Shangdu: The Ruins Embracing A Great Civilization

Le vendredi 12 mai 2017, l'Institut Confucius et l'Unité d'archéologie classique de l'Université de Genève ont le plaisir d'accueillir le professeur WEI Jian de l'Université Renmin, à Beijing, pour une conférence-dialogue avec le professeur Lorenz Baumer de notre Faculté des lettres. L'intervention du professeur WEI Jian est intitulée "Shangdu: The Ruins Embracing A Great Civilization". Elle sera suivie d'une conférence du professeur Lorenz Baumer intitulée "China and the Roman Empire - Archaeological Testimonia for Roman Contacts with the Far East". 

Professor Wei Jian, for many years, has been engaged with the archaeological research on the excavations in the south of the Yin Mountains. He named the four cultural types of archaeology including the Miaozigou culture and established the chronological system of the pre-historical culture of that area. He has hosted the projects of surveying the great wall in the warring states period and the Qin and Han dynasties and rock paintings south and north of the Yin Mountains, excavating the beacons in the Han dynasty, the Han and Wei tombs in the Hetao area and Shangdu of the Yuan dynasty. The Shangdu ruins were published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a world cultural heritage in 2012. He has also edited 8 collections on cultural relics and archaeology.

Professor Lorenz E. Baumer is since 2009 full professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Geneva, Department of Science of Antiquity. Specialist of Greek and Roman sculpture and of rural sanctuaries, he has been conducting field research in Greece and Italy, and participated on excavations in Syria. Author and co-editor of several books and of a book series (EGeA - Etudes genevoises sur l'Antiquité) as well as of an online journal (Histara - les comptes rendus), he has published articles on ancient sculpture and painting as well as on many other subjects. The Unit of Classical Archaology of the University of Geneva is actually leading field research projects in Calabria (Crotone), Sicily (Lilibaeum) and the Argolid (Kildha), as well as in other places. The Collection of plaster casts presents furthermore regularly exhibitions on different subjects.  

Cet événement aura lieu à Uni Mail, salle M1130, de 17h15 à 19h. Les deux présentations seront données en anglais; la première avec une traduction depuis le chinois. Toute personne intéressée est la bienvenue.