Thursday, April 21 Room 338, East Asia Library
2:30 pm Opening remarks: Gordon Chang
2:45 pm Session 1 Discussant: Liu Li (Stanford) Translator: Xiao Rao (Stanford)
Changping Zhang (Wuhan University) - The First Emperor’s Unification of China: The Cultural Foundation as Materially Manifested in the Yangzi River Region
Kunzhang Ji (Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology) - The Rise and Fall of Bronze Art During the Eastern Zhou pPeriod: A Case Study of the Development of Jin State Bronzes
Xiuzhen Li (Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum) – Ritual and Functional: Bronze Weapons for the Qin Terra-cotta Army
4:45 pm End of Public Conference Activities for First Day
(Conference continues on Friday, April 22, from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm)