2020 - 2021 Schedule - Our 20th Anniversary Season!
Online Presentations
Welcome to our First Saturday PDX twentieth anniversary season, and our debut collection of online programs! The season starts 12 September, 2020 running through 5 June, 2021 - come join us on another voyage of discovery. Registration is required for each of these free events; available on the Upcoming Presentation page.
Stamp Collecting in 1950's China, The Chinese Textile Collection at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, The History of the Chile Pepper in China, Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th Century China and Historical Tea Preparation and Consumption in China are all part of this season's schedule.
Stamp Collecting in 1950's China, The Chinese Textile Collection at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, The History of the Chile Pepper in China, Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th Century China and Historical Tea Preparation and Consumption in China are all part of this season's schedule.
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Collecting Under Socialism: Philately in 1950's China
Wendy Larson, PhD University of Oregon 12 September, 2020 Come with us as we explore the world of stamp collecting in Socialist China. China has a long history of collecting, including birds, insects, flowers, stamps, art, and later, Mao badges. When the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949, collectors rethought their activities in the new political environment. In this talk, Dr Wendy Larson introduces the contentious debates among stamp collectors in the 1950's, which focused on both the dangers and pleasures of the hobby. |
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Chinese Art Collection at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Anne Rose Kitagawa, M.A., Chief Curator of Collections and Asian Art Director of Academic Programs Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon 3 October, 2020 We explore "Myriad Treasures," the inaugural installation in the newly refurbished Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art at the University of Oregon’s JSMA , featuring 113 objects spanning four millennia of Chinese history from the museum’s legacy collection along with a few exciting recent acquisitions. |
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The real Mulan? Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th century China
Cecily McCaffrey, PhD Associate Professor of History Willlamette University 7 November, 2020 Join us for the discussion of a fascinating figure, the eighteenth century Chinese female rebel Wang Cong’er. In this talk, Dr Cecily McCaffrey explores the accumulation of tales about Wang (who herself left no written record), considering in particular the moral overtones expressed in both imperial and contemporary writings – and asks whether the comparison to Mulan might be warranted. |
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History of the Chile Pepper in China
Brian Dott, PhD Associate Professor of History Whitman College 5 December, 2020 We will see how the nonnative chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China, influencing not just cuisine but also medicine, language, and cultural identity. Dr Brian Dott tracks the cultural meaning of the chile across a wide swath of literary texts and artworks, revealing how the spread of chiles fundamentally altered the meaning of the term spicy. He emphasizes the intersection between food and gender, tracing the chile as a symbol for both male virility and female passion. |
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A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College
Kevin Greenwood, PhD Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art , Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin College 9 January, 2021 Dr Kevin Greenwood will take us for a brief but lively overview of the impressive but little known collection of Chinese paintings at the AMAM. Works range from the 14th to the 21st centuries, and include such luminaries as Xie Shichen, Zhang Hong, Gao Fenghan, Wang Jian, Wang Yuanqi, Wu Changshuo, Chang Dai-chien, Liu Haisu, Zeng Fanzhi and others. Further information here Video here |
Welcoming the Year of the Ox 牛, 4719
Our First 20 Years
First Saturday Program Committee
6 February, 2021
There is no in-person Chinese New Year lunch or online webinar event scheduled for February.
Year of the Ox 牛, 4719 details here
Chinese New Year Meal video here
Our First 20 Years details here and video here
Our First 20 Years
First Saturday Program Committee
6 February, 2021
There is no in-person Chinese New Year lunch or online webinar event scheduled for February.
Year of the Ox 牛, 4719 details here
Chinese New Year Meal video here
Our First 20 Years details here and video here
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Artistic Exchange between China and Europe in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Dawn Odell, PhD Associate Professor of Art History Lewis & Clark College 6 March, 2021 Professor Odell will discuss the circulation of art works between China and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. During this period, merchants and missionaries frequently travelled the world as well as objects d'art, books, maps, mechanical devices and furniture. For many who would never travel beyond their small towns, what did art tell them about another region of the world? |
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The Scholar’s Retreat:
Loss and Resilience in the Chinese Landscape and Garden Ann Wetherell, PhD 3 April, 2021 The withdrawal into nature and the garden during times of trouble is a time-honored theme in Chinese art and literature, rooted in Confucian belief in the edifying power of nature for the moral and ethical man. Dr Ann Wetherell explores the ways in which landscape painting and gardens during the late Yuan and Ming dynasties (roughly late 13th c- mid 17th c) reflect the ideal of a retreat—both physical and psychological—of the Confucian scholar from the turmoil of the world.
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Simmering, Whisking, Steeping: Historical Methods for Preparing and Consuming Tea in Premodern China
James A. Benn, PhD Professor of Buddhism and East Asian Religions, McMaster University Director, McMaster University Centre for Buddhist Studies 1 May, 2021 Dr James Benn will explain how a bowl of tea was by no means a stable thing over the centuries. It looked, smelled, and tasted quite different depending on when and where it was made. We will explore different methods of making tea in premodern China, examine famous works of tea literature, read some poems, and look at both rare and everyday examples of teaware. https://www.jamesabenn.ca/ |
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Silk and Sericulture: Beauty Inspired by a Social Contract
Ina Asim, PhD Associate Professor, Pre-Modern Chinese History University of Oregon 5 June, 2021 Professor Ina Asim will give us an introduction to Chinese silk textiles as refined pieces of art, and share the intriguing history of collecting them as exemplified by Gertrud Bass Warner, the founder of the University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. |
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PLEASE REGISTER on our Upcoming Presentation page to receive online attendance details for each date
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Our educational program series has been developed with support from PSU’s Institute for Asian Studies and the Northwest China Council, and is free and open to the public.
Although we are currently in an online format, our regular monthly location is at the address below, click on it for directions:
Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Ctr (ASRC), Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
Excellent MAX and bus transportation is right by the venue; plan your Trimet trip HERE. There is also a nearby parking structure at SW 6th and Harrison with an entrance on 6th Avenue is also available.
View PSU Parking info:
https://www.pdx.edu/transportation/hourly-visitor-parking
Although we are currently in an online format, our regular monthly location is at the address below, click on it for directions:
Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Ctr (ASRC), Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
Excellent MAX and bus transportation is right by the venue; plan your Trimet trip HERE. There is also a nearby parking structure at SW 6th and Harrison with an entrance on 6th Avenue is also available.
View PSU Parking info:
https://www.pdx.edu/transportation/hourly-visitor-parking
