Cave Temples of Dunhuang: History, Art, and Materiality
Archival Program Information
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Symposium Videos
Day 1: Friday, May 20, 2016
9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Day 2: Saturday, May 21, 2016
9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum (UCLA)
9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Day 2: Saturday, May 21, 2016
9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum (UCLA)
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Welcome and Symposium Opening Lectures
Welcome: Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute, and Neville Agnew, Getty Conservation Institute
Symposium Keynote Lecture:
"Historical Perspectives on Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves"
Rong Xinjiang, Peking University
"My Experiences Working at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang"
Fan Jinshi, Dunhuang Academy
"The Roles of Dunhuang in the History of Heritage Conservation in Modern China"
Guolong Lai, University of Florida
Welcome: Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute, and Neville Agnew, Getty Conservation Institute
Symposium Keynote Lecture:
"Historical Perspectives on Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves"
Rong Xinjiang, Peking University
"My Experiences Working at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang"
Fan Jinshi, Dunhuang Academy
"The Roles of Dunhuang in the History of Heritage Conservation in Modern China"
Guolong Lai, University of Florida
SESSION I: Integrating the Art, Spirituality, and Science of Mogao
Moderator and Session Chair: Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute
"Material Truth: Cultural and Collaborative Issues in Conservation Practice at Mogao"
Neville Agnew, Getty Conservation Institute
"Faith, Art, and Trade: The Buddhist Landscape of Dunhuang"
Susan Whitfield, British Library
"Watching over Humankind's Dunhuang Together"
Wang Xudong, Dunhuang Academy
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Moderator and Session Chair: Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute
"Material Truth: Cultural and Collaborative Issues in Conservation Practice at Mogao"
Neville Agnew, Getty Conservation Institute
"Faith, Art, and Trade: The Buddhist Landscape of Dunhuang"
Susan Whitfield, British Library
"Watching over Humankind's Dunhuang Together"
Wang Xudong, Dunhuang Academy
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
SESSION II: Dunhuang: East and West
Moderator and Session Chair: Burglind Jungmann, University of California, Los Angeles
"Toward an Identification of Some Bodhisattvas in Monks' Robes in Paintings from Dunhuang"
Valérie Zaleski, Musée Guimet
"The Lion-Bull Symplegma in Manuscript Pelliot Chinois 4524"
Nathalie Monnet, Bibliothèque nationale de France
"Money and the Silk Road Economy"
Richard von Glahn, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Moderator and Session Chair: Burglind Jungmann, University of California, Los Angeles
"Toward an Identification of Some Bodhisattvas in Monks' Robes in Paintings from Dunhuang"
Valérie Zaleski, Musée Guimet
"The Lion-Bull Symplegma in Manuscript Pelliot Chinois 4524"
Nathalie Monnet, Bibliothèque nationale de France
"Money and the Silk Road Economy"
Richard von Glahn, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
SESSION III: Wall Paintings: Art and Devotion
Moderator and Session Chair: Hui-Shu Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
"Historical Approaches to Conservation and Copying in the Northwestern Frontier: Curating, Painting, and Photographing Dunhuang in the 1940s"
Sarah Fraser, Universität Heidelberg
"A Study on the Bodhisattva Figures of the Sui Dynasty in the Mogao Grottoes"
Zhao Shengliang, Dunhuang Academy
"How Images Meditate in Caves?"
Eugene Wang, Harvard University
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Closing Remarks: Mimi Gardner Gates, Dunhuang Foundation and Seattle Museum of Art
Moderator and Session Chair: Hui-Shu Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
"Historical Approaches to Conservation and Copying in the Northwestern Frontier: Curating, Painting, and Photographing Dunhuang in the 1940s"
Sarah Fraser, Universität Heidelberg
"A Study on the Bodhisattva Figures of the Sui Dynasty in the Mogao Grottoes"
Zhao Shengliang, Dunhuang Academy
"How Images Meditate in Caves?"
Eugene Wang, Harvard University
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Closing Remarks: Mimi Gardner Gates, Dunhuang Foundation and Seattle Museum of Art
SESSION IV: The Cosmology of the Cave
Introduction: Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderator and Session Chair: William Bodiford, University of California, Los Angeles
"The Locality of Enlightenment: Mountains, Forests, and Buddhist Asceticism in the Art of Dunhuang and Dazu Cave Temples"
Sonya Lee, University of Southern California
"On the Ritual Function of the Mogao Grottoes"
Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley
"The Effulgent Buddha Procession in the Mogao Grottoes' 'Ma.juśrī Hall'"
Michelle McCoy, University of California, Berkeley
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Introduction: Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderator and Session Chair: William Bodiford, University of California, Los Angeles
"The Locality of Enlightenment: Mountains, Forests, and Buddhist Asceticism in the Art of Dunhuang and Dazu Cave Temples"
Sonya Lee, University of Southern California
"On the Ritual Function of the Mogao Grottoes"
Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley
"The Effulgent Buddha Procession in the Mogao Grottoes' 'Ma.juśrī Hall'"
Michelle McCoy, University of California, Berkeley
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
SESSION V: Manuscripts and Cultural Plurality at Mogao
Moderator and Session Chair: Stephen Little, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"Dunhuang Manuscripts of the Xiaozi zhuan"
Imre Galambos, University of Cambridge
"The Power of the Brush: Talismans for the Protection of Dunhuang and Its Inhabitants"
Christine Mollier, French National Center for Scientific Research
"The Ritualist's Craft at Dunhuang"
Paul Copp, University of Chicago
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Moderator and Session Chair: Stephen Little, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"Dunhuang Manuscripts of the Xiaozi zhuan"
Imre Galambos, University of Cambridge
"The Power of the Brush: Talismans for the Protection of Dunhuang and Its Inhabitants"
Christine Mollier, French National Center for Scientific Research
"The Ritualist's Craft at Dunhuang"
Paul Copp, University of Chicago
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
SESSION VI: Religion and Ritual at Mogao
Moderator and Session Chair: Robert Buswell, University of California, Los Angeles
"Evidences of Rituals of Confession and Repentance in Dunhuang Juxtaposed to Those at Northern Central and Southern Chinese Cave Temples"
Petra Rösch, Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne
"Ritual Stamping and Stamp Impressions"
Hsueh-man Shen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
"Children and Religious Imagination at Dunhuang"
Natasha Heller, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Closing Discussion and Synthesis: Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderator and Session Chair: Robert Buswell, University of California, Los Angeles
"Evidences of Rituals of Confession and Repentance in Dunhuang Juxtaposed to Those at Northern Central and Southern Chinese Cave Temples"
Petra Rösch, Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne
"Ritual Stamping and Stamp Impressions"
Hsueh-man Shen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
"Children and Religious Imagination at Dunhuang"
Natasha Heller, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A
Closing Discussion and Synthesis: Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los Angeles
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