2. Jonathan Hay：Maritime Beijing - Oceans & Empire in the Monuments of the Capital

Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art

Saturday, November 05, 2011
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Fowler Museum at UCLA

This lecture will address a surprising dimension of the pre-Qing history of Beijing--the role that an oceanic imaginary played in the city's urbanism and in the symbolism of its imperial monuments. This imaginary brought into play cosmology, politics, and commerce, articulating imperial attention to the oceans that separated China from a larger world.  Much of the lecture will explore the hypothesis that the initial construction of Ming Beijing from 1403 onwards was marked by the great maritime expeditions undertaken by Zheng He between 1405 and 1433.

About the Speaker

Jonathan Hay（born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1956）has taught at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, since 1990.  He is the author of two books, Shitao：Painting and Modernity in Early Qing China（2001）and Sensuous Surfaces：The Decorative Object in Early Modern China（2010）.  He writes on a broad range of topics and periods in Chinese art history, as well as on the general theory of art history.

Cost：free

Special Instructions

Self parking available in UCLA Lot #4; Reception with food and live classical Chinese music to follow the lecture on the Museum's Terrace

For more information please contact
UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Tel：310-825-8683
china@international.ucla.edu

Sponsor（s）：Center for Chinese Studies