Speakers:
Roderick B. Campbell, Assistant Professor, East Asian Archaeology and History, New York University;
Adam Smith, Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Columbia University;
Adam Schwartz, Graduate Student, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
Panelist/Discussants:
Lothar von Falkenhausen, Professor, Art History; Associate Director, Cotsen Institute, University of California, Los Angeles;
David Pankenier, Professor, Modern Languages and Literature, Lehigh University
Moderator: Wen-hsin Yeh, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies; Walter and Elise Haas Chair Professor in Asian Studies;
Richard H. and
Laurie C. Morrison Chair in History, University of California, Berkeley
Featured Speaker and Moderator:
Edward L. Shaughnessy, Creel Distinguished Service Professor of Early China; Chair, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
Featured Introductory Lecture:
Edward L. Shaughnessy, University of Chicago:
"David Keightley Visits the Shang Ancestral Temple."
Session One: Archaeology and Shang Civilization
Moderator: Edward L. Shaughnessy, University of Chicago
Roderick B Campbell, New York University:
"Wu Ding, Shang and the Central Plains Civilization: New Archaeological Work and its Potential"
Wang Tao, TBA
Discussant: Lothar von Falkenhausen, UCLA
Session Two: Oracle Bones and Shang History
Moderator: Wen-hsin Yeh, University of California, Berkeley
Adam Schwartz, University of Chicago:"Prayer in the Huayuanzhuang oracle bone inscriptions"Adam Smith, Columbia University:"Time in the Huayuanzhuang Dongdi oracle bones: reconstructing the scheduling of Shang ritual activity."Discussant: David Pankenier, Lehigh University