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 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
Still image from I Wish I Knew
Lecture
November 14, 2012
Yomi Braester
University of Washington
Digital Effects and Cinephiliac Ethics: Chinese Film under the Sign of Globalization
4 30 pm
202 Jones Hall
Cosponsored by the Program in East Asian Studies
Vying for the Prize-Marker at Jinming Lake
Lecture
October 4, 2012
Ari Levine
University of Georgia
Read-Write Memory: How to Translate Images of Early Modern Chinese Cityscapes into Texts (and Back Again)
4 30 pm
202 Jones Hall
Cosponsored by the Program in East Asian Studies
Romance of the Western Chamber
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 19, 2012
Claudia Brown
Arizona State University
Scholar Zhang Peeks at Yingying: How Printed Books Inspired Painters of the Qing Dynasty
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Claudia Brown
The Qianlong Emperor Viewing Paintings
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 17, 2012
Claudia Brown
Arizona State University
The Emperor Commissions an Inventory: The State of the Field of Qing Painting Studies
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Claudia Brown
Detail of Southern Inspection Tour handscroll by Wang Hui
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 16, 2012
Claudia Brown
Arizona State University
Proceeding Down the Grand Canal: The Qing Emperors' Maps and Topographical Paintings
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Claudia Brown
Gu Wenda Free Expression
Lecture
April 13, 2012
Wenda Gu
Artist
Global Art and Chinese Culture: A Conversation with Wenda Gu
7 00 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Princeton University Art Museum, and the Program in East Asian Studies
Sutra from Jingoji Temple
Graduate Student Symposium
March 3, 2012
Myths and Orthodoxies in East Asian Art and Art History
Ikarugadera, Buddhist temple in Taishi, Hyōgo Precture, Japan, founded by Prince Shōtoku in 606
Lecture
March 3, 2012
Donald McCallum
University of California, Los Angeles
Asuka Myths and Orthodoxies: Ikarugadera – Umayado no ōji – Hōryūji
9 30 am
101 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum
Erlang and His Soldiers Driving Out Animal Spirits
Lecture
November 30, 2011
Carma Hinton
George Mason University
Tethered Tiger, Captured Dragon: Clearing Out Demons from Mountain Woods
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the Program in East Asian Studies, the Department of Religion, and the Princeton University Art Museum
Buddha in Karachi
Lecture
October 10, 2011
Rhi Juhyung
Seoul National University
Does Iconography Really Matter? Iconographic Specification of Buddha Images in Pre-Esoteric Buddhist Art
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the Buddhist Studies Workshop
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