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Lecture: 'The Wanderings of a Chinese Lady: Plates, Parasols & Global Design in the Eighteenth Century'
'The Wanderings of a Chinese Lady: Plates, Parasols & Global Design in the Eighteenth Century' - Professor Christiaan Jörg (Leiden University):
6pm, Thursday 22 April, Arden House, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
A drinks reception will follow the lecture. This event is free and open to the public, but we would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by emailing globaljingdezhen@gmail.com by 20 April.
Christiaan Jörg is the author of numerous books on trade and the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Chinese and Japanese porcelains and lacquers, and interactions between European and Asian material culture.
This keynote lecture opens the major international conference at the University of Warwick entitled 'Cultures of Ceramics in Global History, 1300-1800'. This conference will bring together scholars from North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia, including ceramics specialists, historians, literary scholars, archaeologists, art historians and curators. Seating is limited and the conference is now fully booked, but Professor Jörg’s keynote lecture is open to all.
Please feel free to forward this message to all interested parties. For further details about the lecture, the conference or the larger 'Global Jingdezhen' project, see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/research/globalporcelain/