The Asian Cultural Heritage Forum (ACHF) Lecture Series and the CAS Archaeology Seminar Series are very pleased to present

Dr. Jianlan Wang

(Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, and Visiting Researcher, BU Archaeology Program)

Join us in person in the Gabel Museum (in BU’s Stone Science Building Room 253, 675 Commonwealth Ave. Boston)
or by Zoom at https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/8337569088?pwd=N3JXTjFURDBCUFdhVUpQVi84em9SUT09

About the speaker:

Dr. Jianlan Wang is an associate professor in the School of Conservation at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts in Shanghai, China. She teaches a range of courses on conservation science dedicated to the education and development of the next generation of heritage conservators. Dr. Wang earned her MSc. In Organic Chemistry at Nanjing Forestry University, and her PhD in Chemistry at Queen’s University, Belfast, UK. We are delighted that she is spending the Fall 2022 semester as a Visiting Researcher in the Boston University CAS Archaeology Program.

Dr. Wang has worked collaboratively with the International Dunhuang Project (IDP) in the British Library on the conservation of silk and paper manuscripts from the Tang Dynasty (618-908 CE) from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang, now part of the Aurel Stein Collection in the British Library. Her recent work includes non-destructive analysis and identification of archaeological organic materials; new approaches to the analysis and conservation of archaeological materials, and the evolving nature of conservation ethics.

The conservation of cultural heritage materials has developed into an increasingly interdisciplinary field, and this presentation will focus on issues and challenges surrounding the conservation of ancient Buddhist manuscripts, specifically on the study of silk-faced manuscripts from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang.