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Lecture

October 5

 UC Hastings Snodgrass Hall, 198 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

“Ming China and the Silk Roads” Part of the Arts of Asia Lecture Series titled “Desert Encounters: Arts, Cultures and Kingdoms of the Silk Roads”

10:30 am–12:30 pm

‘Steppe’ into the past on a cultural journey covering half the globe and 2500 years, from the first millennium BCE to the Qing period. Explore the art styles, cultural legacies and religions of lost kingdoms and mercantile communities along the so-called silk road. The cultural encounters along the trading networks facilitated the spread of ideas and development of artistic expressions.

Craig Clunas of Oxford University will give the lecture “Ming China and the Silk Roads”.

For a full list of the series topics and lecturers, visit the Society for Asian Art’s website at www.societyforasianart.org..

Admission: $20 per lecture

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Lecture

October 12

 UC Hastings Snodgrass Hall, 198 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

“The Uygur Era of Manichaean Art: Three Centuries of Innovation and Splendor” Part of the Arts of Asia Lecture Series titled “Desert Encounters: Arts, Cultures and Kingdoms of the Silk Roads”

10:30 am–12:30 pm

Zsuzsanna Gulacs of Northern Arizona University will give lecture “The Uygur Era of Manichaean Art: Three Centuries of Innovation and Splendor”.

For a full list of the series topics and lecturers, visit the Society for Asian Art’s website at www.societyforasianart.org..

Admission: $20 per lecture

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