Archaeology Seminar Series Lecture

4/22 Archaeology & EAAF Co-Sponsored Event: Asia at the World’s Fairs: An Online Exhibition of Cultural Exchange

Beginning with the earliest international exhibition at London’s “Crystal Palace” in 1851, “world’s fairs” became a prominent stage for the presentation of peoples and cultures of Asia to a world audience. With its rich, vibrant and diverse histories and cultures, Asia as represented at these universal expositions provided many fairgoers with their first encounter with […]

4/19 Archaeology & EAAF Co-Sponsored Lecture by Professor Alice Y. Tseng

Prof. Alice Tseng (Chair, and Associate Professor of Japanese Art and Architecture, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Boston University),  “Kyoto, A Modern Imperial City” Abstract: This talk explores the development of an imperial city without an emperor in residence. The story of Kyoto between 1868 and 1940 was not one of irreparable decline. The city thrived […]

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4/18 Archaeology & EAAF Co-Sponsored Lecture by Ms. WEN Yadi

The Boston University Center for the Study of Asia’s East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) and the CAS Archaeology Program are pleased to present “Lustrous Jades: Crafting Technology and Symbolic Meaning in China’s Earliest Nephrite Earrings at Xinglongwa” Ms. WEN Yadi (Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong.    

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Archaeology Co-Sponsored Lecture “A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan”

The BU Archaeology Program, Center for the Study of Asia East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF), and Preservation Studies Program, are pleased to present “A Healthy Long Life: Horticultural Practices for Cherry Trees in Japan” by Professor Ron Henderson (Illinois Institute of Technology— Department of Landscape Architecture). Abstract: Japan has many ancient cherry trees – some […]

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