Forming Chinese Culture: From the Age of Confucius to the Early Imperial Age DAY 1

Date
Thu April 21st 2016, 2:30 - 4:45pm
Event Sponsor
Center for East Asian Studies
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Department of Classics
Confucius Institute
Location
Lathrop Library, Room 338, 518 Memorial Way
Forming Chinese Culture: From the Age of Confucius to the Early Imperial Age DAY 1
Speaker:

Thursday, April 21      Room 338, East Asia Library

2:30 pm           Opening remarks: Gordon Chang 

2:45 pm           Session 1         Discussant: Liu Li (Stanford)             Translator: Xiao Rao (Stanford)

Changping Zhang (Wuhan University) - The First Emperor’s Unification of China: The Cultural Foundation as Materially Manifested in the Yangzi River Region

Kunzhang Ji (Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology) - The Rise and Fall of Bronze Art During the Eastern Zhou pPeriod: A Case Study of the Development of Jin State Bronzes

Xiuzhen Li (Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum) – Ritual and Functional: Bronze Weapons for the Qin Terra-cotta Army

4:45 pm           End of Public Conference Activities for First Day

(Conference continues on Friday, April 22, from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm)

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