2007-2008 Calendar of Events

Special Events

February 20
Eurasian Archaeology Conference: "New Developments in Eurasian Archaeology from Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Transbaikalia."

Fall 2007 Seminars

October 9
David Pankenier, Lehigh University
"The Xiangfen, Taosi site: A Chinese Neolithic 'Observatory'?"
Meeting from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, White-Levy Room

October 30
Q. Edward Wang, Rowan University
"The Theory and Practice of Evidential Research: Qian Daxin (1728-1804) and the Ars Critica in Qing China."
Meeting from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, White-Levy Room

November 13
Janet Y. Chen, Princeton University
"Guilty of Indigence: The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1951."
Meeting from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm, White-Levy Room

December 7
Dr. Vimalin Rujivacharakul, University of Delaware
"Toyo and Dongyang: Japanese and Chinese Search for 'Chinese Architecture' in the Writing of World Architectural History (1880s-1940s)."
Meeting from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, White-Levy Room

December 11
Prof. Jonathan Skaff, Shippensburg University, Institute for Advanced Study
"Power through Patronage: Interethnic Political Networking in Tang China."
Meeting from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, West Building Seminar Room

SPRING 2008 Seminars

January 22
Margherita Zanasi, Louisiana State University, Institute for Advanced Study
"In search of political modernity: Sun Yat-sen and Western Social Sciences."
Meeting from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, White-Levy Room

February 13
Dr. Chao-Hui Jenny Liu, New York University
"Art and Ritual: Princess Tombs and the Funerary Procession in Tang China, 643-706 A.D."
Meeting from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, Dilworth Room - Rear

March 4
Bryan Cuevas, Florida State University, Institute for Advanced Study
"Sources for a History of Tibetan War Magic in the 16th and 17th Centuries."
Meeting from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, White-Levy Room

April 1
David Howell, Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study
"Homeland Security: Preparing for Foreign Invasion in Late Tokugawa Japan."
Meeting from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, White-Levy Room