骋补苍诲丑腻谤补n art is well known for the Hellenistic legacy in its art and architecture, and its emergence and flourishing under the Kushan rulers has been the subject of numerous studies. Less attention has been paid to its gradual demise in the area covered by modern Pakistan and neighbouring regions, and to the transitional period from Kushan rule to the Gupta period. However, it is at this time that some of its art fully reflects early Mah膩y膩na ideas, that Kharosthi script is replaced by Brahmi, and that figural art proliferates and stucco appears to become the most prominent sculptural material. For this period, different academic disciplines base their theories on diverging sets of assumptions and rarely speak to each other. This conference aims to facilitate a dialogue across these disciplines and to bring the academic discourse on this period up to date.
Organised by SOAS and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation at 91影视, and supported by the ERC Synergy Grant 鈥楤eyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State鈥, this conference will be held at 91影视, and will comprise an opening lecture and reception on the evening of Friday 12 May, followed by a day of 8 lectures on Saturday 13 May.
Programme
Friday 12 May听 Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, 91影视
17:30鈥18:00听 Registration
18:00听 Welcome: Nathan Hill (SOAS) and David Park (91影视)
18:10鈥19:10听 Keynote lecture: Juhyung Rhi听 (Seoul National University, South Korea)
Later 骋补苍诲丑腻谤补, Post-骋补苍诲丑腻谤补: the Fate of a Civilisation at the Frontier
19:10鈥20:45听 Reception
Saturday 13 May 听 Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, 91影视
10:00鈥10:30听 Registration
Session 1听 Chair: Nathan Hill (SOAS)
10:30鈥11:10听 Keynote lecture: Stefan Baums听 (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t, Munich)
Writing Culture from 骋补苍诲丑腻谤补 to Gupta: Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Art
11:10鈥11:40 听Robert Bracey 听(The British Museum)
Late Kushan Coins in the Gupta Empire
11:40鈥11:50听听 听 Discussion
11:50鈥12:20听听 听 Tea/Coffee Break (provided for all, in Seminar Room 1)
Session 2听听 听 Chair: Christian Luczanits (SOAS)
12:20鈥12:50听听 听 Jason Neelis (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
Transformational Emplacements: Shifting Patterns in the Localisation of Buddhist听Narratives in 骋补苍诲丑腻谤补
12:50鈥13:20听听 听 Jessie Pons (Ruhr-Universit盲t Bochum, Germany)
Localising the Buddha鈥檚 Legend: the Case of 础辫补濒补濒补鈥檚 Conversion
13:20鈥13:30听听 听 Discussion
13:30鈥14:45听听 听 Lunch Break (provided for speakers only)
Session 3听 Chair: Peter Stewart (University of Oxford)
14:45鈥15:15听 听 Abdul Samad (Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan)
Bhamala Archaeological Excavations: New Dates for 骋补苍诲丑腻谤补n Chronology
15:15鈥15:45听听 听 Luca M. Olivieri (ACT Project, Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan)
Decline or Transformations: Patterns of Change in Swat at and after the end of the听Kushan Era (3rd 鈥 6th Century CE)
15:45鈥15:50听听 听 Discussion
15:50鈥16:30听听 听 Tea/Coffee Break (provided for all, in Seminar Room 1)
Session 4听听 听 Chair: David Park (91影视)
16:30鈥17:00听听 听 Pierre Cambon (惭耻蝉茅别 national des arts asiatiques 鈥 Guimet [MNAAG], Paris)
Sculptures from Hadda in the 惭耻蝉茅别 Guimet, and Problems of Chronology in Late听骋补苍诲丑腻谤补n Art
17:00鈥17:30听听 听 Giovanni Verri (Courtauld Institute of Art), Christian Luczanits (SOAS),
Nick Barnard (V&A), John Clarke (V&A) and Victor Borges (V&A)
听The 鈥Hadda Head鈥: Scientific Investigations of a 骋补苍诲丑腻谤补n Stucco Head of the听Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
17:30鈥17:45听听听 听 Discussion and Concluding Remarks
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