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SYMPOSIUM : Visualizing DunhuangFriday and Saturday, 13−14 November 2015 Keynote Lectures, Friday, 3:30 to 5:30 pmSpeaker Program, Saturday, 8:30 am to 6:00 pmMcCosh 50 Princeton University Organized by the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art with the Princeton University Art Museum, in conjunction with the exhibition Sacred Caves of the Silk Road: Ways of Knowing and Re-creating Dunhuang, in the Art Museum, and the photography exhibition Dunhuang through the Lens of James and Lucy Lo, in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University The symposium is made possible by major funding from the Henry Luce Foundation; with additional support from the Dunhuang Foundation; and from the Buddhist Studies Workshop, the Program in East Asian Studies, and the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University.Located at the convergence of the northern and southern routes of the ancient Silk Road on the edge of the Taklamakan desert in western China, Dunhuang is one of the richest Buddhist sites in China, with nearly 500 cave temples constructed between the fourth and the fourteenth century. The sculptures, murals, portable paintings, and manuscripts found in the caves represent nearly every aspect of Buddhism, both doctrinally and artistically. This symposium will explore the many ways in which Dunhuang has been visualized, by the architects, builders, and artists who made the caves as well as by twentieth-century explorers and photographers, conservators, and contemporary artists.&#160;Keynote LecturersMimi Gardner Gates, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Dunhuang Foundation; Director Emerita, Seattle Art MuseumFAN Jinshi, Director Emerita, Dunhuang Academy SpeakersNeville Agnew, The Getty Conservation InstituteSarah Fraser, Institute of East Asian Art History, Universität HeidelbergJun Hu, Northwestern UniversityAnnette Juliano, Rutgers UniversityWei-Cheng Lin, University of ChicagoMaria Menshikova, The State Hermitage MuseumJoseph Scheier-Dolberg, The Metropolitan Museum of ArtZHANG Hongtu, New YorkZHAO Shengliang, Dunhuang Academy Concluding Remarks byWANG Xudong, Director, Dunhuang Academy&#160;RegistrationPlease register online at http://www.princeton.edu/tang/registration/NOTE: You will receive an email confirmation, but there will be no text in the body of the email. AccommodationsA limited number of rooms at the Nassau Inn are available at a special rate on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for booking rooms, as available, is 12 October 2015. Please book your room by calling the Reservation Department of the Nassau Inn at 800-862-7728 and using the Booking ID 20520 for "Visualizing Dunhuang." Reservations may also be made through the Nassau Inn Website. Follow the link to the "Groups" tab. When asked for the "Attendee code," please enter the Booking ID 20520.More information about accommodations may also be found at http://travel.princeton.edu/guests  Related EventsExhibitionSacred Caves of the Silk Road: Ways of Knowing and Re-creating DunhuangPrinceton University Art Museum3 October 2015–10 January 2016&#160;Photography ExhibitionDunhuang through the Lens of James and Lucy LoDepartment of Art and Archaeology, 1st Floor, McCormick Hall, Princeton University14 September 2015–23 January 2016&#160;LecturePrinceton University, 101 McCormick Hall, 22 October 2015, 4:30 pmCreating and Re-creating the Mogao Grottoes in DunhuangHsueh-man Shen, Institute of Fine ArtsSponsored by the Tang Center and the Princeton University Art Museum, with major funding by the Henry Luce Foundation&#160;LecturePrinceton University 101 McCormick Hall, 5 November 2015, 4:30 pmEnvisioning Dunhuang’s Caves of a Thousand BuddhasZoe S. Kwok, Princeton University Art Museum&#160;LecturePrinceton Club of New York, 10 November 2015, 6:30 pmDunhuang: Global Gallery of Art and FaithRoderick Whitfield, Professor Emeritus, SOAS, University of LondonInformation— https://pcnycommunity.force.com/pcny/s/Dunhuang2015Registration— http://www.princetonclub.com/s/dunhuang