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Events on October 28, 2012
LECTURE Symposium: Beyond the First Emperor's Mausoleum: New Perspectives on Qin Culture Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28, 20129:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Pillsbury Auditorium To register, call (612) 870-6323 or register online »
Held in conjunction with the MIA's presentation of "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy," this symposium will bring together 12 scholars from China, Europe, and North America who are authorities in early Chinese history, culture, art, and archaeology. The symposium will explore emerging perspectives on Qin culture and history in light of recent archaeological discoveries.
Topics include the sudden emergence of realism in the Terracotta Warriors, and the contributions of Qin cultural creativity and political/social innovations to the history of China.
Also on the agenda: Archaeological discoveries from present-day Gansu and Shaanxi provinces that have reshaped our understanding of the origins of the pre-imperial state of Qin and the rise of the Qin culture; recent excavations of bronze, gold, and jade objects that enhance our knowledge of Qin's interaction with other cultures and its contributions to craftsmanship; the finds of ancient documents that provide insights into the early Qin history; and numerous discoveries associated with the First Emperor's burial, which shed new light on our understanding of early Chinese mortuary practices and conceptions of the netherworld.
Papers presented at the symposium will be published by the MIA in 2013.
Schedule
Saturday, October 27
9 a.m., registration opens
9:30 a.m., Introduction by MIA Director and President Kaywin Feldman
9:45 a.m., "Inheritance, Innovation and Politics in Qin Art"
Defining Qin Artistic Traditions: Heritage, Borrowing and Innovation, Prof. Alain Thote, Centre de Recherches sur les Civilisations de l'Asie Orientale (CRCAO)
Artistic Naturalism and Bureaucratic Theory, Profs. Martin Powers and Sally Michelson Davidson, University of Michigan
Seal Script: The Enduring Legacy of Qin, Roderick Whitfield, Percival David Professor of Chinese and East Asian Art, Emeritus, SOAS, University of London.
12:45 p.m., break
2 p.m., "Qin's Interaction with Other Cultures"
Foreign Elements in Qin Culture: Materials, Manufacture, and Types, Prof. Jenny So, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Archaeological Discovery at Majiayuan and Its Cultural Connections to Qin and the Northern Steppe, Wang Hui, PhD, Director of Gansu Provincial Institute of Archaeology, China
Along the Alpine Road: Sichuan and Qin's Unification of China, Jay Xu, PhD, Director of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
4:45 p.m., first day of the symposium ends
5 p.m., museum closes
Sunday, October 28
9:30 a.m., "City, Burial and Ritual"
Qin Cosmography and the First Cosmic Capital, Xianyang, Prof. David Pankenier, Lehigh University
Imagining the Tomb of the First Emperor of China, Anthony Barbieri-Low, Associate Professor of Early Chinese History at the University of California, Santa Barbara
The Lone Bronze Tripod from the First Emperor's Tomb: What Was It Doing There with Bare-torso Terracotta Figures?, Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University
12:30 p.m., break
1:30 p.m., "Qin History, Culture and Art: New Light Shed by Archaeological Finds"
The Qin Bian nian ji (An Annalistic History) and the Beginnings of Historical Writing in China, Edward L. Shaughnessy, the Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Distinguished Service Professor in Early Chinese Studies and Director of the Creel Center for Chinese Paleography
Cinnabar and Mercury Industry of Qin and Early China, Prof. Kuang-yu Chen, Rutgers University
Qin Bronze: Impact from the Central Plains and the South, Liu Yang, PhD, Head of Asian Art Department & Curator of Chinese Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
4:30 p.m., symposium ends
5 p.m., museum closes
Generous support provided by Ruth and Bruce Dayton.
Admission: $120; $60 for MIA members; free to members of the Asian Art Affinity Group
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