Calendar of Events

Tang Center events are free and open to the public, but advance registration is recommended for some events, where noted. Reservations will be accepted in the order they are received. Register for events here.
Tea leaf storage jar called "Chigusa" dressed with silk cord and mouth cover
Lecture
November 7, 2014
Takeuchi Jun’ichi
Eisei-Bunko Museum, Tokyo
The Art of Tea in Sixteenth-Century Japan
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Cosponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology, the Princeton University Art Museum, and the Program in East Asian Studies
Tea storage jar named "Chigusa" with red silk mouth cover
EXHIBITION
October 11, 2014 – February 1, 2015
Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan

Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Chinese manuscript booklet of the Lotus Sutra
Symposium
September 6–8, 2014
Dunhuang Manuscripts

The Next Twenty Years

Detail of Map of the Grand Canal from Beijing to the Yangzi River
WORKSHOP
Summer 2014
Parallels and Convergences
Lee Ufan Relatum
WORKSHOP
Spring 2014
At Work with Artwork
Museum Curators

Alexandra Munroe, Guggenheim Museum

Detail of Hwaseong wonhaeng do Banchado
WORKSHOP
Spring 2014
Korean Art

Yi Sŏng-mi, Academy of Korean Studies

Principal organizer: Dora C. Y. Ching, Princeton University

Artwork by: Unknown . Artwork title: Screen of Ten Symbols of Longevity
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 17, 2014
Yi Sŏng-mi
The Academy of Korean Studies
The Symbolism and Functions in Korean Palace Screen Paintings
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Yi Sŏng-mi
Artwork by: Yi In-mun. Artwork title: Mount Geumgang Viewed from Danbal-ryeong Ridge
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 10, 2014
Yi Sŏng-mi
The Academy of Korean Studies
True-View Landscape of the Late Joseon Period (17th–20th Century)
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Yi Sŏng-mi
Artwork by: An Gyeon. Artwork title: Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Spring
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 8, 2014
Yi Sŏng-mi
The Academy of Korean Studies
Korean Art in Its East Asian Context
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Yi Sŏng-mi
Shoki Fighting for a Courtesan
Graduate Student Symposium
March 1, 2014
Wit and Humor

Visualizing Playfulness in East Asian Art

Tea bowl
Lecture
March 1, 2014
Christine Guth
Royal College of Art
Material Translations: Wit in Japanese Lacquer
9 30 am
101 McCormick Hall
Artwork by: . Artwork title: Mount Tai. One of the five Marchmounts Illustrations from Wuyue you cao
Lecture
February 17, 2014
J.P. Park
University of California, Riverside
Art by the Book: Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Detail of Hon’ami Kōetsu handscroll
Lecture
February 11, 2014
John Carpenter
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Poetry in Ink: Form and Rhythm in Japanese Calligraphy
5 00 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Detail of handscroll by QIao Zhongchang
Lecture
October 7, 2013
Martin Powers
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Pictorial Citation in Song China: Theory and Practice
5 00 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Cosponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology
Artwork by: . Artwork title: Pouring vessel with dragon-head lid (guang)
WORKSHOP
Spring 2013
Art History and Conservation Science:
An Art Historian’s View of Technical Studies of Chinese Bronzes

Robert Bagley, Princeton University

Organized by Kin Sum (Sammy) Li

Artwork by: . Artwork title: Tagasode ("Whose Sleeves?")
WORKSHOP
Spring 2013
Art History and Conservation Science:
Toward an Understanding of Japanese Paintings: Formats, Materials, and Techniques

Jennifer Perry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Organized by Kin Sum (Sammy) Li

Artwork by: Unknown photographer . Artwork title: Buddhist scriptures on stone
Symposium
April 20, 2013
Enduring Dharma

A Symposium on the Inscription of Buddhist Scriptures on Stone

Film still from Writing in Water
Lecture
February 20, 2013
Angela Zito
New York University
Writing in Water: A Film Screening in Chinese with English Subtitles
7 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Cosponsored by the Program in East Asian Studies, Film Studies, and the Department of Religion
Detail of Two Landscapes Inspired by the Poetry of Du Fu
Lecture
February 12, 2013
Peter Sturman
University of California, Santa Barbara
Family Matters: The Strange Case of the ‘Poetic Ideas’ Scroll Attributed to Mi Youren and Sima Huai
5 00 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Cosponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology
Artwork by: Composite view . Artwork title: Gabriel Orozco, Black Kites, 1997 (left); Murakami Takashi, Time Bokan, 2001 (center); Subodh Gupta, Very Hungry God, 2006 (right)
Lecture
November 15, 2012
Bert Winther-Tamaki
University of California, Irvine
Global Convergences: Japanese, Indian, and Mexican Art Since 1876
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
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