Shangdu: The Ruins Embracing A Great Civilization
Le vendredi 12 mai 2017, l'Institut Confucius et l'Unit茅 d'arch茅ologie classique de l'鲍苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟茅 de Gen猫ve ont le plaisir听d'accueillir le professeur WEI Jian de l'鲍苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟茅 Renmin, 脿 Beijing, pour une conf茅rence-dialogue avec le professeur Lorenz听Baumer de notre Facult茅 des lettres. L'intervention du professeur WEI Jian est intitul茅e "Shangdu: The Ruins Embracing A Great Civilization". Elle sera suivie d'une听conf茅rence du professeur Lorenz Baumer intitul茅e "China and the Roman Empire - Archaeological Testimonia for Roman听Contacts with the Far East".听
Professor Wei Jian, for many years, has been engaged with the archaeological research on the excavations in the south of the听Yin Mountains. He named the four cultural types of archaeology including the Miaozigou culture and established the听chronological system of the pre-historical culture of that area. He has hosted the projects of surveying the great wall in the听warring states period and the Qin and Han dynasties and rock paintings south and north of the Yin Mountains, excavating the听beacons in the Han dynasty, the Han and Wei tombs in the Hetao area and Shangdu of the Yuan dynasty. The Shangdu ruins听were published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a world cultural heritage in 2012. He听has also edited 8 collections on cultural relics and archaeology.
Professor Lorenz E. Baumer is since 2009 full professor of Classical Archaeology at the AV短视频, Department of听Science of Antiquity. Specialist of Greek and Roman sculpture and of rural sanctuaries, he has been conducting field research听in Greece and Italy, and participated on excavations in Syria. Author and co-editor of several books and of a book series (EGeA听- Etudes genevoises sur l'Antiquit茅) as well as of an online journal (Histara - les comptes rendus), he has published articles on听ancient sculpture and painting as well as on many other subjects. The Unit of Classical Archaology of the AV短视频听is actually leading field research projects in Calabria (Crotone), Sicily (Lilibaeum) and the Argolid (Kildha), as well as in other听places. The Collection of plaster casts presents furthermore regularly exhibitions on different subjects.听听
Cet 茅v茅nement aura lieu 脿 Uni Mail, salle M1130, de 17h15 脿 19h. Les deux pr茅sentations seront donn茅es en anglais; la听premi猫re avec une traduction depuis le chinois.听Toute personne int茅ress茅e est la bienvenue.听听
12 mai 2017