Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “The Inner Asian Frontier Re-examined: Shaping the Study of Artifacts and Mental Boundaries”Speaker: Yan Sun, Gettysburg CollegeTime: October 18, 2019 (5:30-7:30 PM)Location: 951 Schermerhorn Extension This presentation examines the role of artifacts in the Inner Asian Frontier (ca. 3000- ca.700 BCE) traditionally known as the … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Coining Chinese Civilization: The Emergence of Civilizational Consciousness in Early China”Speaker: Uffe Bergeton, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTime: September 20, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)Location: Faculty House (*please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information) Drawing on his book The … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Ornament, Text, and the Creation of Sishen Mirrors in Western Han China”Speaker: Jie Shi, Bryn Mawr CollegeTime: May 3, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)Location: Faculty House (*please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information) While Chinese mirrors cast before the mid-first century BCE were decorated with … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Material Culture, Identity, and Statecraft in the State of Zhongshan, Warring States Period”Speaker: Xiaolong Wu, Hanover CollegeTime: April 19, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)Location: 403 Kent Hall This talk gives a synopsis of a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during China’s Warring States Period (476–221 … [Read more...]