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Symposium: A Silk Road saga
Reconsidering cultural interactions on the famed trade route
Image: Panel 5 of Yu Hong’s sarcophagus (detail), Sui dynasty (581–618), Shanxi Museum
Saturday 24 August 2013, 10am
Duration 7 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
VisAsia Hingyiu Mok Mandarin language lectures 2013
丝路传奇-虞弘石椁
Image: One of the eight seats of the sarcophagus (detail), Sui dynasty (581-619), Shanxi Museum
Sunday 25 August 2013, 10.30am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Coffee lecture: The Silk Roads
With Dr Julian Droogan
Image: The court of Gayumars (detail) Folio 20v from the Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp I. Attributed to Sultan Muhammed. Tabriz, Iran, about 1522. Paper, ink, opaque watercolour, gold, silver. 45 × 30 cm. Image courtesy of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, AKM165.
Wednesdays 14 August - 4 September 2013, 10.30am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Exhibition talks: A Silk Road saga
Expert talks by curators and academics
Image: Groom and camels (detail), Northern Qui dynasty (550-577), excavated from the tomb of Lou Rui, Taiyuan, Shanxi province, 1981, Shanxi Museum
Wednesdays 5.30pm
9 & 16 October 2013
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries
Free
Celebrity talk: A Silk Road saga
Speakers reflect on the historic and cultural importance of Yu Hong's sarcophagus
Image: Edmund Capon
Wednesday 9 & 16 October 2013
6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Learn the art of Chinese knotting
Free drop-in art-making activity
Wednesdays 7.30-9pm
9 & 16 October 2013
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: South Building, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesdays 9 & 16 October 2013
7.15-8pm & 8.30-9.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Cafe
Free
Arts of Asia lecture series 2013
Archaeology of China and the Silk Road
Image: Mounted drum player (detail), Northern Qi dynasty (550–77), excavated from tomb of Xu Xianxiu (dated 571), Taiyuan, Shanxi province, 2002, Shanxi Museum
Tuesdays 1-2pm
10- 24 September, 1 October & 15-29 October 2013
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Film series: A Silk Road adventure
A journey through China, Nepal, Iran and Anatolia
Image: Still from The song of sparrows
Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm, Sundays 2pm
9 October - 3 November 2013
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Mandarin-language guided tour: A Silk Road saga
普通話導覽: 絲路傳奇．虞弘石槨
Image: Panel of Yu Hong’s sarcophagus (detail), Sui dynasty (581–618), Shanxi Museum
Saturdays 1pm
7 September to 9 November 2013
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free
Cantonese-language guided tour: A Silk Road saga
粵語導覽: 絲路傳奇．虞弘石槨
Image: Panel of Yu Hong’s sarcophagus (detail), Sui dynasty (581–618), Shanxi Museum
Sundays 1pm
8 September - 10 November 2013
Duration 1 hour
Location: Information desk
Free