Seminars

Early China

Year Founded 2002

Seminar # 691

StatusActive

The seminar focuses on early Chinese civilization from the Neolithic Age to the Han Dynasty and brings together scholars from all Early China related fields: history, archaeology, art history, literature and language, religion and philosophy. The seminar will facilitate interregional exchanges by inviting distinguished Sinologists from other parts of the country, and will publicize new archaeological discoveries.

Chair/s

Glenda Chao

Ethan Harkness

Rapporteur/s

Yong-ha Kim

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Meeting Schedule

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Past Meetings

Scheduled

06
Dec

December 6, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

A World without Hope: Putting an End to Luck in Early Chinese Thought

Speaker/s

Trenton Wilson, Princeton University

Scheduled

08
Nov

November 8, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

A Deep History of Human Activity in the Jiuzhaigou National Park

Speaker/s

Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, University of Washington

Scheduled

11
Oct

October 11, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Localizing Sagehood: Cultural Memory of Yao, Shun, and Yu in Shanxi

Speaker/s

Jae-hoon Shim, Dankook University

Scheduled

27
Sep

September 27, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

History and Lore: Interpretive Emplotment and ‘Empty Writing’ in the ‘Hereditary House of Zhao’

Speaker/s

Amelia Ying Qin, California State University, Sacramento

Scheduled

19
Apr

April 19, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Remembrance in Clay and Stone: Early Memorial and Funerary Art of Southwest China

Speaker/s

Hajni Elias, University of Cambridge

Scheduled

29
Mar

March 29, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Local Administrative Centers and Their Transitions During the Warring States and Qin-Han Period

Speaker/s

Tao Guo, Columbia University / Central China Normal University (China)

Scheduled

02
Feb

February 2, 20244:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Tracing the Origins and Evolution of the Signature System in Early Imperial China

Speaker/s

Hsinning Liu, Academia Sinica

Scheduled

08
Dec

December 8, 20234:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

On the Newly Identified Phrase ‘Worry Is Gone’ YōU Wáng 憂亡, in the ShāNg Oracle Bone Inscriptions”

Speaker/s

Adam Schwartz, Hong Kong Baptist University

Scheduled

10
Nov

November 10, 20234:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Hepu and the Maritime Silk Road

Speaker/s

Francis Allard, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Scheduled

20
Oct

October 20, 20234:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Hunting and Warfare: History of Shi 勢 in Early China

Speaker/s

Boqun Zhou, University of Hong Kong

Cancelled

29
Sep

September 29, 20234:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Faculty House

Stirrings of the Heart, Stirrings of the Cosmos: The Worlds of Classical Chinese Aesthetics

Speaker/s

Paul R. Goldin, University of Pennsylvania

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