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.
Silk mouth cover for Chigusa
WORKSHOP
Spring 2015
Workshop on Chigusa

Principal organizers: Andrew M. Watsky and Dora C.Y. Ching, Princeton University, with Louise Cort, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Portrait of Zeng Jing
Lecture
April 29, 2015
Sarah Kile
University of Michigan
Thinking with Lenses: Optical Technology in Literature and Visual Culture in Seventeenth-Century China
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Cosponsored by the Program in East Asian Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature
Artwork by: Unknown Artist . Artwork title: Jade object
Lecture
March 3, 2015
Lillian Lan-ying Tseng
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
Immortality in a Global Context: The Tomb of the King of Nanyue in Early China Revisited
5 00 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Art and Archaeology
Portrait of Lady Wanyan
WORKSHOP
Spring 2015
At Work with Artwork
Museum Curators

Jan Stuart, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Rubbing of the Shi Qiang pan
WORKSHOP
Spring 2015
Chinese Paleography

Guolong Lai, University of Florida

Organized by Kent Cao, Princeton University

Artwork by: Mang Huli. Artwork title: Seated Lady Holding a Fan
Lecture
November 19, 2014
Hiromi Kinoshita
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Building and Display: The Chinese Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Chigusa dressed in its net bag and mouth cover
Symposium
November 7–8, 2014
Chigusa in Context

In and Around Chanoyu in Sixteenth-Century Japan

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
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