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October 11, 2001, 8:00 p.m.
•Searching for the Lost 'Great City Shang' in China, Dr. Robert Murowchick (Director, International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History at Brown University)

Discussed were the efforts of an international team of Americans and Chinese archaeologists, who searched over many seasons for the "Great City Shang" of 2000 - 1100 BC, the capital of the Shang Dynasty. The team recently discovered a number of buried walled cities in Hunan.



January 23, 2002, 6:00 p.m.
•Slow Release -- Contemporary Indian Art, Suhanya Raffel (Head of Asian art, Queensland Art Gallery)

This lecture offers an opportunity to see the developments of contemporary Indian art within the context of the VMFA exhibit, "Worlds of Wonder and Desire."













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