Harvard Welcomes Chinese Religious Art Expert, James Robson
USC US-CHINA INSTITUTE
MASSACHUSETTS - Harvard University welcomes James Robson in a Special Lecture on Chinese Religious Art & culture on April 27, 2011 at 4:00pm at the CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA. The occassion is cosponsored by the Harvard China Fund.Professor Robson specializes in the history of Medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism and is particularly interested in issues of sacred geography, local religious history, talismans, religious art, and the historical development of Chan/Zen Buddhism. He is presently engaged in a long-term collaborative research project with the École Française d’Extrême-Orient studying a large collection of local religious statuary from Hunan province. [link]
MASSACHUSETTS - Harvard University welcomes James Robson in a Special Lecture on Chinese Religious Art & culture on April 27, 2011 at 4:00pm at the CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA. The occassion is cosponsored by the Harvard China Fund.Professor Robson specializes in the history of Medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism and is particularly interested in issues of sacred geography, local religious history, talismans, religious art, and the historical development of Chan/Zen Buddhism. He is presently engaged in a long-term collaborative research project with the École Française d’Extrême-Orient studying a large collection of local religious statuary from Hunan province. [link]
