Sammy Lee Lecture Series on Chinese Art and Archaeology

The Sammy Yukuan Lee Lectures on Chinese Art and Archaeology are funded by the Lee Family Foundation.

2012 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art

Robert D. Mowry, the Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Museums, and a Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art in Harvard’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will give the 25th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Jonathan Hay "Maritime Beijing: Oceans and Empire in the Monuments of the Capital"

Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 05, 2011
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Anyang Archaeology in the 21st Century: New Perspectives in the Search for the Shang Civilization

TANG JIGEN (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) presents the twenty-third Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 06, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China

James A. Benn delivers the 22nd Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 07, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Burning the Books and Killing the Scholars: Representing the Atrocities of the First Emperor of China

Anthony Barbieri-Low delivers the 21st Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 01, 2008
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Forty-eight Buddhas of Measureless Life: Court Eunuch Patronage at the Sculpture Grottoes of Longmen

Amy McNair presents the 20th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology & Art
Saturday, November 03, 2007
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The 19th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Poet Prince and River Nymph: The 'Luoshenfu' in Verse and Painting

Roderick Whitfield (Percival David Emeritus Professor of Chinese & East Asian Art, School of Oriental & African Studies, London) presents the 19th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Art & Archaeology
Saturday, November 04, 2006
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The 18th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Recarving China's Past: 'Wu Family Shrines' and the Story of the Stones

Cary Y. Liu, Curator of Asian Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, will be the featured speaker at the 18th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The 17th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Yuanmingyuan: The Garden of Perfect Brightness - A Mirror for the Last Dynasty of China

Che Bing Chiu, Professor at the Centre de recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient de Paris-Sorbonne, presents the 17th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The 16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Long-haired Monks? A Portrait of Two Chinese Buddhist Masters and its Many Contexts

Raoul Birnbaum, Professor and Rebele Chair in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, will be the featured speaker at the 16th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 01, 2003
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The 15th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Daoist Arts of the Ming Court

Stephen Little, the new Director Designate of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, will be the featured speaker at the 15th annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, October 26, 2002
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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