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Seminar 1: Ru ZHAN 湛如 (Peking University 北京大學) and Jinhua CHEN 陳金華 (The University of British Columbia 加拿大英屬哥倫比亞大學): When the Marginal Turned out to be More Central than the Centre: Several Case Studies of Buddhist Monks and Their Religious Traditions from Khotan and Gandhāra | 邊地寔為中國：來自于闐與犍陀羅的數位僧人及其宗教傳承新考
forthcoming
Seminar 2: Imre Galambos 高奕叡 (Zhejiang University 浙江大學/University of Cambridge 劍橋大學): The Medieval Buddhist Library of Dunhuang | 中古敦煌的佛教圖書館
forthcoming
Seminar 3: Stephen Teiser 太史文 (Princeton University 美國普林斯頓大學): Buddhist Liturgical Manuscripts | 佛教齋儀寫本研究
forthcoming
Lecture 1: Suyu CHEN 陳粟裕 (The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 中國社會科學院): 3-11世紀于闐流行佛典及其相關圖像 | The Popular Buddhist Scriptures and Their Related Imagery in Khotan from the 3rd to the 11th Century
forthcoming
Lecture 2: Agnieszka Helman-Ważny 赫峨嵇 (University of Hamburg 德國漢堡大學): Materiality of Tibetan Canonical Buddhist Manuscripts | 藏傳佛教寫本藏經的物質性
forthcoming
Lecture 3: Ciro Lo Muzio 穆恣翱 (University of Rome 意大利羅馬大學): Intersecting Artistic Traditions: Khotanese, Kuchean, and Chinese Idioms in the Tarim Basin | 交織的藝術傳統：于闐、龜茲與中原習語在塔里木盆地的融合
The artistic relationship between the ancient oases of Khotan and Kucha, located on the southern and northern edges of the Takla Makan (Tarim Basin, Xinjiang), has received limited scholarly attention. Differences in their doctrinal orientations and the distinctive archaeological features of their Buddhist settlements may have discouraged deeper investigation. However, recent studies on this topic have yielded promising results. This paper aims to contribute to the discussion by examining a relatively understudied artefact: a painted wooden panel from Kizil (Kucha), most likely dating from the latest phase of the site. The panel provides iconographic and stylistic evidence of cultural interaction between the two oases, as well as the assimilation of distinct Chinese elements, which could inspire further research on the subject.
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