Methodological Perspectives for the Study of Ancient Texts
Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing
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 (Peking University)
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 (Wuhan 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: LI 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 LI Ling (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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