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LECTURES

Asia House
Only Fools and Horses?
In the Steppes of Muhammad Siyah Qalam.

Lecturer: Dr Julian Raby of the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
8th or 9th NOVEMBER (tbc)

Details & venue: tel. 020 7499 1287, website http://www.asiahouse.org 


Sotheby's
Song Ceramic Wares
9th NOVEMBER
Sotheby's, New Bond Street

Details for lecture: Julian King, tel. 020 7293 5148 


Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd
Five and Nine
Number and symbol in Chinese textile art
Lecturer: Gary Dickinson
10th, 11th, 12th NOVEMBER
Linda Wrigglesworth Gallery

Details & tickets: tel. 020 7408 0177 


Circle of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies 
Symposium: Conserving Art - Preserving Culture
Approaches and methodologies in the conservation of the religious art of Tibet
11th NOVEMBER
Lecture Theatre, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London University

Details & tickets: Dr Ulrich Pagel, tel. 020 7898 4782 


Christie's and The Oriental Ceramic Society 
New Discoveries of Vietnamese Ceramics from the Hoi An Shipwreck
Lecturer: John Guy of the Victoria & Albert Museum
11th NOVEMBER
Christie's, King Street

Details for lecture & reception: tel. 020 7389 2574 


Nehru Centre 
KAARU
Panel discussion of the role of folk and tribal craft arts in national development
12th NOVEMBER

Lecture and demonstration on art for everyday living
15th NOVEMBER

Details: Nilima Bhat, tel. 020 8241 1202 


British Museum Press 
Discovering the Ming
Lecturer: Jessica Harrison-Hall
12th NOVEMBER
Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum

Details & reservations: Penelope Vogler, tel. 020 7323 1234 


Asia House 
Why the British Indian Empire Ended

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Lecturer: Patric French
Monday 12th NOVEMBER

Details & venue: tel. 020 7499 1287, website http://www.asiahouse.org


Ashmolean Museum 
Collecting 20th Century Chinese Painting, 1940-2000
Lecturer: Professor Michael Sullivan
13th NOVEMBER
Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford


Victoria & Albert Museum 
The Benjamin Zucker Lecture on Mughal Art
The Chronicles of Akbar - the Making of a Royal Manuscript
Lecturer: Susan Stronge of the Victoria & Albert Museum
13th NOVEMBER
The Lecture Theatre, Victoria & Albert Museum

Details: South East Asian Dept., tel. 020 7942 2322 


Royal Asiatic Society 
The Photographic Collection of the RAS
Lecture on the Society's collections of 19th century photographs of Asia
Lecturer: John Falconer of the British Library
14th NOVEMBER
The Royal Asiatic Society

Details: The Secretary, tel. 020 7724 4741 


Circle of Inner Asian Art 
Secrets and True Knowledge - Looking Afresh at Song Painting
Lecturer: Professor Roderick Whitfield of SOAS
14th NOVEMBER
SOAS, London University

Details: CIAA office, tel. 020 7898 4464 


Winter Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair 
Building a Vietnamese Collection
Lecturer: Jessica Harrison-Hall, British Museum
14th NOVEMBER
National Hall Olympia Exhibition Centre

Details & tickets: tel. 020 7370 8345 


Iran Heritage Foundation 
Lecture on Isfahan
15th NOVEMBER
Locarno Rooms, The Foreign Office

Details for lecture & reception: Iran Heritage Foundation, tel. 020 7493 4766 


British Museum and The Oriental Ceramic Society Study Day 
Oriental Porcelain Decorated in Europe
Lecturers: Jessica Harrison-Hall, Helen Espir, J. van Dam, Errol Manners, Prof. Christiaan Jorg, Susan Miller, Dr Eva Stroeber, Hilary Young, 
and Dr Rose Kerr
15th NOVEMBER
Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, British Museum

Details & tickets: Education Department, tel. 020 7323 8511/8854 


The Japan Society and Sotheby's Institute of Art 
The Edo View of London
Lecturer: Dr Timon Screech
15th NOVEMBER

Details: The Japan Society, tel. 020 7636 3029 


Davies & Tooth Ltd 
Chinese Traditions, Western Influences - The Creation of
a Universal Language
Lecturer: Julian Spalding

Details & reservations: Patrick Davies, tel. 020 7409 1516 


The Textile Gallery 
Chinese Textiles from Western Collections
15th NOVEMBER

Details: Michael Franses, tel. 020 7499 7979 

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Asian Arts | Exhibitions