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Hengstberger International SymposiumBefore the Silk Road: Eurasian Interactions in the First Millennium BCInternationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg (IWH), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg,Hauptstr. 242, 69117 HeidelbergOctober 28-29, 2019ProgramDay 1  Monday, October 288:30-9:00 am   Registration, IWH9:00 am           Welcoming remarksProf. Dr. Peter Comba, Director of IWH, and Dr. Mr. Klaus-Georg Hengstberger, Sponsor of the Klaus-Georg and Sigrid Hengstberger Award9:15 am            Keynote speech:The Steppe, the Mountains, the Arc and Central China, Interactions and ResistanceProf. Dr. Dame Jessica Rawson, University of Oxford Panel I: Connectivity and InteractionsChair: Prof. Dr. Enno Giele, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg9:55 am           Interaction between China’s Great Wall Area and the Steppe in the First Millennium BC Prof. Dr. Jianhua Yang, Jilin University, Changchun; with English translation by Lokman Yang, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg10:35 am         Inner Asia and China – Tracing Connectivity in the First Millennium BCDr. Ursula Brosseder, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 11:00 am                                                         Coffee break11:30 am         Nomads of the Steppe Zone of Eurasia and Northern China at the End of the Second and the Beginning of the First Millennium BCDr. Konstantin Chugunov, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; with English translation by Dr. Maxim Korolkov, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg12:10 am          The Southern Contact Zone, Empire-Building, and Economic Change in China’s Early Imperial Era: Some Preliminary ObservationsDr. Maxim Korolkov, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg12:35 am         Discussant: Prof. Dr. Anke Hein, University of Oxford1:15 pm           Lunch break, IWH, Hauptstr. 242, 69117 Heidelberg                Panel II: Entangled Materialities and Living LegaciesChair: Senior Prof. Dr. Lothar Ledderose, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg2:15 pm           ʻGanbeiʼ Along the Eastern Rim of the Tibetan Plateau: Double-handled Jars and Their Uses in Bronze Age Western ChinaProf. Dr. Anke Hein, University of Oxford2:40 pm           The Silk Road Fashion: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Textile Ornaments Xuansu Zhang, Freie Universität Berlin3:05 pm            Interdisciplinary Approach towards Early Gold: Contacts between China and the Central Asia (8th–3rd centuries BC)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yan Liu, Northwestern Polytechnic University3:30 pm                                                          Coffee break4:00 pm           Was There A ‘Bamboo Route’ Before Zhang Qian Arrived in Bactria? Dr. Shengguang Tan, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Peking4:25 pm           Glass Vessels in Han Period ChinaDr. Brigitte Borell, Heidelberg University4:50 pm           Discussant: Prof. Dr. Alain Thote, École pratique des hautes études, Paris5:30 pm           End of discussion &#38; short break6:00 pm           Welcome dinner, IWH, Hauptstr. 242, 69117 Heidelberg                     7:30 pm           Special Evening Lecture, Lecture hall, Völkerkundemuseum der J. und E. v. Portheim-Stiftung, Hauptstr. 235, 69117 HeidelbergBeyond the Central Plains: Reflections on Dynamics of Chinese CivilizationProf. Dr. LaoZhu (Qingsheng Zhu), Peking University/ President, Comite International d’Histoire de l’Art; followed by a conversation with  Senior Prof. Dr. Lothar Ledderose&#160;Day 2  Tuesday, October 29Panel III: Parallels and DivergencesChair: Dr. Margareta Pavaloi, Völkerkundemuseum der J. und E. v. Portheim-Stiftung, Heidelberg9:00 am           Imported or Indigenous? The Earliest Forged Tin Foil Found in ChinaProf. Dr. Jianjun Mei, Needham Research Institute and Churchill College, University of Cambridge9:25 am           Finds from the Burial Site in Nalingaotu and Their Analogies in AltaiProf. Dr. Alexey A. Tishkin, Altai State University, Barnaul; with English translation by Dr. Maxim Korolkov, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg10:05 am         Archaeological Evidence of Contacts between Altai Nomads and China in the First Millennium BC: Results and Prospects of ResearchDr. Nikolai Seregin, Altai State University, Barnaul 10:30 am                                                        Coffee break11:00 am         Beasts Made of Gold: The Majiayuan Cemetery and its Central Eurasian ContextProf. Dr. Petya Andreeva, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York11:25 am         The Construction and Expansion of Nomadic Kingdoms: The Sites of Arzhan and Sandaohaizi Prof. Dr. Wu Guo, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking; with English translation by Lokman Yang, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg12:05 am          Horses on a Box. Steppe Motifs on Lacquer Objects from Burials in Chaohu, Anhui ProvinceDr. Margarete Prüch, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg12:30 pm         Lunch break, IWH, Hauptstr. 242, 69117 Heidelberg                1:50 pm           Discussant: Prof. Dr. Lukas Nickel, Universität Wien&#160;Panel IV: China and the Near East: Remote ContactsDr. Annette Kieser, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster2:30 pm           The Earliest Use of Greek Letters in China Prof. Dr. Lukas Nickel, Universität Wien2:55 pm           Traces of Artistic Conventions from the Near East and the Achaemenid Empire in the Art of the Late Bronze Age China  Prof. Dr. Alain Thote, École pratique des hautes études, Paris3:20 pm            Zouyu, the Lion: Animal Encounters in the Warring StatesDr. Lianming Wang, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg3:45 pm                                                          Coffee break4:15 pm           Non-Chinese Sculpture and Achaemenid Art: A Specific Case Study of Cross-Cultural Interaction Between Nomads and Sedentary PeopleHua Xia, Hebrew University Jerusalem4:40 pm           Discussant: Prof. Dr. Jianjun Mei, Needham Research Institute and Churchill College, University of Cambridge5:20 pm           Final remarksProf. Dr. Thomas O. Höllmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München5:45 pm                                               Refreshments &#38; farewell&#160;Organized by Dr. Lianming WangInstitute of East Asian Art HistoryRuprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg&#160;Sponsored by:the Klaus-Georg and Sigrid Hengstberger Award,the Geschwister-Supp Stiftung,and the German Research Foundation (DFG)