Talk Sally Church, University of Cambridge  on  "Sogdians on the Silk Road: Recent Translations from Rong Xinjiang's Work on Cultural Exchanges"

Cambridge Central Asia Forum invites you to a talk by

Sally Church, University of Cambridge 

on

 "Sogdians on the Silk Road: Recent Translations from Rong Xinjiang's Work on Cultural Exchanges"

Date: 26 January 2024

Time: 11am-1pm

Venue: Room SG2, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT 

Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrf-uhrz8sG9ToxANGS2trU5JbGLSpmw-A

Abstract: Sally Church will talk about her latest publication, the book entitled , the author of the 'The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges Between East and West'. It was originally written in Chinese by Rong Xinjiang and now translated into English. The book provides insights into previously unresolved issues concerning the interactions among the societies, economies, religions and cultures of the “Western Regions”, and beyond, during the first millennium. The focus of the talk will be the Sogdians on the Silk Road.

Biography: Sally K Church, Ph.D. (1992), Harvard University, is an Affiliated Researcher and a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, and a Research Associate at the Needham Research Institute. She publishes on China's historical involvement in maritime and overland communications. 

Everyone is welcome.