Online Seminar Series: Dunhuang and Silk Road Seminar Series (Easter 2022)

Date of event:   19/05/2022 − 23/06/2022

Duration: 19 May 2022 until 23 June 2022
Organized by: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

The talks are hosted on Zoom and, where possible, in person each Thursday at 5pm UK Time unless stated and require pre-registration to join. This seminar series is organised by Dr Imre Galambos with the generous support of the Glorisun Global Network and Dhammachai International Research Institute. For further information, contact: Kelsey Granger (PhD candidate) at kl394@cam.ac.uk

PROGRAMME

19th May [Zoom link]
LAURENT VAN CUTSEM
From Quanzhou to Dunhuang: A Multifaceted Approach to Wendeng’s 文僜 (d. 972) Praise Verses for the Patriarchs and Early Masters of the Southern Chan Tradition

26th May [Zoom link]
PROF. ABDURISHID YAKUP
Old Uyghur’s Use of Chinese

2nd June [Zoom link]
DR ZHANG ZHAN
Slaves in Khotan and Khotanese

9th June [Zoom link]
PROF. LEWIS DONEY
On the Margins: Early Tibetan Buddhist Practice Reflected in Some Dhāraṇī Texts from Dunhuang

23rd June [Zoom link]
PROF. IMRE GALAMBOS
Title TBC

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