Decontextualize / Recontextualize: Repositioning Buddhist Art of the Silk Roads

Convenor :

      Zhao Yi  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Organizer :

       Department of Chinese History and Culture,

       The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Lead Sponsor and Strategic Partner :

        Bei Shan Tang Foundation

Co-organizer :

        Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum

Speakers (by region and alphabetical order):

Stanley Abe (Duke University)

Sarah Fraser (Heidelberg University)

Wei-Cheng Lin (University of Chicago)

Kate Lingley (University of Hawai’i)

Amy McNair (University of Kansas)

Maya Stiller (University of Kansas)

Katherine Tsiang (University of Chicago)

Eugene Wang (Harvard University)

Lidu Yi (Florida International University)

Chang Qing (Sichuan University)

He Zhiguo (East China Normal University)

Li Jingjie (Tsinghua University)

Wei Zheng (Peking University)

Yao Chongxin (Sun Yat-sen University)

Chou Ching-Pei (Tsz-Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum)

Lee Yu-min (National Taiwan University)

Shang Haifeng (Education University of Hong Kong)

Zhao Yi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Zhu Tianshu (University of Macau)

Moderators (tentative):

Angie Baecker (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Hang Xing (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Ho Puay-peng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Yeewan Koon (University of Hong Kong)

Martin Powers (University of Michigan/Peking University)

Program at a Glance:

Day 1, Dec. 12, 2026

Opening Ceremony

Keynote 1

“How Is Art Generated? A Silk Road Love Story

藝術是如何被生成的? 一個絲綢之路愛情故事”

Panel 1 India and Early Chinese Buddhist Art

初漸: 印度與中國

Panel 2 Northern Dynasties: Yecheng and Qingzhou

北朝: 鄴城與青州

Panel 3 The Great Tang: Capital and Frontier

大唐: 都城與邊疆

Day 2, Dec 13, 2026

Keynote 2

“Chinese Buddhist Art Today中國佛教藝術之今日”

Panel 4 The Visible and Invisible in Buddhist Art

佛教藝術中的可見與不可見

Panel 5 The Fluidity in East Asian Buddhist World

東亞佛教世界的跨媒介流動

Concluding Roundtable: Methodology, Region, and Discipline

總結圓桌: 方法, 地域與學科