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龍應台對話UCLA

(Live via Zoom)

“From Wild Fire to the Big Sea”

She will discuss her body of work from “the Wild Fire野火集”(1985), to “Under Dawu Mountain大武山下”(2020), along with broader reflections on the relationship between literature and social change in the Chinese-speaking world.

Time: 7:00 PM, Friday, October 15, 2021

Register for Zoom link here

敦煌學說網上演講

Dunhuang, Made and Dedicated with an Undivided Heart

Virtual Lecture by Dr. Neil Schmid (史瀚文)

Host: George Washington Univ. Confucius Inst & Art History Dept

Near the oasis of Dunhuang in northwest China lie the Mogao Grottoes that contain thousands of images of pious donors dating from the fifth to the thirteenth century. Appearing across media, these images range from murals in caves to paintings on silk. Typically accompanying these devout portraits are cartouches with information about the donor together with their familial and social positions. This talk addresses several fundamental questions about Dunhuang portraiture and its role in the religious economy of medieval China, such as:

1) What, precisely, constitutes an individual portrait and its presentation of personhood?

2) Are there different types of portraits given social status, and if so what does this tell us about the gift of the image at Dunhuang and its attendant goals?

3) Do the physical circumstances of portraits, such as paintings on silk or in cave murals, differ in their presentation of individuals, or are there transmedial elements that unite donor, object, and goals?

This talk concludes with a discussion of how Dunhuang portraits demonstrate continuities in Chinese representations of the self while foreshadowing changes to come in later dynasties.

Thursday, March 11, 2021, 7pm (EST)

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