New fresco from Pompeii: Helen's tunic is so fine (silk ?) and sheer her pale skin shows through; she wears it off the shoulder, under a cloak (tight at the hips, loose at the torso) and with a gold necklace of pendants across her bare upper chest. Blimey.

We are pleased to announce that BECOMING GUANYIN by Yuhang Li is the inaugural winner of the 2024 Geiss-Hsu Book Prize for Best First Book in Ming Studies from the Society for Ming Studies. buff.ly/448gKed

A talk I gave last Thursday at the ATES Silk Road Civilization Forum. The title was "Tools of Literacy: Chinese Primers along the Silk Road." youtu.be/43fCz8WPrZo

For 30+ yrs i’ve tried to promote better understanding of #Dunhuang & the #MogaoCaves thru research & outreach So delighted to see the launch of English & French versions of #DigitalLibraryCave (dlc.e-dunhuang.com), an interactive platform for bringing Dunhuang to the world

My book is on sale with 50% off! Also, a paperback version will come out this December! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Join us on May 27 for Dr. Keith Knapp’s lecture on “From Rockstars to Wallflowers: The Transformation of Bears on Spirit Jars (魂瓶).” The talk will be given in English. Registration is not required prior to the event. All are welcome to attend.

Nice interview w/ Mélodie Doumy International Dunhuang Programme, curator of the upcoming #Dunhuang exhibition at the #BritishLibrary Sept 27-Feb 23 featuring items from the #LibraryCave #藏经洞 #莫高窟 #敦煌 #金剛經 theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/05/the…

So it begins... Universität Wien Austrian Academy of Sciences Young Academy OeAW ふみや eurasiantransformations.univie.ac.at cetom.univie.ac.at

Printed copy of the special volume. amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Rana-B…

Thanks to funding from the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) of New Zealand and Australia, "Saved from Desert Sands: Re-discovering Objects on the Silk Roads," will be published in OA. (brill.com/display/title/…)

This New Books interview came out in July. Thank you ⁦Julia Keblinska⁩ for the interview! ⁦Columbia University Press⁩ ⁦EALAC⁩ ⁦WEAI⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new…

Examples of both block print and moveable type using Old Uyghur script, used by the Uyghur Khaganate from the 8th to the 14th century discovered in the northern section of the #MogaoCaves #PanningforGold #DunhuangAcademy #敦煌研究院

Look forward to it! If you're in NYC, check out this exhibition (-Jan 5, 2025), wonderful objects from three 4th-century states whose rulers brought together cultures from Mongolian steppe, Korean Peninsula & inner China. A must-see for anyone interested in early East Asian art.

Letter about cotton prices and textiles from the Mogao caves near #Dunhuang - from a 9thC Christian monk named Sergius; there was a Christian bishop in China before there was one in Britain #SilkRoads. On display ⁦British Library⁩ #SilkRoadsOasis exhibition

paperback version of my book officially came out yesterday! press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac…

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