Conference Programme |
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Saturday 18th September 10.30 - 14.30 h. Conference Registration at Xi'an Lotus Hotel 15.00 h. Visit to the Daming Palace National Heritage Park. Transport will be provided from Xi'an Lotus Hotel 18.45 h. Transfer to Yuyangong, Tang Paradise, from Xi'an Lotus Hotel 19:00 h. Official launch of the “Daming Palace and the Tang Dynasty” conference. Welcome speeches:
19.15 h. Key note address by Dame Jessica Rawson, Warden of Merton College, University of Oxford. Exotica at the Tang Court and those of its predecessors Followed by the Conference Dinner at the Tang Paradise.
Sunday 19th September Venue: Danfeng Gate, Daming Palace National Heritage Park Transfer from Lotus Hotel at 8.10h. Morning session: Daming Palace, the Tang Dynasty and Chinese Heritage Policy 09.00 h. Opening ceremony by the Professor from the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, the Xi'an Administration of Cultural Heritage and Wang Wei from the Institute of Archaeology CASS of China. 09.20 h. Dr Zhou, Director of the Daming Palace National Heritage Park. Introduction to the Daming Palace National Heritage Park Project. 09:45 h. Prof An Jiayao, Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). History of the Daming Palace Archaeology Research 10.15 h. Coffee break 10.30 h. Dr Chris Gosden, Chair of European Archaeology, University of Oxford; and David Jennings, CEO, Oxford Archaeology. Cultural heritage in China: some thoughts from a British perspective. 11.00 h. Ge Chengyong, Heritage Publish Agency. The Value of Da Ming Palace from the Heritage Perspective. 11:30 h. Dr. Stephen Shennan, UCL Institute of Archaeology. Heritage Research at the Institute of Archaeology 12.00 h. – 14.00 h Lunch (Jinhaian Hotel) Afternoon session: The Tang Dynasty from a world perspective 14.00 h. Du Jinpeng, Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Heritage Park and Archaeology. 14.30 h. Dr James A. Anderson, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Emperors, Maharajas and Great Kings: Tang-Nanzhao Relations Along the Southern Silk Road. 15.00 h. Dr Albert E. Dien, Stanford University, USA. The Sogdians in Xi'an: The Case of Master Shi (aka Wirkak). 15.30 h. Coffee Break 15.45 h. Prof Helena Hamerow, University Lecturer in European Archaeology (Early Medieval), University of Oxford. Palaces and the Formation of Kingship in Western Europe, c. 600-900. 16.15 h. Dr Simon Thurley, CEO, English Heritage. Understanding how royal palaces worked: The historiography of the Western European Court. 16.45 h. Concluding remarks by Dr Chris Gosden, University of Oxford, UK. 17.00 h. End of conference sessions 18.00 h. Dinner in Yuyangong, a restaurant by the City Lake in Xi'an. Transfer provided from Danfeng Gate.
Monday 20th September 08.15 h. Meeting point at the lobby of Xi'an Lotus Hotel Field visits to key heritage sites in Xi'an including:
(Lunch included in the day tour)
18.00 h. Return to Xi'an Lotus Hotel and free evening.
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