Dunhuang, Vernacular Religion, and the Archaeology of the Book
When: Wednesday,
February 27, 2019
4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Where:
Speaker/Performer: Paul Copp
Description: “Dunhuang, Vernacular Religion, and the Archaeology of the Book”
with
PAUL COPP
Wednesday February 27, 2019, 4:00pm
Sterling Memorial Library, Room 218
Paul Copp is Associate Professor in Chinese Religion and Thought in the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He primarily studies the history of religious practice in China and eastern Central Asia during the period stretching from the eighth through the thirteenth centuries. He works with visual and material sources, especially of the manuscripts and xylographs discovered at the “silk road” sites of Dunhuang, Turfan, and Khara-khoto, but also of cave- and cliff-shrines and tombs from across the region.
For more information, please contact <a href="mailto:eric.greene@yale.edu">Eric Greene </a>
Sponsored by the Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies
with
PAUL COPP
Wednesday February 27, 2019, 4:00pm
Sterling Memorial Library, Room 218
Paul Copp is Associate Professor in Chinese Religion and Thought in the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He primarily studies the history of religious practice in China and eastern Central Asia during the period stretching from the eighth through the thirteenth centuries. He works with visual and material sources, especially of the manuscripts and xylographs discovered at the “silk road” sites of Dunhuang, Turfan, and Khara-khoto, but also of cave- and cliff-shrines and tombs from across the region.
For more information, please contact <a href="mailto:eric.greene@yale.edu">Eric Greene </a>
Sponsored by the Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies
Sponsor: Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies
Open To: General Public, Yale Alumni, Yale Faculty, Yale Postdoctoral Trainees, Yale Spouses & Partners, Yale Staff
Admission: Free
Topical Areas: Arts & Humanities, Spiritual & Religious, Talks & Lectures
Listed by Religious Studies