Dear all,
On Wednesday, October 29th at 18:30, the preview of the theme speech and symposium of the 5th Humanities Festival, titled Chia Before China--Expert Dialogue: Interpreting the Multiple Facets of Chinese Civilization and Its Modern Implications, will be held in the SEM 104 Lecture Hall. We sincerely invite all teachers and students to attend and participate.
【Abstract】
China is home to a million years of human history, ten thousand years of cultural history, and over five thousand years of civilization. This land of magnificent mountains and rivers has nurtured the world’s only great civilization that has remained unbroken and continued as a unified state to the present day.What are the underlying threads that have enabled Chinese civilization to endure and continue to develop? How far back can the origins of this ancient civilization’s remarkable resilience and vitality be traced? How did the pluralistic yet unified Chinese nation take shape? Three renowned experts in the study and communication of Chinese civilization have been invited to this event. Through a combination of lectures and dialogues from different disciplinary perspectives, they will provide an in-depth analysis of the origins and development of Chinese civilization and its significance in the modern era, offering the public a rich, multi-dimensional intellectual feast.
【Guests】
Xu Hong, an archaeologist, is a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He once served as the director of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Archaeological Research Department of the Institute and the team leader of the Erlitou Archaeological Work Team. Mainly engaged in the archaeological research of early cities, early states and early civilizations in China, and has long been committed to the cause of public archaeology. Works open to the public include The Earliest China, China 2000 BC, The Tradition of Non-fortified Primary Capitals in Early China, The Bronze Tide of East Asia, The Mystery of Sanxingdui, The History of Cities in China, etc.
Gan Chao, graduated from the Chinese Department of Fudan University and the Drama Department of the University of Bristol in the UK. He has successively held positions as the director of the Documentary Channel of Shanghai Media Group, the general manager of Real Media Co., LTD., and the vice president of Youku. His documentary works include China Before China, Herbal China, Red Track, Mr. Jiang, the Landlord, Follow Bell on an Adventure, etc. He has won the National TV Art Starlight Award, the China TV Golden Eagle Award, the Best Documentary Award of the Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award, the American Broadcasting and Television Cultural Achievement Award (Peabody Award), the Best Documentary Award of the Barcelona International Documentary Festival, the Best Documentary Award of the Zagreb Film Festival, etc.
Xu Feng, professor and vice dean of the School of History and Museology at Nanjing Normal University. His research interests cover the origin of civilization, spiritual and cultural archaeology, the history of archaeology and archaeological theory, etc. He has published several monographs (translations), including Transitional Zone: Early Social Processes in the Lianghuai Region, Constructing the Sacred: Jade Wares, Images and Beliefs of the Liangzhu Culture, Archaeology of Thought, Confucian and Legalist States: New Perspectives on Chinese History, and Ancient Chinese Cosmology and Political Culture.
【Host】
Lu Zihua, Chief reporter of Xinmin Evening News.
We look forward to embarking on this intellectual journey with you! Please scan the QR code below to register.
Registration Link:https://wenjuan.shanghaitech.edu.cn/vm/tG0f4Jf.aspx