Kitan Network Annual (Virtual) Symposium 2023 At Waseda University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem January Friday 13th 2023 New York 07:00 - 11:00; Jerusalem 14:00 - 18:00; Tokyo 20:00 - 00:00 Session 1: New interpretations of Kitan and Liao culture New York 07:00 - 08:30; Jerusalem 14:00 - 15:30; Tokyo 20:00 - 21:30 Introductory Remarks and Chair: Lance PURSEY, Waseda University “Wedding Ceremony of A Liao Princess: New interpretations of the corridor murals of Kulun No. 1 Liao Tomb and the identity of its occupants” Hang LIN, Hangzhou Normal University “Kitan and Tangut Buddhism in Northern China, 11-12th centuries” Kirill SOLONIN, Renmin University of China and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies “The Newly Integrated Empire: Liao Taizong’s Rule over the Middle Kingdom” Soojung HAN, Southwestern University Session 2: Textual and literary legacies of the Liao New York 08:45 - 09:45; Jerusalem 15:45 - 16:45; Tokyo 21:45 - 22:45 Chair: Tomoyasu IIYAMA, Waseda University “Forging Liao History: Yao Shilin 姚士粦 (1559-1644) and An Account of Burned Pepper (Fenjiao lu 焚椒錄)” Olivia MILBURN, Hong Kong University “The Afterlife of Kitan Liao Literati Community Under Jurchen Rule” Lili XIA, Princeton University Session 3: Turkic threads in the history of the Kitan and Qay New York 10:00 - 11:00; Jerusalem 17:00 - 18:00; Tokyo 23:00 - 00:00 Chair: Michal BIRAN, Hebrew University of Jerusalem “Inner Asia through the Perspective of Hu Qiao’s 胡嶠 Xianluji 陷虜記” Hayrettin İhsan ERKOÇ, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University “Naming People: Qai Identity in the Liao” Zachary HERSHEY, Kenyon College To register please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/mZfaeGqFWL4ZaESJ8<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FmZfaeGqFWL4ZaESJ8%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR29IsuGV6kIyIm6OuTFgaDQqMbCXQpUAag1_GjEb0x4bDgkXhaVp1pGXjo&h=AT1nB7kHq3eIY2YMhKinXT4irad0WR62b7SDFO54oVptPX33ch6sIqTBS1do51WX7XgE4U7y-qK52WTohhI5tVN6vxq7CoKGmyJW2EBhHzqwTV66I2Om732uoeNWx7IzcA&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT0uC06SkYPwyQmkHM-zQ86aCNO2nsd5ODDUtv3GMs9QZnO2BRjFcMDUjU3dBMoudauFeLNjDEqsXfdxUviJuxe_OXSm0t2j5K7me7ibSOQgv_vCQRQjxnSHgNfWEmOp6CSnZm25MYS9tCJqcPu6HUxbbsqR91RltgvPN1b_7XB0X7QHXo7B9ntC5m38Ld36su82MMeAHMoFpluO1OBJkso> You can also email “REGISTER” to kitannetwork2023@gmail.com<mailto:kitannetwork2023@gmail.com>. Please include: your name, affiliation and career stage in the email. ----------------------------------------------------- Ari Daniel Levine Horace Montgomery Professor of History University of Georgia Member, School of Historical Studies Institute for Advanced Study 2022-23