Lectures

The Tang Center Lecture Series was inaugurated in 2003 as a forum for eminent scholars to present their current research, first in lectures and then in a published volume. The Tang Center invites renowned scholars from around the world to deliver a series of lectures on a topic in East Asian art history.

Past Tang Center Lecture Series

Detail of Zhao Gan, Early Snow on the River
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2024
Wu Hung
University of Chicago
Rethinking the Tenth Century: A Pivotal Period in the History of Chinese Painting
Eggplant shaped tea caddy named Tsukumo
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Fall 2022
Christine Guth
Head, Asian Specialism, Royal College of Art / Victoria and Albert Museum History of Design Program (emerita)
Meibutsu and the Formation of Japan’s Artistic Canon
Artwork by:  Unknown . Artwork title: New Year's Eve
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Fall 2019
Jan Stuart
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
The Art of Assemblage: Two Lectures on Interior Display in Ming and Qing China
Veined marble landscape by Ruan Yuan
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2016
Robert E. Harrist, Jr.
Columbia University
Beyond Brush and Ink: Two Lectures on Medium, Image, and Landscape in China
Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2014
Yi Sŏng-mi
The Academy of Korean Studies
“True-view,” Court Art, and Cultural Context: Debates in Korean Art History
Detail of Southern Inspection Tour handscroll by Wang Hui
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2012
Claudia Brown
Arizona State University
Empire and Artistic Practice in the Era of Manchu Rule
Artwork by:  Kaikei . Artwork title: Amitabha Triad
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Fall 2008
John M. Rosenfield
Harvard University
Icons, Rituals, and Paths to Salvation: Three Lectures on the History of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
Still image from Devils on the Doorstep (Interrogation)
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Fall 2007
Jerome Silbergeld
Princeton University
Body Talk in Two Chinese Films by Director Jiang Wen
Tang Yin painting of Shiming serving tea
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2007
Anne de Coursey Clapp
Wellesley College
Commemorative Landscape Painting in China
Detail of Zhao Mengfu handscroll
TANG CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Winter 2004
Wen C. Fong
Princeton University
Three Lectures on Chinese Art History