Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Bronze-vessel Casting Industry and Regional Center of the Huai River Valley during the Shang (ca. 1400–1200 BC)”Speaker: Xiaolin He, Wuhan University (Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University) Time: March 29, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)Location: Faculty House *please check the announcement board in the first … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Consequences of the Food Globalization in Prehistory”Speaker: Xinyi Liu, Washington University in St. LouisTime: March 8, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)Location: 403 Kent Hall In the context of recent conversations on food globalisation in prehistory, there has been growing scholarly interests in … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Rewriting Early Chinese Technical Literature for the Age of Empire”Speaker: Ethan Harkness, New York UniversityTime: February 22, 2019 (5:00-7:00 PM)Location: Faculty House *please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information This paper presents an in-depth study of a constellation of … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Approaching Chinese Shamanism through a Comparative Context, With Assistance from the Early Chinese Song Cycle called 'The Nine Songs'”Speaker: Thomas Michael, Beijing Normal UniversityTime: February 1, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM)Location: 403 Kent Hall “The Nine Songs” are included in a Chinese collection called The Songs of Chu. … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “State and Environment in China's First Empire: A Political Ecology of Qin” Speaker: Brian Lander, Brown University Time: January 25, 2019 (4:30-6:30 PM) Location: 403 Kent Hall The state-strengthening reforms of the Warring States period created China’s first centralized bureaucracies, for the first time giving governments the … [Read more...]