CHINA and MATERIALITY

Workshop/Roundtable at the Needham Research Institute (Cambridge, England)

April 30, 2008

The Needham Research Institute will hold a workshop and roundtable
on ³China and Materiality² on Wednesday April 30, 2008. This event
addresses the problematic of Chinese material culture seen from the
aspects of art history, material culture studies, literature, and
socioeconomic history. Each invited speaker will provide a short
introduction to the state of the field in which she or he operates,
and raise issues and questions critical to the subject of
materiality seen from her or his current research project.

The event is free and open to the public and is designed to provide
the audience an opportunity to closely interact with the speakers.
Due to limited space, advanced registration is preferable. The
provisional schedule is as follows (further details will be posted
at http://www.nri.org.uk/Seminars.html):

April 30, 2008 (1.30 to 5.30pm)

Dorothy Ko (Barnard-Columbia/Needham Institute)
"The Sacrificial Body of Artisans"

Stacey Pierson (School of Oriental and African Studies)
"On the Literature of 'china': Material Identities at Home and Abroad"

Hans van de Ven (University of Cambridge): (TBA)

Vimalin Rujivacharakul (University of Delaware/Needham Institute)
"Thing, Thingness, and Thingless-ness²

Haun Saussy (Yale)
"The Materiality of Poetry"

A reception will follow at 5.30pm.

Contact Address:
The Needham Research Institute, 8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge CB3 9AF, UK
TEL: 44-(0)1223-311545, FAX: 44-(0)1223-62703. e-mail: adminnri.org.uk

John P.C. Moffett
Librarian
East Asian History of Science Library
Needham Research Institute
8 Sylvester Road
Cambridge CB3 9AF
UK
www.nri.org.uk