Blooming in the Shadows: Art and Culture at the Dawn of the Post-Mao Era: Symposium

A lecture to accompany an exhibition of Chinese art.

Renowned scholars and artists will speak on history and law, art history, literature, and performance to contextualize this ground-breaking exhibition. Distinguished senior expert on East Asian law, Professor Jerome A. Cohen, who helped pioneer the introduction of East Asian legal systems and perspectives into American legal curricula, will give the opening remarks. Dr. Jane DeBevoise of Asia Art Archive, former Deputy Director of the Guggenheim Museum, will moderate.

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The visit event page: Blooming in the Shadow: Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974-1985.

Symposia

Multi-disciplinary 1/2 day and full day gatherings of leading scholars in the field of China Studies who discuss art, history, religion and philosophy, archaeology, anthropology, and literature. Current research and groundbreaking ideas are presented in a public forum which welcomes exchanges between scholars and the general public.

The symposia address traditional and contemporary topics ranging from Art and Practice: Buddhism in China from the 5^th-9^th Centuries; SHU: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art; Meeting of Two Culture: China and Japan at Jingdezhen; and Providing for the Afterlife: “Brilliant Artifacts” from Shandong. 

Eminent speakers have included Jonathan Spence (Yale University), Rosemary Scott (Formerly Percival David Foundation), Wu Hung (University of Chicago), Annette Juliano (Rutgers University), Robert Harrist (Columbia University) Maxwell Hearn (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Michael Puett (Harvard University), and many more.