Methodological Perspectives for the Study of Ancient Texts

Renmin University of (RUC),

April 22 - April 23, 2017

April 21, 2017 (Friday)

All Day Check in (Beijing Yanshan Hotel)

18:00 Dinner (Huixian Restaurant)

April 22, 2017 (Saturday)

9:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony & Addresses

Chair: ZHU Guanming Secretary, School Council, School of Liberal Arts, RUC

9:00-9:05 Address by University Leader ,Renmin University of China

9:05-9:10 Address by GUO Honglin Head, Office for Talent Recruitment, RUC

9:10-9:15 Address by YANG Huilin Dean, School of Chinese Classics, RUC

9:15-9:20 Address by SUN Yu Dean, School of Liberal Arts, RUC

9:20-9:25 Address by Martin Kern Director, International Center for the Study of Ancient Text

9:30-10:00 Dedication of the International CenterCultures for the (ICSAT) Study of Ancient Text Cultures

Group Photo

10:00-10:30 Tea Break

10:30-12:00 Session I

Chair: RONG Xinjiang ()

10:30-11:00 Mark S. Smith (Princeton Theological Seminary)

Scope and Retrospective Reading in Interpreting Ancient Texts

11:00-11:30 YANG Huilin (Renmin University of China)

Matteo Ricci and Michel Foucault’s Reading of Epictetus: A Quest of "Knowing" and "Doing"

11:30-12:00 Q & A

12:00-13:30 Lunch (Huixian Restaurant)

13:30-14:00 Visit of ICSAT Library

14:30-16:00 Session II

Chair: Martin Kern (Princeton University)

14:30-15:00 Beate Pongratz-Leisten (New York University)

The Text as Artifact and as Agent in a Socio-Historical Context

15:00-15:30 CHEN Wei ( University)

A Chronological Study of the Use of Characters and Phrases on Qin Dynasty Bamboo Slips

15:30-16:00 Q & A

16:00-16:30 Tea Break

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16:30-18:00 Session III

Chair: David Schaberg (University of California, Los Angeles)

16:30-17:00 John Baines (University of Oxford)

Ancient Egyptian Writing and Texts: Script Usage and the Development of Corpora

17:00-17:30 Anthony Barbieri-Low (University of California, Santa Barbara)

The Context and Interpretation of Excavated and Unprovenanced Texts from Early China and

Ancient Egypt

17:30-18:00 Q & A

18:30 Dinner (Fengshang Restaurant)

April 23, 2017 (Sunday)

9:00–10:30 Session IV

Chair: YANG Huilin (Renmin University of China)

9:00-9:30 Martin Kern (Princeton University)

Authorship in Early China: Questions and Perspectives

9:30–10:00 Paul R. Goldin (University of Pennsylvania)

There Is No Master Key: Modes of Textual Production in Early China

10:00–10:30 Q & A

10:30–10:45 Tea Break

10:45-12:15 Session V

Chair: Anthony Barbieri-Low (University of California, Santa Barbara)

10:45-11:15 Matthias L. Richter (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Non-Linear Texts in Early China

11:15–11:45 XU Jianwei (Renmin University of China)

A Study on “Liu Xiang's Collation of Books” as a Methodology

11:45–12:15 Q & A

12:15–14:00 Lunch (Huixian Restaurant)

14:00-15:30 Session VI

Chair: Ling (Peking University)

14:00-14:30 LIU Yuejin (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

The Tradition and Innovation of Philology: A Case Study of Jiang Liangfu's Academic Pursuit

14:30-15:00 Michael Hunter (Yale University)

Notes from a Digital Sinologist

15:00-15:30 Q & A

15:30-15:45 Tea Break

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15:45-17:15 Session VII

Chair: John Baines (Oxford University)

15:45-16:15 (Peking University)

A Study of Text in a Broad Sense

16:15-16:45 David Schaberg (University of California, Los Angeles)

Sinology 2030

16:45-17:15 Q & A

17:15-17:30 Tea Break

17:30-18:15 Review and Summary

18:30 Dinner (Fengshang Restaurant)

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