Part 2—The Age of Empires: Comparisons and Interactions between East and West in Antiquity. Free with Museum admission
Free with Museum admission; advance registration is required for each session.
Morning Session (10:30 am–1 pm), Afternoon Session (2:30 pm–4:30 pm)
Part 2—The Age of Empires: Comparisons and Interactions between East and West in Antiquity
Art, Archaeology, and the Han Empire
Session Chairs:
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art, The Met
Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, Department of Art History; Director, Center for the Art of East Asia; and Consulting Curator, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
Morning Session 10:30 am–1 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art, The Met
"Journey to the West"—The Story behind the Chinese Lacquered Boxes on the Crimean Peninsula
Margarete Prüch, Research Associate, Heidelberg University
New Horizons in Chinese Gold in the Han Dynasty
Sarah Laursen, Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Middlebury College and Curator of Asian Art, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Revisiting the “Old Jade Sire” at Mancheng Tomb 1 in Western Han China
Jie Shi, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, The University of Chicago
Discussion
Afternoon Session 2:30–4:30 pm
Emperor Jing’s Yangling: A New Model for the Han Imperium
Allison R. Miller, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Southwestern University
The Moveable Feast: Food and Eating on Han’s Empire’s Frontier
Alice Yao, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago
Han Objects in the Xiongnu Domain—A Steppe Perspective
Ursula Brosseder, Researcher, University of Bonn
Discussion
This program is presented as part of the symposium The Age of Empires: Comparisons and Interactions between East and West in Antiquity.
Part 1: China's First Emperor and the Wider World: Asia and the Greco-Roman World takes place Friday, April 7 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Keynote Program takes place Thursday, April 6 from 6 to 8 pm..
The symposium is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, and the NYU Center for Ancient Studies.
It is made possible by the Joseph Hotung Fund at The Met with additional support from the Rose-Marie Lewent Conference Fund at NYU, the NYU Global Institute for Advances Studies, the NYU Center for the Humanities, and NYU Shanghai.
It is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin & Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220).
Kneeling Archer (detail). Chinese, Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.). Earthenware, H. 49 1/16 in. (122 cm). Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong
At The Met Fifth Avenue - The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
#MetSpeaks #Symposia #Free Lectures
Free with Museum admission; advance registration is required for each session.
Morning Session (10:30 am–1 pm), Afternoon Session (2:30 pm–4:30 pm)
Part 2—The Age of Empires: Comparisons and Interactions between East and West in Antiquity
Art, Archaeology, and the Han Empire
Session Chairs:
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art, The Met
Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, Department of Art History; Director, Center for the Art of East Asia; and Consulting Curator, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
Morning Session 10:30 am–1 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art, The Met
"Journey to the West"—The Story behind the Chinese Lacquered Boxes on the Crimean Peninsula
Margarete Prüch, Research Associate, Heidelberg University
New Horizons in Chinese Gold in the Han Dynasty
Sarah Laursen, Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Middlebury College and Curator of Asian Art, Middlebury College Museum of Art
Revisiting the “Old Jade Sire” at Mancheng Tomb 1 in Western Han China
Jie Shi, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, The University of Chicago
Discussion
Afternoon Session 2:30–4:30 pm
Emperor Jing’s Yangling: A New Model for the Han Imperium
Allison R. Miller, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Southwestern University
The Moveable Feast: Food and Eating on Han’s Empire’s Frontier
Alice Yao, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago
Han Objects in the Xiongnu Domain—A Steppe Perspective
Ursula Brosseder, Researcher, University of Bonn
Discussion
This program is presented as part of the symposium The Age of Empires: Comparisons and Interactions between East and West in Antiquity.
Part 1: China's First Emperor and the Wider World: Asia and the Greco-Roman World takes place Friday, April 7 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Keynote Program takes place Thursday, April 6 from 6 to 8 pm..
The symposium is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, and the NYU Center for Ancient Studies.
It is made possible by the Joseph Hotung Fund at The Met with additional support from the Rose-Marie Lewent Conference Fund at NYU, the NYU Global Institute for Advances Studies, the NYU Center for the Humanities, and NYU Shanghai.
It is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin & Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220).
Kneeling Archer (detail). Chinese, Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.). Earthenware, H. 49 1/16 in. (122 cm). Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong
At The Met Fifth Avenue - The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
#MetSpeaks #Symposia #Free Lectures