Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Remembrance in Clay and Stone: Early Memorial and Funerary Art of Southwest China”Speaker: Hajni Elias, University of CambridgeTime: April 19, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)Venue: Faculty House*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. This talk, based on my manuscript of the same title, examines … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Local Administrative Centers and their Transitions during the Warring States and Qin-Han Period”Speaker: Tao Guo, Columbia University / Central China Normal University (China)Time: March 29, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)Venue: Faculty House*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. The Warring … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Tracing the Origins and Evolution of the Signature System in Early Imperial China”Speaker: Hsinning Liu, Academia SinicaTime: February 2, 2024 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)Venue: Faculty House*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. In Juyan Han manuscripts, distinct handwriting styles for personal … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “On the Newly Identified Phrase ‘Worry is gone’ yōu wáng 憂亡, in the Shāng Oracle Bone Inscriptions”Speaker: Adam Schwartz, Hong Kong Baptist UniversityTime: December 8, 2023 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)Venue: Faculty House*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. Among a recently published … [Read more...]

Early China Seminar Lecture Series Title: “Hepu and the Maritime Silk Road”Speaker: Francis Allard, Indiana University of PennsylvaniaTime: November 10, 2023 (4:30-6:30 PM EST)Venue: Faculty House*Please check the announcement board in the first floor lobby for room information. Located on the northern shore of the Beibu Gulf in southern China, the site of Hepu is … [Read more...]