Sponsored by Simon Suen Foundation, the “Archaeology, Artifacts and Art” Cloud Lecture Series will be held from November 2022 to August 2023. The Academy will curate a series of lectures on archaeology, history, artifacts and art in collaboration with experts and scholars locally and abroad, including esteemed researchers art collectors as well as connoisseurs. With the splendor of the pantheon, we endeavor to embark on a journey of discovery with international academics and students from different backgrounds.
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Lecture Title: Sources of Historical Knowledge for the Zhou Society: An Archaeological Perspective
Date: 23 March 2023, Thursday
Time: 10:30–12:00 (Hong Kong Time)
Speaker: Dr. Li Min (Associate Professor of Chinese Archaeology, UCLA)
Language: Mandarin
Abstract: David Keightley has characterized the Late Shang social structure as a honeycomb, whereas many non-Shang traditions existed beyond the reach of Shang state power. These peer polities inherited diverse historical legacies different from that of the Late Shang civilization. Emerging at the intersection of diverse historical and political networks linking these memory communities, the Zhou founders constructed a historical narrative revolving around the concepts of the Three Dynasties and the Heavenly Mandate to highlight their claim to legitimacy. From an archaeological perspective, this lecture explores the sources of Zhou historical knowledge in the cultural landscape seen from the perspective of the Zhou homeland in the Guanzhong Basin. What were the diverse sources of Zhou’s historical knowledge? How did the Zhou build its political framework on the basis of these historical knowledge? How did the fall of the Guanzhong Basin in 771 BC rupture the transmission of these knowledge? Since our historical knowledge about the Three Dynasties came from the Zhou classics, these questions are critical for exploring the relationship between textual tradition and archaeology.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Li Min received his Ph.D in Anthropology at University of Michigan in 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor of East Asian Archaeology with a joint appointment at Department of Anthropology and Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Dr Lis’ archaeological research spans from state formation in early China to early modern global trade network. His first book Social Memory and State Formation in Early China with the Cambridge University Press is published in May, 2018.
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