Early Medieval China Workshop
May 3rd – 5th, 2024, Münster
Venue: University of Münster, Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies, Schlaunstr. 2, 48143 Münster, Germany, Map
Accommodation: agora: am Aasee, Bismarckallee 5, 48151 Münster, Website
Programme
Friday, May 3rd
| 14:45-15:00 | Registration | ||
| 15:00-15:15 | Welcome/Introductory remarks | Kerstin Storm, Annette Kieser, Monique Nagel-Angermann | |
| 15:15-16:15 | Keynote | Tian Xiaofei | The Turning Point: On Early Medieval Chinese Autobiographical Writings |
| 16.15-16:45 | Coffee break | ||
| Panel I: Archaeology | Chair/Discussant: Monique Nagel-Angermann | ||
| 16:45-17:05 | Shing Müller | The Question of "Dai" or "(Northern) Wei" | |
| 17:05-17:25 | Armin Selbitschka | Early Medieval Chinese Glocalization: The Hexi Corridor and Turfan in the 3rd through 7th Centuries | |
| 17:25-17:45 | Annette Kieser | Perception of Metal in Early Medieval China: A Case Study | |
| 17:45-18:15 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner Grotes - An der Kreuzkirche, Kampstraße 26, 48147 Münster, Website |
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Saturday, May 4th
| Panel II: Cultural Practices | Chair/Discussant: Annette Kieser | ||
| 09:00-09:20 | Olga Lomova | Funerary genres: Between ritual and literature | |
| 09:20-09:40 | Kathrin Leese-Messing | Suicide in early medieval China: Approaching the multifaceted entanglements of a liminal practice | |
| 09:40-10:00 | Noa Hegesh | A New Pitch: Wei Shou’s Narrative in the Treatise on Tuning Standards and Mathematical Astronomy | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Panel III: Commentary Literature | Chair/Discussant: Alexander Brosch | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | Friederike Assandri | The early medieval commentarial technique of kepan, and its usage in Cheng Xuanying’s Daode jing yishu and in the Xici section of the Zhouyi Zhengyi | |
| 11:20-11:40 | Marie Bizais-Lillig | A glimpse at early medieval commentarial traditions through the lenses of Kong Yingda’s 孔穎達 Maoshi Zhengyi 毛詩正義 | |
| 11:40-12:00 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| Panel IV: Poetry | Chair/Discussant: Olga Lomova | ||
| 14:00-14:20 | Kerstin Storm | Ageing in Early Medieval Poetry | |
| 14:20-14:40 | Rui Zhang | When Playing with Poetry Meets Jest in (Through) Love: Playfully Composed Poems in Early Medieval China | |
| 14:40-15:00 | Clara Luhn | Burning mountains and inexhaustible fuel: What did Early Medieval China think about Coal? | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 15:30-17:00 | Coffee break, Library and Institute tour | ||
| Panel V: History and Diplomacy, Part I | Chair/Discussant: Andreas Janousch | ||
| 17:00-17:20 | Julia Escher | "I am now your father-in-law": The role of kinship in diplomatic interactions of early medieval China and Inner Asia | |
| 17:20-17:40 | Jakub Hruby | Lu Ji's Disputing the Fall of Wu: Between Apologia of a Vanquished State and Family Remembrance | |
| 17:40-18:00 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner (invited) Ratskeller, Prinzipalmarkt 8, 48143 Münster, Website |
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Sunday, May 5th
| Panel VI: Buddhism | Chair/Discussant: Friederike Assandri | ||
| 09:00-09:20 | Sylvie Hureau | At the heart of the production of Buddhist encyclopedias and reference works between the Southern dynasties and the Tang. Some unexpected changes and forgotten stories | |
| 09:20-09:40 | Andreas Janousch | From One to Three Textual Spheres: The Mouzi li huo lun 牟子理惑論 Debate | |
| 09:40-10:00 | Nelson Landry | Daoxuan on Dunhuang: Reflections on Daoxuan’s views regarding the northwestern border | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Panel VII: History and Diplomacy, Part II | Chair/Discussant: Jakub Hruby | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | Alexander Brosch | "The Separation/Distinction/Exogamy of Men and Women" 男女之別 in the Later Han-Dynasty and Beyond | |
| 11:20-11:40 | Monique Nagel-Angermann | Rulers of the Shiliuguo period and their advisers | |
| 11:40-12:00 | Comments/Debate | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | Wrap-up and Study-Group Agenda | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| Afterwards | City tour (optional) | ||
| Departure | |||
Interessierte Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer melden sich bitte bis zum 29. April 2024 unter sino@uni-muenster.de an.