Gandhara Connections

Our forthcoming CARC workshop will be of interest to many of our 'Gandharan' followers.

Our latest open access book is now out with Archaeopress Now available online, open access! https://carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/publications/Gandharan-Art-and-the-Classical-World

Date: Friday, 5 August 2022
Time: 2pm to 8pm (8am to 2pm CEST)
Venue: Online via Zoom
Language: English
Quota: 280 (First-come, first-served)

No registration required. All are welcome.

Zoom Link:
https://hku.zoom.us/j/94560429398?pwd=WG1wT2hjVERxVGlOdkNVU2dFNjN5dz09
Meeting ID: 945 6042 9398
Password: 759593

Programme: https://umag.hku.hk/content/uploads/Giuseppe-Tucci-SYMPOSIUM-Programme-details.pdf

Ciclo di conferenze Museo delle Civiltà/ISMEO
“Ripensare il mondo. Il confronto tra culture nella formazione delle civiltà”

Archeologie difficili e sistemi di valori
Il caso dell'Afghanistan

Conferenza di Anna Filigenzi

Giovedì 23 giugno 2022, ore 16.30

Museo delle Civiltà
Sala Conferenze “F.M. Gambari”

L’archeologia in Afghanistan è condizionata, oggi come ieri, dalla storia tormentata del paese. Dalla fine degli anni Settanta del Novecento, a partire dall’occupazione sovietica e con gli eventi che a questa sono seguiti (la guerra civile, il regime talibano, l’interludio di una fragile “democrazia” che non ha interrotto i conflitti e, infine, il recente ritorno al potere dei Taliban), l’Afghanistan vive sotto il peso del terrorismo, della crisi economica e di diseguaglianze sociali che rendono estremamente selettivo l’accesso alle già scarse possibilità di progresso. Sullo sfondo di questo difficile panorama, l’archeologia diviene bersaglio di una propaganda che ora la dipinge come espressione di una élite predatrice di risorse, più interessata a cose inerti che alle persone, ora tenta di servirsene per mostrare al “ricco Occidente” il volto umano e progressista della politica. Nel frattempo, la filiera locale dei beni culturali, con le sue infrastrutture e professionalità, distrutta dai lunghi anni del conflitto e, a partire dai primi anni 2000, sulla strada di una faticosa rinascita, ripiomba ora in un limbo opaco. Cosa può e deve fare dunque l’archeologia? C’è ancora per essa uno spazio sociale da riconquistare e valori umani da riaffermare? La Missione Archeologica Italiana dell’ISMEO, che opera dal 1957, ha cercato una risposta entro il perimetro etico e scientifico della ricerca, dell’avanzamento degli studi e della condivisione delle conoscenze. Non solo il patrimonio materiale va difeso e protetto, è necessario difenderne e proteggerne anche i valori immateriali. Questa operazione dipende da quanto siamo capaci di comprenderne la connessione con la storia e la dimensione umana. Questo il tema dell’incontro: un racconto di esperienze che dal lavoro sul campo ci hanno condotto, a ricostruzioni di frammenti importanti di storia. Il futuro dell’Afghanistan avrà bisogno anche del passato e, soprattutto, di una visione di esso rinnovata dal progresso degli studi.

È possibile seguire l’incontro via YouTube tramite il seguente link:
https://youtu.be/OY8kdYRwAHs

Per maggiori informazioni si prega di consultare la locandina

Building on

we're launching a new initiative – a thematic umbrella for events & publications placing classical art in the wider ancient world. Save date for our hybrid workshop 21-22 March 2023: 'Classical Art and Ancient India' -more soon!

We've now concluded the planned five-year programme of Gandhara Connections, with much gratitude to our supporters

, Neil Kreitman and Richard Beleson, our audiences and followers, BUT this is not the end! Read about our future plans here https://carc.ox.ac.uk/gandharaConnections/news/What-next-for-Gandhara-Connections

Our latest open access book is now available! The View from Malakand, by

and Luca Olivieri explores Harold Deane's seminal work on the archaeology of Swat. Buy from

or download it for free https://carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/publications/The-View-from-Malakand

Gérard Fussman (1940-2022)

We are sorry to report the death of our Honorary Fellow, Professor Gérard Fussman, on Saturday 14th May 2022. We are grateful to Professor Adriano Rossi, President of ISMEO (Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente), for permitting us to reproduce the following excerpt from ISMEO's appreciation of his work:

"Gérard Fussman studied in Paris (Classics, Sanskrit, Greek epigraphy and numismatics, linguistics) and was a member of the French Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, working under the supervision of Prof. Daniel Schlumberger (1962-65). After a two-year stay in Cambodia, he joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, received a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1972, and was appointed Professor of Sanskrit at Strasbourg the same year. In 1984, he became Professor of History of India and Greater India at the Collège de France, Paris. He has traveled extensively in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Northern India.

Professor Fussman wrote papers on topics ranging from the Central Asiatic Bronze Age to contemporary India; and a number of books, including Le trésor monétaire de Qunduz (1965, with co-author Raoul Curiel), Atlas linguistique des parlers dardes et kafirs (1972), Naissance et déclin d’une qasba: Chanderi du Xe au XVIIIe siècle (2003, with co-authors Denis Matringe, Eric Ollivier and Françoise Pirot), Aryas, aryens et Iraniens en Asie Centrale (2005, with co-authors Jean Kellens, Henri-Paul Francfort and Xavier Tremblay), and Monuments bouddhiques de la région de Caboul (2008, in collaboration with Eric Ollivier and Baba Murad).

His contribution to the studies of the Indian Subcontinent, especially in the north-west areas, is enormous and is divided into a wide range of disciplines: history, philology, palaeography, epigraphy, and archaeology, the latter in particular aimed at Afghanistan. Traces remain not only in the number of his publications (https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/gerard-fussman/bibliographie.htm), but also in its commitment to the formation of new generations of scholars, commitment lavished so much in its activity of teacher as well as in the generous availability towards younger colleagues, who always have counted on him for directions and advice."

Join us on 20th May 2pm BST for this year's Gandhara Connections lecture by Prof Vidya Dehejia (online): 'ARTIST, SCRIBE, MONK/NUN, VIEWER: Visual Narratives at Early Buddhist Sites'. Book for free via our
crowdcastHQsite:

Professor Vidya Dehejia, ARTIST, SCRIBE, MONK/NUN, VIEWER: Visual Narratives at Early Buddhist Sites. The 2021-2022 Gandhara Connections Lecture - Crowdcast Prof Vidya Dehejia (Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University) presents the 5th annual Gandhara Connections lecture.

Seminar | Bringing Gandhāra into the Digital World – A Novel Approach and New Perspectives

Within many museums lay a trove of works frequently unseen by the typical visitor: collections of work and knowledge that are pored over by curators, archaeologists, and art historians that make up the rare few who revive the carefully preserved pieces in the name of posterity. CAMLab is honored to welcome Dr. Serena Autiero to present our efforts to document the collections of the Dir Museum (Chakdara) and Mission House of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan (MAIP).

Dr. Autiero, a research associate of the DiGA Project at Ruhr University Bochum, will be presenting the DiGa project, “Digitization of Gandharan Artefacts: A project for the preservation and the study of the Buddhist art of Pakistan.” She is part of the team working on continuing to digitize and publish the corpus of almost 2,000 Buddhist sculptures excavated in 13 ancient Buddhist monasteries located around the modern cities of Chakdara and Saidu Sharif.

Please register via the link: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zl6VbGekT--KmgQ_BvMQNQ, and join us on April 14, 2022 at 9am EST.

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Now online: the recordings of our recent international workshop on 'Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context' can now be viewed on our website! Both in English and Chinese simultaneous translation https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/webcasts

Thank you to all the speakers and all the participants. You have made our three-day workshop an enjoyable, engaging and successful one! The recordings will soon be available on our website.

Our workshop starts in 10 mins. You can still join us by e-mailing [email protected] and we will send you the zoom link.

佛教背景下的甘达兰艺术：工作坊

我们对我们的甘达拉在线国际研讨会感到非常兴奋，下周，星期一21日至星期三23日。 它将在佛教背景下探讨甘达兰艺术的主题--这是理解这一材料的一个根本重要的话题。

我们将使用缩放在线举办研讨会（有机会在空间聊天上随意互动）。 研讨会的录音也将在线提供，开放获取程序将于2023年3月出版。

将有同声传译成中文!

详情请参阅我们的网站:
https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/events/Gandharan-Art-in-its-Buddhist-Context-international-workshop

如欲免费预订场地，请电邮至：[email protected]...

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GANDHARAN ART IN ITS BUDDHIST CONTEXT: workshop

We are very excited about our Gandhara Connections online international workshop next week, on Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd. It will tackle the theme of Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context – a fundamentally important topic for understanding this material.

We shall be holding the workshop online using Zoom (with the opportunity for casual interaction on Spatial Chat). The recording of the workshop will also be available online, and open access proceedings will be published in March 2023.

There will be simultaneous interpretation into Chinese!

For details see our website:
https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/events/Gandharan-Art-in-its-Buddhist-Context-international-workshop

To book a place for free please email us: [email protected].

[photo: British Museum]

Arnold on Twitter “I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share. https://t.co/6gyVRhgpFV”

Our latest open access book now out: The Rediscovery & Reception of Gandharan Art. Download free or order hard copy from http://archaeopress.com It'll soon be on our website & other platforms too. If you've booked for next workshop you'll get 25% discount voucher!

Prof. Juhyung Rhi to give a lecture on the Gandharan Buddha Year 5. Friday 18th March, 4.30-5.30pm EST

Annual Distinguished Lecture on the Arts of South and Southeast Asia | The Metropolitan Museum of Art In accordance with New York City mandate, all visitors age 12 and older must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Masks are required for all visitors.

We are sharing the University of Oxford response to Russia's catastrophic invasion of Ukraine: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/university-response-invasion-ukraine. Given the very international following of CARC's FB page, and the news blackout and censorship in Russia, it seems appropriate to post such information here. While the current Russian attacks on the Ukrainian population are, of course, more important that anything else, it is also concerning to learn of the threat from bombing and potential looting to Ukraine's archaeological collections.

https://www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/15466

Workshops on the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Statuary - Day 1 Workshops on the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Statuary - Day 1

The fifth and final Gandhara Connections International Workshop 2022: Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context will be held online on Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd March 2022 using Zoom and Spatial Chat.

The updated programme for this workshop is now available on https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/events

All are welcome to join us for this event. Attendance is free but please book a place by emailing [email protected].

Simultaneous interpretation in Chinese will be available.

Photo © Trustees of the British Museum, BM1902,1002.29

Our special online seminar 8/3/2022 with Mark Allon & Ian McCrabb from Australia who will introduce exciting new work: DIGITAL GANDHARAN TEXTS - The Digital framework for the research and publication of Gandhari manuscripts and inscriptions. http://carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/events

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