China's Periphery and Beyond: Perspectives from Art and Archaeology. May 6 2011, 8:30 am - May 7 2011, 4:30 pm University of Pittsburgh

This conference will bring together scholars to present papers on the art and archaeology of peripheral regions beyond China’s Yellow River valley, traditionally considered to be its cultural and political core. The study of such regions, many of which once lay – and in some cases still lie - outside China’s borders, has played an increasingly important role in our understanding of cultural developments and interregional interaction in early East Asia. In recognition of the important contributions made by Professor Katheryn Linduff to the study of China’s peripheral regions, a group of archaeologists and art historians whose research has been influenced by Professor Linduff will gather at the University of Pittsburgh in May 2011 to present papers that range regionally from southern China to Mongolia and Japan, and chronologically from the Neolithic to recent times. 

Conference is free and open to the public; attendees can register at the door.

See the conference program.