Sponsors: Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, Center for Buddhist Studies
Friday - Saturday, December 3-4, 2021
This workshop discusses the history, current state and future of Gandharan studies and highlight recent research on the material and visual culture of the region. It is held in conjunction with the Beyond Boundaries: Buddhist Art from Gandhara exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum, organized by Julia White (senior curator, BAM) and Osmund Bopearachchi (Emeritus Director of Research, CNRS, Paris).
Video Segments:
00:00 Start
00:00:12 Welcome/Introduction | Sanjyot Mehendale Ph.D | Chair, Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, UC Berkeley
00:02:37 Structure of the Western Gansu Corridor Prior to the Han Dynasty Occupation. Impact of the Yuezhi, Qiang, Wusun, Xiongnu and Other Local Tribes in the Chinese Configuration of the Four Imperial Commanderies.
Arnaud Bertrand Ph.D | Lecturer, Catholic Institute of Paris, Research Associate, ArScAn - Central Asian Team
01:05:04 Frantz Grenet Ph.D | College de France
Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, UC Berkeley