THE EARLY CHINA SEMINAR

at                                                                                              哥倫比亞大學早期中國講座 

Columbia University

in the City of New York   

Location: Kent Hall 405, Morningside Camps / Time: 1:00 - 4:30 PM, Saturday

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Links:

University Seminars

CCK-IUC for Sinology

East Asian Department

Society for the Study

of Early China

中國文物信息網

中國考古網

簡帛網

Paul Goldin Bibliographies

先秦史研究室

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 Schedule for 2009-2010:

 October 25, 2009; December 5, 2009;  January 30, 2010;

 February 27, 2010;  April 10, 2010

 Co-chairs for 2006-2007:                                                                           

 David Branner (University of Maryland)--dpb23*columbia.edu 

 Li Feng (Columbia University)--fl123*columbia.edu

 Rapporteur:

 Nick Vogt (Columbia University)-- pnv2103*columbia.edu

Objectives of the Seminar

The Early China Seminar is an inter-university forum for the study of early Chinese civilization from the Neolithic period to the end of the Han Dynasty (A.D. 220). The seminar offers a multidisciplinary program, bringing together scholars from all fields related to early China—history, archaeology, art history, literature and language, religion and philosophy. The seminar aims at stimulating creative new insight and analysis based especially on recently discovered archaeological and textual materials and at promoting communications between scholars in the East Coast region and those outside of the region. We meet five times a year and each meeting futures two presentations. In the past four years, scholars from more than 15 institutions on the East Coast attended the seminar and more than 20 scholars from other regions and overseas were invited to present papers. The seminar is administered through Columbia University Seminars’ Office and co-sponsored by the CCK Inter-University Center for Sinology at Harvard University. It is held regularly in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, New York.

In 2006-2007, the seminar will focus on “Literacy and Social Uses of Writing in Early China”, and a series of papers will be invited to the seminar to address the issue, besides many other topics.                      

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Membership

Membership, including members for Columbia faculty and associate members for scholars from other institutions, can be obtained by sending the completed curriculum vitae form to the co-chairs. Membership is granted by the University Seminars’ Office on recommendation of the co-chairs to scholars with confirmed academic credentials such as teaching jobs and research publications on Early China. The seminar also welcomes the participation of graduate students and young scholars of ancient China. The complete cv-form should be mailed to:  Li Feng, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Kent Hall 407, MC: 3907, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027,  Fax: 212-678-8629                                                                      

Program Report-Fall 2006                                 

Profs. Li Feng 李峰 of Columbia University and David Prager Branner [林德威] of the University of Maryland served as co-Chairs of the Columbia University Early China Seminar again this past Autumn. The Seminar is the premiere venue for the study of Early China on the East Coast of the United States and has been supported since its inception by the CCKF.

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Presentations during 2009-2010

Past presentations: 2003-2004  2002-2003

                              2004-2005  2005-2006 2006-2007