Cultural Heritage in China: Present and Future
Date and Time
April 25, 2018
02:30PM - 04:30PM EDT
Location
CGIS South Building S250
Harvard Asian Archaeology Seminar Series
A Lecture by Liu Shuguang, Deputy Administrator, State Administrator of Cultural Heritage (SACH), People's Republic of China
This talk will focus on the distinctive features of cultural heritage in China, the formation of Cultural Heritage Management Mechanism with Chinese Characteristics and the existing state and challenges to Cultural Heritage Management in China. Liu Shuguang, graduated from the history department at Zhengzhou University with a bachelor degree in archeology in 1982. In 1986, he received a master’s degree in Chinese history at Peking University. After serving as an archaeologist in Luoyang, from 1986 to 1996, he taught ancient Chinese history, history of Chinese archaeology, Chinese urban history, etc., at Minzu University of China and the Branch College of Peking University. From 1996 to 2010, he worked at State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH). From March, 2010, he was president of Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, and president of National Center of Underwater Cultural Heritage. Since December, 2015, he has been deputy administrator of SACH. For more information, please visit the Fairbank Center website: http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/liu-shuguang-management-of-cultural-heritage-in-china-existing-state-and-future-trend/.
We hope to see you there!