The Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation together with the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage and the School of History at Zhengzhou University, China will present their internationally significant research on cultural materials excavation, research and conservation in China.
The three organisations are internationally recognised institutes located in China’s material culture heartland and have investigated over 30,000 archaeological sites, including the tomb of the First Emperor of China and his terracotta army, the mausolea of Han and Tang emperors, as well as palace sites, Buddhist temples, kiln and bronze sites, and excavations from the neolithic period.
This one day event will include professorial papers from the three institutions and CCMC’s cultural materials conservation projects in archaeological ceramics and metallurgy. CCMC has recently partnered with the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage and the School of History at Zhengzhou University, and this event will be a celebration of future plans.
Come and hear these experts:
• Prof Zhang Jianlin, Deputy Director, Shaanxi Province Institute of Archaeology, Tang Dynasty – Emperors’ tombs and their wall paintings
• Dr Shao Anding, Conservation specialist, Shaanxi Province Institute of Archaeology , Qin Dynasty – the First Emperor’s bronze birds
• Prof Ma Xiaolin, Deputy Director, Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage, China’s largest zoo archaeological laboratory
• Prof Han Guohe, Zhengzhou University: Dean, School of History, Director of Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage Preservation, Eastern Han imperial tombs – preservation solutions in 21st century China
Convenor: ProfessorTonia Eckfeld, Zhengzhou University, Henan Province, China Honorary Principal Fellow, CCMC, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.
Full program for the symposium is CHINA_Program_12Sept2014
Date: Friday, 12 September 2014 9.00m – 4.00pm
Venue: Yasuka Hiraoka Myer Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne, PARKVILLE VIC 3010
Cost: $99 normal registrations, $88 Early bird pre-registrations, $60 Student registrations (lunch, tea and coffee provided)
To register visit: http://www.melbournespecialevents.com/#!cnaus/c12t9
For further information please contact NicoleTse nicoleat@unimelb.edu.au or phone 8344 0354.
To register for ICOM-CC Melbourne here is the link: http://www.icom-cc2014.org/registration.aspx
