Dear List Members,

The following is an announcement of an international conference hosted by the Section for East Asian Art History at the University of Zurich.

Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology

To be held at the University of Zurich

August 24-27, 2017

The University of Zurich is the only institution of higher learning in Switzerland where the subject of East Asian art history can be studied as a full program.  The broader aim of the department is to promote the discipline of East Asian art history, not only in Switzerland, but also on an international stage. For this reason, we are proud to host this major conference, that will bring together over two hundred speakers from across the world.

The purposes of the conference are multifold.  We hope to open dialogues between scholars of Asian art and archaeology and to offer a platform for the presentation and discussion of recent research and for highlighting the significance of Asian art and archaeology collections in European collections and institutions. Our goals include the revision of historical approaches that have been prevalent in the study and research of Asian art and archaeology, the elaboration of existing art theories and methodology, and the formation of new research approaches and methods in Asian art and archaeology. 


The conference is co-organized by the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (President Prof. Dr. Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik and Vice-President Dr.  Patricia Frick) and the University of Zurich (Prof. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen, Anna Hagdorn, Natasha Fischer-Vaidya, Sabine Bradel, Alina Martimyanova and the graduate and undergraduate students from the Section for East Asian Art History at the University of Zurich). 

For details on the presenters and the presentation titles and abstracts, please go to the conference homepage:  http://www.ea-aaa2017.ch

Please note that there will be two keynote presentations at the conference:

Prof. Dr. Yukio Lippit (Harvard University) will present on:

Ashura’s Face

Time: Thursday, 24th August 2017, 18:30 – 19:30, to be followed by a reception

Address: Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich (Room KOL-F-101)

Prof. Dr. Burglind Jungmann (UCLA) will present on:

Korea through the Foreign Lens: Photographs by Burton Holmes and Jack London

Time: Friday, 25th August 2017, 19:30 – 20:30

Address: Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich (Room KOL-F-101)

The two keynote lectures are open to the public. For the rest of the three-day conference, a registration fee will be required. For questions, please contact the organizing committee (conference@ea-aaa.eu) or go to the conference homepage: http://www.ea-aaa2017.ch

The conference has been funded by generous support from the following organizations: Georg und Bertha Schwyzer -Winiker Foundation, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, University of Zurich Hochschulstiftung, the Korea Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, City of Zurich, Canton of Zurich, and articulations: association suisse pour la relève en histoire de l’art / Schweizer Verein für den kunsthistorischen Nachwuchs.

The conference programme has been attached.