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Monday, 1 November, 2021, 16:00 BST, via MS Teams (Click here for the talk)
Dr Steven Acabado (UCLA): Decolonizing the Past, Empowering the Future: Communities and Archaeological Practice in the Philippines
Understanding Authenticity in China’s Cultural Heritage
Seminar Series jointly organized by Oxford University and SOAS
Wednesday, 13 October, 2021, 14:00 BST
Su Junjie (Yunnan University): A Difficult Integration of Authenticity and Intangible Cultural Heritage? The Case of Yunnan, China
Wednesday, 10 November, 2021, 14:00 GMT
Birgitta Augustin (Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin): Concept(s) of Authenticity in Painting and Calligraphy of the Yuan Dynasty
KASUGA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Prehistoric people in Japan apparently used an advanced system of weights and measurements on a decimal basis, excavations at a Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 250) site here suggest.
Researchers identified what is known as a decuple weight with 10 times the reference unit mass of 11 grams among artifacts unearthed at a series of archaeological sites collectively known as the Sugu group, where many measurement weights have previously been discovered, the Kasuga municipal board of education said.
Painted Pottery Production and Social Complexity in Neolithic Northwest China
Authors: Ling-yu Hung†, edited by Anke Hein and Andrew Womack
Grants in Modern Chinese History or Archaeology from the Esherick-Ye Family Foundation
The Esherick-Ye Family Foundation is pleased to announce its sixth annual competition for small grants of up to $6,000 to support projects in modern Chinese economic, social, and political history or in archaeology.
Assistant Professor of Korean Art History
The official excavation research of Wolseong began in December 2014.
Literally translated as “moon castle” in English, Wolseong, which is also listed at Unesco World Heritage, measures more than 200,000 square meters and is considered one of the most important historical sites in Korea as it was the seat of the Silla Dynasty. Compared to its historical weight, the Wolseong area had been left largely unexplored.
National Museums Scotland is looking for an Assistant Curator for its Asian Section. The Asia Section cares for more than 40,000 objects from China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia. Collecting started from the middle of the 19th century, focussing on the arts and crafts of this region but also included prehistoric and ethnographical material. Particularly noteworthy, for example, are their Chinese ceramics which represent the production of many kilns in China from the late Neolithic period to the Cultural Revolution era.
Yen Ting-yu (顏廷伃), who received a PhD from National Taiwan University’s Department of Anthropology and is responsible for the excavation, estimated that the two skeletons date back to the Neolithic period, 2,500 years ago. This site marks a breakthrough in archeology for the Chiayi region, as previously there had not been many findings.
For the full article, please see: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4282330?fbclid=IwAR2XVdvQvSVj-Bz0…
The Departments of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Early Chinese History (Zhou through Han), with particular emphasis on intellectual history in its sociopolitical contexts. The position is primarily based in the Department of East Asian Studies, but with a joint appointment in the History Department. The successful candidate should have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research.