Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Series on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Since the founding of the series in 1982, the Sammy Yukuan Lee Lectures in Chinese Archaeology and Art have brought to UCLA some of the world's leading scholars of archaeology and premodern Chinese art.
Supported through the generosity of the Lee Family Foundation and named in honor of the connoisseur and philanthropist who is the family's patriarch, these lectures are designed to reveal the glories of China's artistic heritage for appreciative viewers in Southern California and far beyond.
2009 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China
Please enjoy the podcast recording and a few images from the 22st Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, held on November 7, 2009: The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China , delivered by James A. Benn
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2008 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Burning the Books and Killing the Scholars: Representing the Atrocities of the First Emperor of China a public lecture by Anthony Barbieri-Low
Please enjoy three streaming flash videos from the 21st Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, held on November 1, 2008: Burning the Books and Killing the Scholars: Representing the Atrocities of the First Emperor of China Anthony Barbieri-Low delivers the 21st Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
2007 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Please enjoy three streaming flash videos from the 20th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, held on November 3, 2007: Forty-eight Buddhas of Measureless Life: Court Eunuch Patronage at the Sculpture Grottoes of Longmen, delivered by Amy McNair (Art History, University of Kansas)
2006 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Please enjoy four streaming flash videos from the 19th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, held on November 4, 2006: Poet Prince and River Nymph: The Luoshenfu in Verse and Painting, delivered by Roderick Whitfield, Percival David Emeritus Professor of Chinese & East Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies.
Lectures
The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China
James A. Benn delivers the 22nd Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Burning the Books and Killing the Scholars: Representing the Atrocities of the First Emperor of China
Anthony Barbieri-Low delivers the 21st Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Forty-eight Buddhas of Measureless Life: Court Eunuch Patronage at the Sculpture Grottoes of Longmen
Amy McNair presents the 20th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology & Art
Saturday, November 03, 2007
The 19th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Poet Prince and River Nymph: The "Luoshenfu" in Verse and Painting
Roderick Whitfield (Percival David Emeritus Professor of Chinese & East Asian Art, School of Oriental & African Studies, London) presents the 19th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Art & Archaeology
Saturday, November 04, 2006
The 18th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Recarving China's Past: "Wu Family Shrines" and the Story of the Stones
Cary Y. Liu, Curator of Asian Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, will be the featured speaker at the 18th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
The 17th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Yuanmingyuan: The Garden of Perfect Brightness - A Mirror for the Last Dynasty of China
Che Bing Chiu, Professor at the Centre de recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient de Paris-Sorbonne, presents the 17th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
The 16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Long-haired Monks? A Portrait of Two Chinese Buddhist Masters and its Many Contexts
Raoul Birnbaum, Professor and Rebele Chair in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, will be the featured speaker at the 16th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 01, 2003
The 15th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Daoist Arts of the Ming Court
Stephen Little, the new Director Designate of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, will be the featured speaker at the 15th annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Articles
Large Turnout for Sammy Lee Lecture on Chinese Imperial Garden
17th annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, 2004
Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Explores the Self-Images of Buddhist Monks over the Centuries,
16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, 2003
Long-haired Monks?
Raoul Birnbaum presents the 16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Art and Archaeology on Nov. 1, 2003
Dr. Stephen Little probes the forgotten history of the Ming Court's deep involvement with the Daoist religion
15th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Honors Sammy Lee's 100th Birthday, 2002
About the Series
The Sammy Yukuan Lee Lectures on Chinese Art and Archaeology
For more than two decades, the series has featured presentations by leading scholars exploring major issues in China's rich artistic heritage.
Sammy Yukuan Lee: A Biography
The story of Sammy Yukuan Lee and the Foundation that bears his name
Howard and Norma Lee
Sammy Yukuan Lee Scholarships for Undergraduate Students
Each year one student is selected to receive a full scholarship (fees, plus a living stipend) for four years.