THE THIRD

Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
13-17 September 2023
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PROGRAMME

 

Conference Programme

The final version of the programme for the 3rd EAAA Conference is available HERE in PDF format.

 

Book of Abstracts

Online version of the Book of Abstracts is available here. Printed copy of the Book of Abstracts will be available on-site at the time of the Conference.

 

Information for Participants

Please review the conference programme to check room assignments and consult the faculty building layout for room locations. Conference panels will take place in lecture rooms 2, 4, 13, and 15, all conveniently positioned on the ground floor of the faculty building.

20 minutes are allocated for the presentations, with a further 10 minutes for discussions. Discussions will take place either after each presentation or together at the end of all presentations. Please note: For panels with more than four presentations, the total discussion time will be reduced accordingly. Please bring your presentation on a USB stick, saved in Powerpoint and in PDF format.

Due to the tight schedule and large number of participants, we cannot accommodate the use of personal laptops.

Information for Participants and Attendees


 

Keynote Speaker

Professor Craig Clunas, Professor Emeritus of the History of Art, University of Oxford
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 17:00–18:00

 

Location:

Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana

For a map with the marked location please click here.

 

Keynote speech:

The Invisible (Chinese) Flâneuse: Jin Zhang in London, Paris and Art History

Jin Zhang (1884–1939) is often best-remembered today as the sister of the painter and Republican cultural leader Jin Cheng (1878–1926), or as the mother of the art historian Wang Shixiang (1914–2009). But what happens if we try to tell a story which has this woman at its centre, instead of at its margins? Most unusually for an upper-class woman of the late Qing, she spent a significant portion of her youth in London and Paris, where she not only may well have studied at art school (as accounts of her life maintain) but certainly was exposed to the modern art of western Europe. As the wife of a Qing imperial diplomat, she hosted her brother’s trip to Paris in 1910–11, a trip he recorded in his diary along with his impressions of the new currents in art which he saw as making painting ‘more Chinese’. This talk will examine what it is possible to know about Jin Zhang herself, and the way in which her European sojourn acted upon the art she went on to produce in the 1920s and 1930s. It will reflect on how we can research the art of China now, and how such possibilities have changed over the course of the last forty years.

Craig Clunas held the chair of art history at Oxford from 2007 to 2018, the first scholar of Asian art to do so. Much of his work concentrates on the Ming period (1368–1644), with additional interests in the art of 20th century and contemporary China. He previously worked as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and taught art history at the University of Sussex and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His most recent book, Chinese Painting and Its Audiences (2017), is based on his AW Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, delivered at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, in 2012. In 2022 he curated Freud and China at Freud Museum London. His next book, The Echo Chamber: Transnational Chinese Painting, 1897–1935 will be published in 2023 in a bilingual English/Chinese edition. He is currently working on a book about the Ming imperial family.


 

Accompanying Events

On the last day of the conference, 17 September 2023, the organizers have prepared two optional excursions to visit two exhibitions of East Asian objects in Slovenia.

Meeting point for both trips: in front of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before departure!

 

Excursion to Celje

Date: 17 September 2013

Departure: 9:00

The price of the trip is 45 EUR. It includes transportation, lunch, entrance to Celje Old Castle and a guided tour of the castle. Admission to the exhibitions and guided tours of the Celje Regional Museums is free. By ticking the optional excursion box on the registration form, you agree to pay the cost of the excursion in cash or directly to the EAAA bank account. This also applies if you do not participate in the trip.

Flyer in PDF

Excursion to Piran

Date: 17 September 2013

Departure: 08:00

The price of the trip is 45 EUR. The price includes transportation, lunch, entrance to the Holy Trinity Church and guided tour of Piran. Admission to the exhibition and guided tour in the Maritime Museum Piran is free. By ticking the optional excursion box on the registration form, you agree to pay the cost of the excursion in cash or directly to the EAAA bank account. This also applies if you do not participate in the trip.

Flyer in PDF


 

Book Exhibition

A book exhibition will be set up as part of the conference programme, intended for publishers to display and advertise the titles that may be of interest to the conference participants and attendees. The stands will be installed in the hall, right next to the lecture rooms and the coffee break area.

Should you be interested in setting up your own stand at the conference, please feel free to contact Marko Ogrizek at marko.ogrizek@ff.uni-lj.si for more information.

REGISTRATION

 

How to Register?

Registration is mandatory for all conference participants (speakers, panel chairs and discussants) and attendees (audience members). A two-year EAAA membership (regular: 60 EUR, students: 20 EUR) is a prerequisite for all participants.

To register, please fill out the online registration form HERE.

If you or your organisation choose to pay the registration fee via invoice, you will receive an invoice with payment details via e-mail in the next few days after submitting your registration form online.

Please note that bank transaction fees are usually charged for such payments. If not otherwise specified, they may be deducted from the amount transferred. As your registration can only be completed after payment, please ensure that any transaction fees are paid at source (i.e. not charged to the recipient), so that we receive the full fee amount.

If the registration fee is paid by your organisation, it is mandatory to attach an official confirmation: a formal order form, a statement or just an email that confirms you can use institutional funding. Without an official confirmation, your registration will not be complete.

If you choose to pay the registration fee via online shop of the University of Ljubljana, please click the link below:

ONLINE SHOP regular participant / attendee
ONLINE SHOP student participant / attendee

The reduced fee is applicable to participants with student status. In that case you have to attach a proof of your status. As a proof counts an ID card or an enrollment certificate that includes at least your name and enrolment in the current academic year.

Please keep in mind that the membership fee and the conference registration fee are to be paid through two different channels and therefore cannot be transferred together in one payment to one account.

 


 

Registration Fee

Early bird registration before 30 June 2023
Regular EAAA members 75 EUR
Student EAAA members 40 EUR

Online registration before 31 July 2023
Regular EAAA members 85 EUR
Student EAAA members 45 EUR

Late bird registration (starting from 16 August)
Regular EAAA members 95 EUR
Student EAAA members 50 EUR

The conference registration includes coffee break refreshments, conference package, the welcome reception (Thursday, 14 September 2023) and access to all events. Please remember that health insurance, travel costs, and accommodation are the personal responsibility of each conference participant and attendee.

For payment details, please see the Registration form.


 

Becoming a Member

A two-year EAAA membership (regular: 60 EUR, students: 20 EUR) is a prerequisite for all participants. Become an active EAAA member here.

 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

 

Venue and map

 

Conference and keynote speech:
Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Aškerčeva cesta 2
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Welcome reception:
City Museum of Ljubljana, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
Gosposka 15
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

 


 

Transportation

If you are arriving in Slovenia by plane, you can take the bus to get to Ljubljana. The bus station is located in the immediate vicinity of the Passenger Terminal A. Buses run directly to Ljubljana, Kranj and Bled in Slovenia. See on the link here for details and timetables.

If you are arriving by car, train or bus, you might need to take the city bus to get to the conference venues (see Accessibility).


 

Visa Support

Please see the Registration form and indicate whether you will need the official Invitation letter from the organizing institution (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana).


 

Accessibility

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, which is located in the city centre, at Aškerčeva cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Due to its central location, it is easily accessible either by city bus or car and even on foot.

 

By city bus

Ljubljana is small and many places in the city can be easily reached on foot, while the city bus network is also quite efficient. If you decide to take the city bus to get to the faculty, you might have to purchase the Urbana city card.

Please visit the following website for more information:
Public transport in Ljubljana (LPP)

By car

If you are arriving by car, you can park on the streets nearby, but you might have to pay a fee of 0.70 EUR per hour (parking time is limited in certain areas). Close to the faculty (if you cross Slovenska Street) there is a large parking space called NUK II (priced at 4,00 EUR per hour; 7:00 – 19:00).
You can park your car on the outskirts of Ljubljana, for example Barje P+R , then take bus number 9, which stops right in front of the faculty (bus stop Aškerčeva).

By train or bus

If you come by train or by bus, you can use city buses number 2, 27 or 9, which stop at bus stop Kolodvor next to the central bus station.

On foot

If you prefer walking, it will take you approximately 30 min from the station to the faculty (the distance is about 2 kilometres).


 

Accommodation

 

Ljubljana offers a wide selection of accommodation possibilities in different price ranges. Nevertheless, September is a very busy month for tourism in Ljubljana, especially due to many conferences taking place during that season. Therefore, we kindly suggest that you make your reservations as soon as possible, so that you still have a reasonable array of options to choose from.

We made some preliminary bookings for the conference participants at some centrally located hotels. All options are pre-booked between 13 September and 17 September (you can also adjust the date individually).

 

Hotel Slon ****

Address: Slovenska cesta 34 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.hotelslon.com/
Tel.: + 386 1 470 11 00
E-mail: sales@hotelslon.com

Comfort double/twin room (1 person): 144€ / room / night
Comfort double/twin room: (2 persons): 159 € / room / night

Deluxe double room (1 person): 174€ / room / night
Deluxe double room (2 persons): 189€ / room / night

Superior Deluxe double room (1 person): 214€ / room / night
Superior Deluxe double room: (2 persons): 234€ / room / night

The price includes room tax, a rich breakfast buffet, wireless internet access throughout the hotel, the hotel’s Spa with 24-hour fitness centre, Turkish and Finnish sauna.

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The option is open until 15 July 2023. The booking should be made through the following link.

Hotel Exe Lev ****

Address: Vošnjakova ulica 1 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.exelev.com/
Tel.: + 386 1 308 7000
E-mail: reservations@exelev.com

Classic double room (1 person): 125€ / room / night
Classic double room: (2 persons): 140€ / room / night

Premier double room (1 person): 135€ / room / night
Premier double room (2 persons): 150€ / room / night

The price includes a breakfast buffet, WIFi and VAT.

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The option is open until 2 August 2023. The booking should be made through the following link.

City Hotel ***

Address: Dalmatinova ulica 15, 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.cityhotel.si/slo/
Tel.: + 386 1 239 00 00
E-mail: info@cityhotel.si

Standard double room (1 person): 129€ / room / night
Standard double room (2 persons): 144€ / room / night

Comfort double/twin room (1 person): 134€ / room / night
Comfort double/twin room (2 persons): 149€ / room / night

Price includes bed and breakfast buffet, WiFi and VAT.

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The option is open until 15 July 2023. The booking should be made through the following link.

Hotel Emonec ***

Address: Wolfova ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.hotel-emonec.com
Tel.: + 386 51 399 814
E-mail: hotelemonec@siol.net

Single room: 79€ / room / night
Double room (1 person): 89€ / room / night
Double room: (2 persons): 99€ / room / night

The price includes breakfast.

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The option is open until 20 June 2023. The booking should be made via the above listed e-mail, using the code Konferenca EAAA.

B&B Hotel Ljubljana Park ***

Address: Tabor 9 , 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.hotel-bb.com/en/hotel/ljubljana-park
Tel.: + 386 1 300 2 500
E-mail: ljubljana@hotelbb.com

Single room: 110€ / room / night
Double room: 120€ / room / night

The price includes bed and breakfast in selected rooms, VAT, wireless internet access, a safe at reception.

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The option is open until 1 August 2023. The booking should be made via the following form, using the code EAAA.

AdHoc Hostel

Address: Cankarjevo Nabrežje 27, 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/adhochostel
Tel.: + 386 1 394 67 89
E-mail: info@adhoc-hostel.com

Economy single room (with shared bathrooms): 65€ / room / night
Single room: 100€ / room / night

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The option is open until 31 July 2023.

Hostel Celica

Address: Metelkova 8, 1000 Ljubljana
Webpage: https://www.hostelcelica.com/en/
Tel.: + 386 51 495 599
E-mail: info@hostelcelica.com

Prices vary room to room.

Extra charges: tourist tax 3.13€ / person / night

The booking should be made using the code EAAA23. The code is valid for all types of rooms.

 

The two most well-known platforms, Booking.com and Airbnb, both offer a great variety of different accommodation options in Ljubljana. Ljubljana also has a wide range of affordable hostel accommodation.

Please note that if you wish to make sure you are staying within a walking distance from the conference venues, you might want to check the location on the map as well. With a small town like Ljubljana, what is advertised as a »central location« might not necessarily mean it is really located in the centre of town.

If you are coming by car, the location within the large pedestrian zone might pose a problem. Please keep in mind to also make the necessary arrangements for the car when making your hotel reservation.


Useful tourist information (links)

Ljubljana info (basic information, travel information)

Ljubljana in 48 hours

All about Ljubljana (hotels, sightseeing, history)

Visit Ljubljana

Lonely planet about Slovenia and Ljubljana


PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

 

CONTACT

For questions related to the EAAA and membership, please email
info@ea-aaa.eu

For questions related to the conference, please email
conference@ea-aaa.eu

For questions related to payment of registration fees, please email
cpi@ff.uni-lj.si

For questions related to the book exhibition and options of reserving a space to advertise your publications, please email
marko.ogrizek@ff.uni-lj.si

 

Organizing committee:

Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik (University of Ljubljana & EAAA)
Hans Bjarne Thomsen (University of Zürich & EAAA)
Helena Motoh (Scientific and Research Centre Koper)
Maja Veselič (University of Ljubljana)
Tina Berdajs (Univesity of Ljubljana)