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...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Technological Changes on the Proto-Silk Roads: The Tao River Archaeology Project, Gansu, China” Speaker: Rowan Flad, Harvard University Time: March 23, 2018 (4:30-6:30 PM) Location: Seminar Room 3 & 4, Faculty House Around 4000 years ago a series of changes in subsistence and craft technologies conspired to radically … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Notes on the Note (ji 記) in Early Chinese Manuscripts: Between Administration and Affect” Speaker: Luke Habberstad, University of Oregon Time: March 02, 2018 (4:30-6:30 PM) Location: 1754 Board Room, Faculty House Students of early Chinese manuscript culture continue to debate various typologies of the ever-growing corpus of … [Read more...]