Workshop on Tangut Studies
Kirill Solonin - Institute of Chinese Classics, Renmin University
To coincide with the visit of Prof. Kirill Solonin of Renmin University in January, the Council of East Asian Studies at Yale is hosting a workshop on Tangut Studies starting at 5:00 PM on January 19th (in room 203 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511) and concluding at 5:00 PM on January 20th.
The workshop is open to the public, but advanced registration is required; please register at eastasian.studies@yale.edu.
Schedule
Friday, January 19:
5:00 PM: Kirill Solonin: Introduction to Tangut Finds and Their Significance
6:30 PM: Reception for participants
Saturday, January 20:
9:00 AM: We will have three speakers:
- Kirill Solonin on Tangut Religion
- Yong Cho (Yale) on Tangut Art
- Xin Wen (Princeton) on Tangut documents (household registers?).
François Louis (Bard Graduate Center), Mimi Yiengpruksawan (Yale), and Valerie Hansen (Yale) will briefly comment on the presentations and start the Q+A.
12:30 PM: Lunch for participants
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Kirill Solonin will lead the participants in reading several bilingual passages in in Tangut and Chinese.
The conference will end at 5:00 PM.