Dunhuang & Silk Road Seminar Series, Lent Term 2020
We hold a series of talks each term whose overall theme links with Dunhuang and the Silk Road. These take place in Room 7 on Thursdays. All talks will begin at 3pm, lasting an hour with time allocated afterwards for questions, debate, and discussion. We welcome listeners from all fields who feel that these talks may help their own research or who are curious to know about the diverse topics covered.
This seminar series is generously funded by the Glorisun Global Network.
- Thursday, 23rd January, 2020
Dr Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg and University of Warsaw
Spread of Paper-making Technology along the Silk Road
- Thursday, 30th January, 2020
(no seminar this week)
- Thursday, 6th February, 2020
Prof. Matteo Compareti, Shaanxi Normal University
The pre-Islamic Sogdian Painted Program at Afrasyab (Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
- Thursday, 13th February, 2020
Dr Antonello Palumbo, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
The Scripture of Laozi Ascending in the West and Reforming the Aliens: Taoism, Manichaeism and Imperial Propaganda in Two Tang Manuscripts from Dunhuang
- Thursday, 20th February, 2020
Dr Lilla Russell-Smith, Asian Art Museum, Berlin
Do we (mis)understand "iconic images" from Dunhuang? The “Sogdian deities” Reexamined
- Thursday, 27th February, 2020
Jing Feng, University of Cambridge
Revisiting the “Whirlwind Binding”: Evidence from the Dunhuang Manuscripts
- Thursday, 5th March, 2020
Dr Dirk Meyer, University of Oxford
Reading the Shi (Verses) Manuscripts of Anhui Daxue
- Thursday, 12th March, 2020
Dr Brandon Dotson, Georgetown University
Strange Gods and Strange Objects: Dice Divination along the Silk Roads
For further information, enquiries, and comments, contact:
Kelsey Granger
PhD candidate
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
E-mail: kl394@cam.ac.uk