New Frontiers in the Study of Medieval China

2026 Program

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Program

Friday, May 15, 2026

9:00–9:30

Breakfast and opening remarks

9:30–10:25

Zhang Fan (Tulane University)

Epitaph of Poduoluo 破多羅 (435); Epitaph of Lü Xu 呂續 (456); Epitaphs of Sima Jinlong 司馬金龍 (484) and Qinwen Jichen 欽文姬辰 (474)

10:30–11:25

Gil Raz (Dartmouth College)

Xin Yanzhi Stele 《⾟延智造像碑》 (548)

11:30–12:00

Discussant: Jeffrey Moser (Brown University)

Lunch

13:00–13:55

Tim Chan (The Education University of Hong Kong)

Stele on the Crown Prince Who Ascended to Transcendence 《昇仙基子之碑》 (699)

14:00–14:55

Jessey Choo (Rutgers University–New Brunswick)

Entombed Epitaph Inscription with Preface for the Late Monastic Registrar Lingyan of Congfu Monastery of Great Tang 《大唐崇福寺故僧錄靈晏墓誌并序》 (856)

15:00–15:55

Oliver Moore (University of Groningen)

Record of the edict granting Mount Dapi's monasteries in Liyang exemption from dissolution 《黎陽大岯山寺準敕不停廢記》 (959)

Coffee Break

16:25–17:00

Discussant: Michael Hoeckelmann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

17:00–17:30

Round Table I – Methodology

Lu Yang 陸揚 (Peking University)

Saturday, May 16, 2026

9:00–9:30

Breakfast

9:30–10:25

Nicholas Morrow Williams (Arizona State University)

Entombed Epitaph of Yuan Yanming 《魏故侍中基保特進使持節都督雍華岐三州諸賙事大將賙雍州刺史安豐王謚曰文宣元王墓誌銘》 (530)

10:30–11:25

Scott Pearce (Western Washington University)

Epitaph of Pugu Yitu 仆固乙突 (678)

11:30–12:00

Discussant: Tim Davis (Brigham Young University)

Lunch

13:00–13:55

Amy McNair (University of Kansas)

Tomb Epitaph for Gentleman-litterateur Zhang, with a Preface 《張文林墓誌並序》 (711)

14:00–14:55

Xu Man (Tufts University)

Epitaph of He Yizheng 和以正墓誌 (1060); Epitaph of Ms. Zhao's grandparents and parents 和以正妻趙氏祖父母父母墓誌 (1060)

15:00–15:55

Beverly Bossler (Brown University)

Epitaph of Guan Wenhui 關文鉌墓誌銘 (1295)

Coffee Break

16:25–17:00

Discussant: Anna Shields (Princeton University)

17:00–17:30

Round Table II – Future Directions

Alexei Ditter (Reed College)


This workshop is generously supported by the Tang Research Foundation, Rutgers Center for Chinese Studies, and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Rutgers University.