Seminars

Founded
2002
Seminar Number
691

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.

Seminar Website

Co-Chairs
Glenda Chao
gchao@ursinus.edu

Ethan Harkness
harkness@nyu.edu

Rapporteur
Yong-ha Kim
yk2727@columbia.edu

Meeting Schedule

09/29/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	CANCELLED--Stirrings of the Heart, Stirrings of the Cosmos: The Worlds of Classical Chinese Aesthetics Paul R. Goldin, University of Pennsylvania

10/20/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	Hunting and Warfare: History of Shi 勢 in Early China Boqun Zhou, University of Hong Kong

11/10/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	Hepu and the Maritime Silk Road Francis Allard, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

12/08/2023	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	On the Newly Identified Phrase ‘Worry is gone’ yōu wáng 憂亡, in the Shāng Oracle Bone Inscriptions” Adam Schwartz, Hong Kong Baptist University

02/02/2024	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	Tracing the Origins and Evolution of the Signature System in Early Imperial China Hsinning Liu, Academia Sinica

03/29/2024	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	Local Administrative Centers and their Transitions during the Warring States and Qin-Han Period Tao Guo, Central China Normal University (China)

04/19/2024	Faculty House, Columbia University 4:30 PM	Remembrance in Clay and Stone: Early Memorial and Funerary Art of Southwest China Hajni Elias, University of Cambridge