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

(March-May meetings: Kent Hall 403 (Lounge); time to be announced for March meeting) 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

先秦史研究室

 

Paul Goldin Bibliographies

 

 

 

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 Schedule for 2007-2008:

 September 22, 2007; November 3, 2007

 February 9, 2008; March 8, 2008;  May 3, 2008

 

 

 Co-chairs for 2006-2007:                                                                           

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

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

 Rapporteur:

 Han-Peng Ho (Columbia University)--hh2117*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 2006-2008, 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-Spring 2007                                 

During the Spring of 2007, the Early China Seminar at Columbia University continued its wide-ranging discussions of the history, culture, archaeology, language, and art of China from prehistoric times up to 200 C.E.  (Continue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Presentations during 2007-2008

 

 

Past presentations: 2003-2004  2002-2003  2004-2005    

                                   2005-2006  2006-2007