9 am to 12:30 pm Pacific Time
Via Zoom
Space in this educators workshop is limited. Complete the form below to enroll. Participants will receive links to access readings and resource recommendations and for the workshop itself.
Speakers:
Buddhist Cave Temples as World Heritage Sites in China
Sonya Lee, University of Southern California
Sonya Lee is professor of art history, East Asian languages and cultures and religion. She also heads the USC East Asian Studies Center. Prof. Lee published Temples in the Cliffside: Buddhist Art in Sichuan earlier this year. She’s also the author of Surviving Nirvana: Death of the Buddha in Chinese Visual Culture (2010) and is editor-in-chief for the forthcoming Grove Encyclopedia of Asian Art, a multi-volume work. Prof. Lee’s research has been supported by a number of grants, including ones from the National Gallery of Art and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Timothy Oakes, University of Colorado
Tim Oakes teaches geography and is directs the Henry Luce Foundation-funded China Made project examining Asian infrastructures and the China model of development. He headed CU’s Center for Asian Studies for a decade. Prof. Oakes is the author of Tourism and Modernity in China (1998) and many articles and book chapters. He’s co-editor of many books, including Making Cultural Cities in Asia (2016), Faiths on Display: Religion, Tourism and the Chinese State (2010) and he Cultural Geography Reader (2008).
Vinayak Bharne, University of Southern California
Vinayak Bharne teaches in the architecture, urban design and heritage conservation programs. He also director of design at Moule & Polyzoides. Prof. Bharne’s projects have won a variety of awards, including from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Planning Association. He is the author of Zen Spaces & Neon Places (2014) and editor of many volumes, including The Routledge Companion to Global Heritage Conservation (2019) and The Emerging Asian City (2013).
Sponsored by USC’s U.S.-China Institute and East Asian Studies Center in partnership with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. Financial support provided by the Freeman Foundation.
