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...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Researching the Cultural History of Xiangyang through Archaeological Remains” Speaker: Glenda Chao, Ursinus College Time: September 28, 2018 (4:30-6:30 PM) Location: 403 Kent Hall This paper summarizes the results of several years of study on the archaeology and history of Chu 楚expansion into the Xiangyang 襄阳 region. Focusing … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “On the Creation of the Warring States: An Exploration of a Historiographical Staple” Speaker: Miranda Brown,  University of Michigan; Wu Ruihan, Peking University Time: April 20, 2018 (4:30-6:30 PM) Location: Faculty House For almost a century, scholars have debated about what happened during the Warring States (Zhanguo) … [Read more...]