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Date: March 24, 1999
Princeton University Art Museum Presents Symposium on Chinese Calligraphy
PRINCETON -- In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection" on March 27, The Art Museum, Princeton University, will hold an international symposium, "Character and Context in Chinese Calligraphy," in Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50, on the Princeton University campus.
The symposium will be chaired by Robert E. Harrist, Jr., and will include papers by Michael Nylan, Bryn Mawr College; Huiwen Lu, Princeton University; Hua Rende, Suzhou University (in Chinese); Eugene Y. Wang, Harvard University; Harold Mok, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Peter Sturman, University of California, Santa Barbara; Uta Lauer, University of Heidelberg; and Shih Shou-ch’ien, Academia Sinica. The papers will be published in an illustrated volume, available at the symposium for $15 and afterwards at the Museum Shop for $20.
The symposium will begin with registration and coffee at 8:30 a.m., followed by a morning session from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and an afternoon session from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. It is open to the public free of charge. The Art Museum, however, requests advanced registration, which may be made by calling the Center of Visitor and Conference Services, Princeton University (609) 258-6115, or fax (609) 258-4656.
The symposium and its publication were made possible through the generous support of Martha Sutherland Cheng, Class of 1977. Support for the exhibition was made possible by grants from the Publications Committee of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University; the National Endowment for the Arts; The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Joint Committee on Chinese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council; and anonymous donors.
The Art Museum is open to the public without charge. Free highlights tours of the collection are given every Saturday at 2 p. m. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. It is closed on Monday and major holidays. The Museum Shop closes at 5 p.m.
The Museum is located in the middle of the Princeton University campus. Picasso’s large sculpture Head of a Woman stands in front. For further information, please call (609) 258-3788.