2025 – 2026 Academic Year Schedule
Early China Seminar Lecture Series
Sponsored by
Tang Center for Early China;
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University;
Columbia University Seminars
Time
All Meetings will be on Friday, 4:30-6:30PM, unless otherwise noted, open to members, affiliates, and graduate students.
The Early China Seminar will continue its traditional in-person format on Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus for 2025-2026! Please click on ”Request Pre-circulated Paper” to register for the events. All visitors without a CUID are required to receive pre-authorization to gain access to Morningside campus as per guidelines of Columbia Morningside campus access.
We look forward to seeing you in our in-person meetings.
Schedule
09/26/2025
Speaker: Chris Kim, New York University
Title: “The Paradox of Hegemony: The Logics of Political (Dis)integration and Lineage Segmentation in Spring and Autumn China”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Kent 403
10/17/2025
Speaker: Andrew Meyer, Brooklyn College CUNY
Title: “Master, State and Patron: Three Models of Literati Engagement During the Warring States Period (481 B.C.E.-221 B.C.E.)”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Faculty House
11/07/2025
Speaker: Chenchen Lü, Harvard University
Title: “Digital Mawangdui: Visualizing the Art of Transformation through Scientific Imaging and Multimedia Storytelling”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Faculty House
12/05/2025
Speaker: Shu-Li Wang, Academia Sinica
Title: “The Cult of the Yellow Emperor in China: Heritage, Identity, and Local Placemaking”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Kent 403
01/30/2026
Speaker: Liang Cai, University of Notre Dame
Title: “Convict Politics: From Utopia to Serfdom in Early China (221 BCE—23 CE)”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Kent 403
02/27/2026
Speaker: Liye Xie, University of Toronto
Title: “Divergent Paths: Ritual, Power, and Collective Action in Liangzhu and Shijiahe”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Faculty House
03/13/2026
Speaker: Shirley Chan, Macquarie University
Title: “Conceptualizing Crisis in Early China”
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM EST
Venue: Faculty House
