Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Series on Chinese Art and Archaeology

Since the founding of the series in 1982, the Sammy Yukuan Lee Lectures in Chinese Art and Archaeology have brought to UCLA some of the world's leading scholars of 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.

Forty-eight Buddhas of Measureless Life: Court Eunuch Patronage at the Sculpture Grottoes of Longmen
Amy McNair (Art History, University of Kansas

20th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture 2 pm, Saturday, November 3, 2007

 

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We hope you enjoy four streaming flash videos from the 19th Sammy Lee Lecture on Chinese Art and Archaeology, held November 4, 2006. The title of this lecture was, Poet Prince and River Nymph: The Luoshenfu in Verse and Painting and presented by Roderick Whitfield, Percival David Emeritus Professor of Chinese & East Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies.

Events

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, will be the featured speaker at 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

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Archive of past posters

Slideshow from 2005 lecture

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.