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.
Illustration of Meditation Sutra
Lecture
April 28, 2008
Youngsook Pak
School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, and Yale University
Patronage and Pure Land Paintings in Koryŏ, 13th and 14th Centuries
4 30 pm
202 Jones Hall
Co-sponsored by the Buddhist Studies Workshop
Jue from Lijiazui Tomb 1
Symposium
April 26–27, 2008
Art and Archaeology of the Erligang Civilization
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword
Lecture
April 22, 2008
Joseph Earle
Japan Society
From Form to Picture: Japanese Sword Fittings in an Age of Peace
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Lecture
April 15, 2008
Bo Lawergren
Professor Emeritus, Hunter College
with Tomoko Sugawara, harpist and kugo player
The Ancient Asian Harp Reborn: An Illustrated Lecture and Musical Demonstration
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program and Department of Music
Bird-Man Creature Tending Sacred Fire
Lecture
April 10, 2008
Annette Juliano
Rutgers University
Intersections: Defining the Cultural Dynamic of North China in the Sixth Century
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology
Manuscript covers with three deities and three hierarchs
Symposium
March 7–9, 2008
Art History, Buddhist Studies, Tibet

New Perspectives from the Tibet Site Seminar

Arnold Chang Landscape after Dong Yuan
WORKSHOP
Spring 2008
Artist’s Workshop: Arnold Chang

The Essence of Chinese Landscape Painting: An Insider’s View

Workshop with Arnold Chang, Fellow in The Council of the Humanities and the Tang Center for East Asian Art

Artwork by:   . Artwork title: Untitled (Blank)
Lecture
February 16, 2008
Richard Curt Kraus
University of Oregon
The Commodification of Chinese Dissent for the Global Marketplace
9 30 am
101 McCormick Hall
Sheep and Goat handscroll by Zhao Mengfu
Graduate Student Symposium
February 16, 2008
The Art of Opposition
Calligraphy of the ancient sage king Cangjie
Lecture
December 6, 2007
Craig Clunas
Oxford University
Patterns Cut in Stone: The Kingly Replication of Culture in Ming China
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology
Artwork by:  Anonymous . Artwork title: Foguangsi wood hall, Wutaishan, Shanxi Province
Lecture
October 18, 2007
Cary Y. Liu
Princeton University Art Museum
Between the Titans: Constructions of Modernity and Tradition at the Dawn of Chinese Architectural History
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Still image (Wo) from Devils on the Doorstep
Tang Center Lecture Series
October 11, 2007
Jerome Silbergeld
Princeton University
Naming the Beast
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Still image from Jiang Wen's film In the Heat of the Sun
Tang Center Lecture Series
October 9, 2007
Jerome Silbergeld
Princeton University
Body Visible
4 30 pm
Artwork by:   . Artwork title: Manuscript fragment with stamped images of the Buddha. Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on the Names of the Buddhas, chapter 4
Symposium
September 28, 2007
Dunhuang Manuscripts and Painting

An International Symposium Honoring James and Lucy Lo

Bukan
Symposium
April 14–15, 2007
Re-presenting Emptiness

Zen and Art in Medieval Japan

Detail of Zhou Chen handscroll of The North Sea
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 5, 2007
Anne Clapp
Wellesley College
“What’s in a Name?”: The Biehao Painting in Chinese Landscape
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Detail of a handscroll by Dai Jin
Tang Center Lecture Series
April 2, 2007
Anne Clapp
Wellesley College
Conspicuous Seclusion: Commemorative Landscape Painting in China
4 30 pm
101 McCormick Hall
Vanessa Tran - Untitled
Lecture
February 20, 2007
Vannessa Tran
Artist, Seattle, Washington; Fellow in The Council of the Humanities and the Tang Center for East Asian Art
The Nature of Painting
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by The Council of the Humanities, the Program in Visual Arts, and the Princeton University Art Museum
Vanessa Tran - Untitled
WORKSHOP
Spring 2007
Artist’s Workshop: Vannessa Tran

The Nature of Painting

Workshop with Vannessa Tran, Fellow in The Council of the Humanities and the Tang Center for East Asian Art

Mandala of Simhavaktrā, the ‘Lion Faced’ dakini
Lecture
December 4, 2006
Marsha Haufler
University of Kansas
Thangkas for the Ming Court
4 30 pm
106 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program