TRKNWS-L Announcements Wed, 26 Nov 97

[trknws...@nwu.edu]

* Bridge gatherings
* Besiktas - Bayern Munich soccer game
* Historical Sources Eurasian & N. African Civilizations
Computer Approaches, Moscow 1998
* SEMINAR- Dunhuang Art and Society, Dunhuang, China 1998

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Bridge gatherings

2. Besiktas - Bayern Munich soccer game

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1. BRIDGE GATHERINGS:

Dear TACS members,

As you would recall, we have previously announced that
TACS will be organizing a Bridge Tournament in January.
However, before the Tournament takes place, we are
organizing weekly gatherings for bridge players.
We meet every monday night at Northeastern University,
403 Ell Building. It is open to players of all levels.

If you would like to join TACS' bridge gatherings,
please call Erkut Gomulu at (617) 536-4418 or
Yonet Eracar at (617) 422-3608, or send an e-mail
to tacs at world.std.com

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2. BESIKTAS-BAYERN MUNICH SOCCER GAME:

Besiktas (Turkey) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany)
soccer game will be broadcasted on ESPN2 on
MONDAY, December 1 at 11:59 p.m.

CALL FOR PAPERS

HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT
of the PRESIDIUM of the Russian Academy of Sciences
INSTITUTE of ORIENTAL STUDIES of the RAS
ORIENTALISTS' SOCIETY of the RAS
ORIENTALIST INFORMATION CENTRE
EURASIAN ORIENTAL SERVER

would like to invite you to the

* Second International Conference
"Historical Sources of Eurasian and North African
Civilisations: Computer Approaches"
Moscow, Russia, 2-6 June 1998

Program:

The wide spectre of problems concerning description, storage and
treatment of material, spiritual and written historical sources as
well as creating, keeping, using and exchanging the advanced
electronic copies of historical objects - theoretical, methodological,
practical, technical, etc. will be touched.

Presentation formats:

Proposals may include individual papers (up to 15000 signs) and
short communications (about 2000 signs). The workshops, computer
presentations and discussion are also planned.

Both papers and communications are to be published.

An abstract of 200-300 words should be sent to:
postmaster at orient.ru

It would be very kind of you to send also:
the type of presentation (paper/short communication)
the authors' names
the name and email of participant(s) to whom the
registration form would be sent
Important dates:

Submission of electronic abstract December 31, 1997
Notification of acceptance or rejection February 28, 1998
Full papers by email April 30, 1998
Conference June 2-6, 1998
Published versions of papers October, 1998

The abstracts, lists of participants and papers will be
also available in Internet on the EurAsian Orientalists
Server (http://www.orient.ru)

Dimitry D. Vasilyev
Vice-President
Orientalists' Society of the RAS
tel: (7-095)-9285764
dmivas at glas.apc.org

* SEMINAR- Dunhuang Art and Society, Dunhuang, China 1998

Dunhuang Art and Society:
International Seminar
Dunhuang, China
June 22 - July 17, 1998 (4 weeks)

The Silkroad Foundation and the Dunhuang Research Academy will sponsor and
conduct a special seminar next year at Dunhuang, China. This seminar
provides a unique opportunity for scholars
and students to investigate and analyze the Dunhuang caves at the site. The
invited speakers include well-known Dunhuang specialists from the United
States and the Dunhuang Research Academy. In addition to the introductory
lectures, in-depth case studies will be discussed. Participants are expected
to complete a research paper by the end of the seminar.

FORMAT
Lectures are scheduled in the morning sessions. Participants visit the Mogao
caves and use the library of the academy in the afternoons, free of charge.
In addition, informal "talks" will be arranged in the evenings.

LANGUAGE
The official language of the seminar is English. The lectures by local
Chinese scholars will be translated.

INVITED SPEAKERS
Invited speakers include Dr. Albert Dien, Dr. Wu Hung, Dr. Ning Qiang, Dr.
Marylin Rhie, and Dr. Marsha Weidner from the US and Duan Wenjie, Fan
Jinshi, Shi Weixiang, Peng Jinzhang, Ma De, Yang Xiong, and Li Zuixiong,
etc. from China.

LECTURE TOPICS
Albert Dien 1) The Silk Road: The Caravan, Trade and the Traders
2) Religions along the Silk Road - Buddhism, Nestorism
Christianity, Manichaeism, Judaism and Islam
3) Dunhuang: History and Society
4) The Exotic West in China
5) History of Xinjiang from Antiquity to the Present

WU Huang 1) Dunhuang Narrative art (1)
2) Dunhuang Narrative art (2)
3) Sutra Pictures and Sutra Lectures
4) Miraculous Icons in Dunhuang Art

NING Qiang 1) Gender Identity and Cultural Politics in the Art of
Dunhuang
2) Diplomatic Icons: Khotanese Images in Cave 220 in the Late
10th Century
3) A Heaven Near Home: The Eastern Paradise Reconsidered
4) Dunhuang Cave 220: The Issue of "Family Caves"

Marsha Weidner 1) Depictions of Lohans at Dunhuang
2) Images of Guanyin in the Later Caves at Dunhuang
3) Images of Omen in the Dunhuang Murals
4) The Yuan Murals at Dunhuang.

Marylin Rhie 1) The Fifth Century Caves at Dunhuang: Issue of Sources and
Dating.
2) Cave 373 and the Evolution of Sculptural Style in Sui and
Early Tang.
3) Phases of Sculptural Development in the 8th-10th Century
Caves.
4) Trends in Sculpture and the Impact of Tibetan Buddhist Art
in Painting during the Hsi-Hsia and Early Yuan Periods at
Dunhuang.

Duan Weijie 1) The Studies of Dunhuang: Past, Present and Future
2) The Chinese Tradition and Foreign Influence in the Murals
of the Early Dunhuang Caves

Fan Jinshi 1) Phrasing the Dunhuang Caves: Method and Result
2) The Buddha's Biography: Scriptural Depiction and Visual
Representation

Shi Weixiang 1) The Prominent Local Clans and the Construction of Dunhuang
Caves
2) The Story of Nun Weimiao and Women's Position in Local
Society
3) Buddhist Historical Paintings and the Local History of
Shazhou

He Shizhe 1) The Illustrations of the Lotus Sutra at Dunhuang
2) The Illustrations of the Vimalakirti-nirdesa Sutra
3) The Illustrations of the Nirvana Sutra

Peng Jinzhang 1) New Archaeological Discoveries in the North Section of the
Mogao Caves
2) Tantric Motifs in the Mogao Caves

Ma De 1) Textual Evidence on the Construction of the Mogao Caves
2) Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves under the Tibetan Rule

Yang Xiong 1) Dunhuang Literature and the Wall-paintings

Hu Tongqing 1) The Historical Meanings of the Dragon and Phoenix Motifs

Li Zuixiong 1) Studies on the Pigments of the Dunhuang Paintings

Li Zhenpu 1) The Meaning of a "Copy:" Modern Artists at Dunhuang

Wu Jian 1) From a Cave to a Photo: The Publication of the Dunhuang
Caves

LOCATION
The Seminar will be held at the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, China.

ACCOMMODATION
The Guest House at the Dunhuang Research Academy - $15 per day
(double occupancy). Additional $10 for 3 meals per day

SEMINAR FEE
The total fee is US$1000. The fee covers all seminar events over the four
weeks. The weekend trips to visit the neighboring caves ( ex. Yulin) are
optional and the cost
is not included.

REGISTRATION
Please return the application form below with the down payment of US$200 by
12/31/97. The final payment is due at 3/31/98. Contact Adela Lee by Email:
alee at silk-road.com or fax: 408-867-8669. Check should be made payable to
Silkroad Foundation and send to:

Dunhuang Seminar
Silkroad Foundation
P.O. Box 2275
Saratoga, CA 95070

APPLICATION
FORM ------------------------------------------------------------

DUNHUANG SEMINAR - SUMMER 1998

NAME: _________________________________________________( )M ( )F

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: __________________________________________________

( ) STUDENT ( ) FACULTY ( ) OTHERS(SPECIFY) _____________________

SCHOOL_____________________________________YEAR IN SCHOOL _____________

NAME OF THE ADVISOR (IF ANY) ____________________________PHONE_________

IF NOT STUDENT, WHAT'S YOUR OCCUPATION?________________________________

IF FACULTY, WHERE DO YOU TEACH?________________________________________

PASSPORT NUMBER:_____________________________EXPIRATION DATE: _________

PHONE NUMBER: _______________________________EMAIL:____________________

ADDRESS:____________________________________CITY/COUNTRY_______________

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