For 30+ yrs i’ve tried to promote better understanding of #Dunhuang & the #MogaoCaves thru research & outreach So delighted to see the launch of English & French versions of #DigitalLibraryCave (dlc.e-dunhuang.com), an interactive platform for bringing Dunhuang to the world

A talk I gave last Thursday at the ATES Silk Road Civilization Forum. The title was 'Tools of Literacy: Chinese Primers along the Silk Road.' youtu.be/43fCz8WPrZo

We are pleased to announce that BECOMING GUANYIN by Yuhang Li is the inaugural winner of the 2024 Geiss-Hsu Book Prize for Best First Book in Ming Studies from the Society for Ming Studies. buff.ly/448gKed

My book cover is up on the Brill website! brill.com/display/title/…
#Brill ; #NewBook ; #SilkRoad ; #Crossroads ; #ChineseArt ; #Buddhism ; #PrintCulture ; #BookRoad ; #BuddhistRoad

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#Eidmubarak2024

First Call for Papers: Indian Ocean World Archaeology conference, 12-13 December 2024. We are delighted to invite you to the Department of Archaeology, University of York, for the third instalment of the IOW-ARCH conference. Abstract deadline 1 June 2024.
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The Medieval China Workshop on Commemorative Inscriptions will be held at Rutgers University-New Brunswick from May 17 to May 18, 2024. It is open to all faculty and students. Registration is required. For more information and to register visit: reed.edu/new-frontiers/…

Tombstones from the Tang dynasty offer insights into the era’s highs and lows, and the dramatic shift in attitudes toward the characteristics and behaviors of “good women.”

One sign of the shift in attitude was how women were identified on epitaphs, going from “Mrs.” or “Ms.” or

In memoriam: Diego Loukota, 38, specialist in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism, ‘once-in-a-generation’ intellect humanities.ucla.edu/news/diego-lou…

An exciting upcoming event! My first time organizing an academic symposium, grateful to UT Buddhist Studies for sponsoring the event and to all our speakers. Hope to see some of you there to interrogate the body in Tibet, whether in-person or online!

Simply excited to share the first version of my book cover design that I received from the Brill production editor this morning! Forthcoming in August 2024! #Brill NewBook , #Brill , #Crossroads , #SilkRoads , #Buddhism , #BuddhistPrintCulture , #ChineseArt

Online workshop on the archaeology of Berenike Buddha and Indian trade diaspora in the Red Sea. In honor of Professor Diego Loukota who passed away last week. international.ucla.edu/buddhist/event…

Join us for the

- Languages of the Eastern Silk Road Summer School (August 19-30): …naborderlandsconference.wordpress.com/summer-school/

- Language and Culture in the Borderlands of the Eastern Silk Road Conference (September 4-7):
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Universität Wien Austrian Academy of Sciences Young Academy OeAW FWF

Well, here is my book! The ebook is now available for direct order, and the hardback for preorder, shipping by March 31 (faster in North America). 30% discount code NEW30. So grateful to my amazing publisher Edinburgh University Press for all their support.
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Welcome to an extraordinary event- 'Top Historians Roundtable,' featuring Profs. Timothy Brook, Prasenjit Duara, Valerie Hansen Valerie Hansen Kenneth Pomeranz, Hilde De Weerdt Hilde De Weerdt, organized by Profs. Xin Zhang Xin Zhang 张信 & Taisu Zhang & Dandan Chen Dandan Chen陈丹丹

李松著／土屋昌明・齋藤龍一監訳／廣瀬直記・熊坂聡美・因幡聡美訳『中国道教美術史　漢魏晋南北朝篇』（bensei.jp/index.php?main…）
＃道教美術 の全貌をオールカラーによる豊富な図版と共に紹介する大著、待望の邦訳。
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Our third Critical Chinese Humanities event this year: “Global Literary Imaginaries: China and India.” Join us next week! EALAC WEAI SOF/Heyman at Columbia University ICLS #china #GlobalSouth #india #literature #columbia

Stewart, Peter. 2024. Gandharan Art and the Classical World: A Short Introduction. Oxford: Archaeopress.

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What to do with PPT once your presentation is done? I created myself a blog to show off my curated photo collection of Scythian artefacts anaismattez.com/blog/new-paper