Connie Chin, administrator of the Department of East
Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford, traveled by train across Mongolia and
the northern Silk Road last summer. This slide presentation will show some of
the highlights, such as staying with nomads in Mongolia, talking with Han,
Uyghurs, and Tibetans in northwest China, exploring museums and archaeological
sites, and walking the streets of Silk Road cities (modern cities of three
million, and remnants of ancient cities baking in the sun). Connie will also
share her observations on economic development and the tourist industry in
China.
Connie Chin holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A.
in ancient and medieval history from San Jose State (2012). She is author of
"Climate Change and Migrations of People during the Jin Dynasty (Early
Medieval China, 13/14, 2008) and "Geography and Social Structure of
Monasteries: Cultural Diffusion or Convergent Evolution?" (SJSU Scholar
Works, UMI, 2012). She is studying Sogdian language with Drs. Fred Porta and
Albert Dien.
The event will take place at SRH on Sunday June 8, at
1-3pm.
Silk Road House, 1944 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
(between Milvia & Martin Luther King; enter by side door in passageway
under black Zabu Zabu awning); e-mail:
silkroadhouse@yahoo.com;
website:
www.silkroadhouse.org;
facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/SilkRoadHouse;
tel.: 510-981-0700.
Silk Road House events are sponsored by the Silkroad
Foundation.
---Posted by: Alma Kunanabeva <
almak@stanford.edu>
