; Wang Qingli (Hong Kong University) on "Leading Southern Artists in Beijing in the early Republic Period, 1912-37"; Jerome Silbergeld (University of Washington) on "The Avant Garde in the History of Chinese Painting"; John Onians (University of East Anglia) on "Continuity in Spite of Change in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art"; Jason Kuo (University of Maryland) on "Cultural Nationalism and Painting in Early Twentieth-Century China: The Case of Huang Binhong"; Chen Ruilin (Qinghua University Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing) on "Achievements and Innovations in Twentieth-Century Chinese Painting" and Shih Shou-chien (National Palace Museum, Taipei). For more information please contact lindsay.onions@ashmus.ox.ac.uk.9/30

New York Conference on Asian Studies 2000
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
19-20 October 2000
http://academic.strose.edu/nycas

The theme of the NYCAS Conference is "Asian Discourses Before and After Western Colonization and in the Next Millenium," which explores past values in Asian societies prior to Orientalism, Eurocentrism, and Westernization. Have the latter constructed a new context that has led to the reimagining of cultural and ethnic identities (ethnic nationalism, for instance?) due to acculturation to post colonial and post modern modes of thought and with what consequences in the next millennium? How these post colonial and post modern values would be reimagined in the next millennium?9/30

The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention
Washington, DC
24-28 October 2000
http://www.snuffbottle.org
6/23

MAR/AAS Annual Meeting
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
27-29 October 2000
http://www.dickinson.edu/prorg/maraas

The theme of the 2000 meeting is "Asia: Tradition, Memory and Change." 9/30

42nd Annual Conference for the American Association for Chinese Studies
28-29 October 2000
University of San Francisco, Lone Mountain Campus
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/aacs/aacs.htm
10/31

Buddhism and Art Lecture
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
29 October 2000, 3:00 pm
10/31

Education Programme - 2000 Years of Chinese Painting: Han Dynasty to Modern Times
Christie's New York
Until 16 November 2000

An eight-week programme designed to provide an intensive introduction to the painting and calligraphy of China. Seminars and lectures given by leading authorities in the field as well as weekly field study sessions held at public and private collections. A tea ceremony demonstration, calligraphy workshop and a seminar on buying Chinese painting at auction. For further information contact (212) 636-2195 or lwhitman@christies.com.10/31

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"Museums of Mankind and the Politics of Cultural Representation"
France
2-4 November 2000
Contact: Cordula A. Grewe, German Historical Institute
8/31

"Chinese Aesthetics: The Orderings of Word, Image, and the World in the Six Dynasties"
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
3-4 November 2000

The conference is funded by the State-of-the-Art Conference Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois. The conference is open to public.9/30

The Chinese Painter as Poet
China Institute in America, New York
10 November 2000
http://www.chinainstitute.org/classes/symposia.html
8/31

"Religios Mission and Art Fundacao Oriente"
Lisbon, Portugal
20-21 November 2000

Portuguese and international scholars, researchers, curators and all interested parties will meet to exchange research regarding Christian Missions in the East and the interaction between the arts of these regions. Speakers include: Gavin Alexander Bailey (Clark University) on "The Migration of Forms in the Art of the Jesuit Missions in Japan and China"; Milo Cleveland Beach (Smithsonian Institution) on "Christian Imagery and Mughal Paintings"; Rose Kerr (Victoria and Albert Museum) on "Missionary Reports on the Production of Porcelain in China"; Margarita Mercedes Estella Marcos (Centro de Estudios Historicos) on "Las Escultura de Marfil al Servicio del Culto en las Provincias Orientales de Espana y Portugal, ou El Dogama Catolico y su Representacion en las Escuelas Coloniales de Eboraria"; Michael Rogers (School of Oriental and African Studies) on "The Theatine Mission to Georgia of the Early 1630s, its Relation to Pietro della Valle Travels"; Maria Antonia Pinto de Matos (Casa Museu Dr Anastacio Goncalves) on "Christian Iconography in Chinese Porcelain"; Joao Paulo Oliveira e Costa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) on "Japanese Churches: A Place of Confluence, Religious and Artistic Sensibilities"; Jorge Santos Alves (Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica e Tropical) on "Religious Missions in China"; Maria Helena Mendes Pinto on "Furniture with Christian Iconography" and Pedro Moura Carvalho (SOAS). For more information, please contact Associacao Amigos do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal; tel 351 21 395 64 32; e-mail amigosdooriente@mail.telepac.pt. 9/30

"Ceramics from the Sea, The New Discoveries"
Salles de Conferences de la SCAM
Contact: SFECO, Musee Cernuschi, 7 Avenue Velasquez, 75008 Paris, m_j_crick@csi.com.
23-24 November 2000

Organized by the Musee Cernuschi and the Society Francaise d'Etude de la Ceramique Orientale, international specialists in the field of Chinese, Islamic, Thai and Vietnamese ceramics will examine the methods of documenting recent finds and address techniques of restoration and dating.8/31

"Interactions between India and China in the Era of Colonialism and Imperialism"
6-7 November 2000
http://www.asiasource.org/events/

Scholars wishing to participate in this seminar or wanting to know more about it are invited to contact the organizers as soon as possible at the following e-mail addresses: ics@ndf.vsnl.net.in and madhavi@del3.vsnl.net.in. Inquiries may also be made by phone to the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, India, at the following number on weekdays: +91-11-3388155. 10/31

"Arts of the Book in Asia"
The British Library, London
11 November 2000
http://www.orientations.com.hk/events3.htm

A study day featuring illustrated lectures by curators of the British Library's Asian collections in association with Asian Art in London. For further information, consult the British Library website.10/31

"On the Cusp of An Era: Art in the Pre-Kushan World"
8-11 November 2000
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City
http://prekushan@nelson-atkins.org/

The first symposium to define the formative stage of Buddhist and Hindu art that developed in a vast territory of South and Central Asia during the 2nd century BC-AD 100. Organized by Dr. Doris Meth Srinivasan, Curator of South and Southeast Asian art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the symposium assembles 24 of the world's leading scholars who will present papers surveying the diverse cultural and artistic heritage upon which so much of South Asian religious art is founded. For more information, visit www.nelson-atkins.org/symposium.htm.10/31

"Qing History (1600-1900) Through Things"
Princeton University
3-4 November

Co-sponsored by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. There are no papers for the six presentations, and the purpose of the workshop is to talk about the Qing field.11/30

"Resistance Door-Gods and New Demon-Quellers: Folk Imagery and Propaganda in the Anti-Japanese War"
Harvard University, Cambridge
Friday, 17 November 2000
11/30

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This two-day symposium will include lectures and discussions regarding Taoist art and relgion as expressed through sculpture, scripture, architecture, and paintings. It will run in conjuction with the exhibition Taoism and the Arts of China on display from 4 November 2000 to 7 January 2001: "The first major major exhibition of Taoist art to be shown in the United States." Taoism and the Arts of China will include 151 works of art illustrating the rituals, writings and artworks associated with Taoism. For more information, please contact the museum at (312) 857-7619.9/30

"The Buddhist Art and Religion of Xinjiang"
Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong
8 December 2000

Jointly organized by the Centre of Asian Studies, Hong Kong, the Museum fur Indische Kunst, Berlin and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Delhi. For registration contact tmyip@hku.hk.11/30

"Chinese Calligraphy in Context"
Metropolitan Museum of Art Uris Center Auditorium
http://www.metmuseum.org/

9 December 2000
Robert E. Harrist, Jr. (Associate Professor of Art History, Columbia University), "Wang Xizhi and the Culture of Chinese Calligraphy," 16 December 2000

16 December 2000
Robert E. Harrist, Jr. (Associate Professor of Art History, Columbia University), "Imperial Brushes: Rulership and Calligraphy in China"
10/31

The Theoretical Archaeology Group 2000
Oxford, England
18-20 December 2000
http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/sessions.htm
8/31

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40th Annual Meeting, Southeast Conference, Association for Asian Studies
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (USA)
12-14 January 2001
http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/kenb/seccall1.htm
8/31

American Historical Association 115th Annual Meeting
Boston
4-7 January 2001
http://www.theaha.org/annual/program/program.html.
11/30

"Tall Landscapes of the Late Ming"
Berkeley Art Museum
28 January 2001, 3:00 pm

Katharine Burnett, assistant professor at UC Davis and specialist in Chinese art history, will explore some of the reasons for the very tall and attenuated, sometimes heaped and piled, mountain landscapes that proliferated in the waning years of the Ming Dynasty, shortly before the country fell to Manchu invaders in 1644. Illustrating Professor Burnett's talk will be an outstanding group of paintings now on view in the galleries. For more information contact http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/asian_gallery/index.html#landscapes.11/30

Face of the Buddha
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
21 January 2001, 3:00 pm

In conjunction with the exhibition Face of the Buddha, adjunct Curator for Asian Art Sheila Keppel will discuss the exhibition of small Buddhist sculptures arranged to give a view of the breadth of Buddhist devotions throughout Asia. She will focus on two exquisite Chinese sculptures from the Northern Wei period, and a lovingly painted late Tang period image of the bodhisattva Guanyin, newly arrived from the Sackler Foundation in New York.11/30

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College Art Association Annual Conference 2002
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
20-24 February 2000
http://www.collegeart.org/
8/31

"Asceticism and Power in the Asian Context"
Royal Asiatic Society, London
23-24 February 2001
http://rai.anthropology.org.uk/anthcal/asianasceticism.html
8/31

Stolen Art/Fake Art: Problems of World Sculpture in Museums
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
25 February 2001, 3:00-4:30 pm

This two-part hands-on lecture and study session will focus on Southeast Asian sculptuer--specifically, on several intriguing stone heads that will be displayed for the program. Adjunct Curator Sheila Keppel, along with an expert in the field (to be announced), will address issues of connoisseurship and authenticity. The ongoing Face of the Buddha is a changing exhibition, and this program will provide a forum for discussion that will inform the selection of further works. Following Keppel's talk, Dr. Caverlee Cary will give a brief presentation about UC Berkeley's ground-breaking Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative. She will illustrate her talk with documented examples of art that has been damaged and/or possibly stolen.11/30

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"Transformation! - Innovation? Taiwan in Its Cultural Dimensions"
Ruhr University, Germany
7-9 March 2001
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/oaw/aktuell.html
8/31

"East/West: Points of Contact"
Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
15-17 March 2001
Contact: Lynn Estomin, Chair, Art Department
8/31

Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting 2001
Chicago, Illinois
22-25 March 2001
http://www.aasianst.org/annmtg.htm
8/31

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East Asian Conference - Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
3-5 April 2001

Three British associations separately dedicated to Chinese, Korean and Japanese studies will be organizing this event. For more information contact Lynn Baird, University of Essex, fax +44 1206 873 408.10/31

54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians
Toronto, Canada
18-22 April 2001
8/31

European Jesuits as Cartographers of China in the Last Decades of the Seventeenth Century
Warburg Institute, London
26 April 2001
10/31

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The Admonitions Scroll: Ideals of Etiquette, Art & Empire in Early China
Percival David Foundation Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia, No. 21
The British Museum, London
18-20 June 2001

In conjunction with a rare public exhibit at the British Museum, this colloquy focuses on iconic Admonitions scroll, a strikingly beautiful set of didactic and genre scenes about beauty and virtue at court in medieval China. Speakers from China, Taiwan, Japan, the U.S., and Europe include Chen Pao-chen, Craig Clunas, Nixi Cura, Jonathan Hay, Stephen Little, Charles Q. Mason, Shane McCausland, Alfreda Murck, Julia K. Murray, Jessica Rawson, Audrey Spiro, Eugene Wang, Wang Yao-t'ing, Wen Fong, Roderick Whitfield, Wu Hung, Yang Xin, Yin Ji'nan, Yu Hui, and Zhang Hongxing.11/30

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