Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Water Management in Prehistoric China: A Case Study of the Jianghan Plain (6000-4000 BP)”Speaker: Jianguo Liu, Chinese Academy of Social SciencesTime: December 11, 2020 (8:00-10:00 PM EST)Presentation in English; Q&A in English and ChineseThe event will be held via Zoom. Please click on "Request Pre-circulated Paper" to register … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Good Wives? Jealousy and Domestic Violence in Marriages in Early China”Speaker: Olivia Milburn, Seoul National UniversityTime: November 6, 2020 (7:00-9:00 PM EST)The event will be held via Zoom. Please click on "Request Pre-circulated Paper" to register for the event. Throughout Chinese history, jealousy (du 妒) has been a … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Understanding Hongshan Core-Zone Households and Communities”Speaker: Christian E. Peterson, University of Hawaii at ManoaTime: October 23, 2020 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)The event will be held via Zoom. Please click on "Request Pre-circulated Paper" to register for the event. Hongshan period (4500-3000 BCE) societies of northeastern … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “What were the Prime Movers for the Transition to Agriculture: Insights from Archaeological Research in Northeast China”Speaker: Gideon Shelach-Lavi, The Hebrew University of JerusalemTime: September 25, 2020 (9:00-11:00 AM) The reasons and processes that led hunter-gatherers to transition into a sedentary and agricultural way of … [Read more...]