International Conference on Glass in Archaeology and History: Cultural, Economic and Artistic Exchanges
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Program

March 27 (Tuesday)
Auditorium, Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei
09:00 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 09:40
Opening Remarks I
Cheng-Hwa Tsang, Academician
Academia Sinica
Keynote Speech
Chair:Cheng-Hwa Tsang, Academician
Academia Sinica
09:40 - 10:30
Glass between cultures
Thilo Rehren, Director and Professor FSA
Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute / Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries
10:30 - 10:50
Refreshments
Session 1
Chair:Kuang-Ti Li, Research Fellow
Institute of Philology and History, Academia Sinica
10:50 - 11:20
Glass and glassmakers in Late Bronze Age Egypt
Caroline Jackson, Professor
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield
11:20 - 11:50
The exchange, production, and use of glass beads and artifacts in Southeast Asia from the Iron Age to the post-Angkorian period
Alison Carter, Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon
11:50 - 14:00
Lunch
Session 2
Chair:Scarlett Chiu, Associate Research Fellow Institute of Philology and History, Academia Sinica
14:00 - 14:30
The regional and temporal distribution of glass beads in early Iron Age Taiwan
Kuan-Wen Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Philology and History, Academia Sinica
14:30 - 15:00
Ancient Japanese glass imported from Eurasia as revealed by on site XRF analysis
Izumi Nakai, Professor
Tokyo University of Science
15:00 - 15:30
Native development of ancient Chinese glassmaking and the mutual changes between the East and West along the Silk Road
Qing-Hui Li, Research Fellow
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15:30 - 15:50
Refreshments
Session 3
Chair:Chin-Yung Chao, Assistant Research Fellow Institute of Philology and History, Academia Sinica
15:50 - 16:30
The beauty of glass beads from eastern Taiwan: the reconstruction of glass beadmaking from Paiwan aborigines
Yu-Hsin Wang, Associate Professor
Department of Arts and Creative Industries, National Dong Hwa University
16:30 - 17:10
The difficulties faced by modern day culture of qkata glass bead in Paiwan: a perspective from Ata Beads Workshop
Hsiu-Hui Lin, Director
Ata Beads Workshop
March 28 (Wednesday)
Wenhuitang Auditorium, National Palace Museum, Taipei
09:10 - 09:40
Registration
09:40 - 09:50
Opening Remarks II
Jen-Yi Lin, Director
National Palace Museum
Session 4
Chair:Su-Fen Yen, Director
Department of Registration and Conservation, NPM
09:50 - 10:20
Non-invasive on-site analysis of enamelled pottery, glass and metal artefacts
Philippe Colomban, Research Director CNRS/Sorbonne Université
10:20 - 10:50
Problems with unstable glasses manufactured in Europe and Asia during the 17 th to 20 th centuries
Stephen Koob, Chief Conservator
The Corning Museum of Glass
10:50 - 11:10
Refreshments
Session 5
Chair:Pei-Chin Yu, Chief curator
Department of Antiquities, NPM
11:10 - 11:40
Imitation and innovation: cultural influences in glassmaking in early modern Europe and China
Florian Knothe, Director
University Museum & Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong
11:40 - 12:10
Glass making -- cultural exchange between East and West from 18th to early 20th century
Shelly Xue, Associate Professor and Director
Studio & Workshop Center, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts
12:10 - 13:40
Lunch
Session 6
Chair:Ching-Fei Shih, Professor
Graduate Institute Of Art History, NTU
13:40 - 14:10
International currents in Chinese glass - Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Kate Newnham, Senior Curator
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
14:10 - 14:40
Polyhedron design and its formation: glass octagonal vase during Qianlong reign (1736-1795) in the Qing dynasty
Pei-Chin Yu, Chief curator
Department of Antiquities, NPM
14:40 - 15:10
Glass artifacts in the curio box collections of the Qing court
Hsiang-Wen Chang, Assistant Curator
Department of Antiquities, NPM
15:10 - 15:30
Refreshments
Session 7
Chair:Hsiao-Yun Wu, Associate Curator
Department of Antiquities, NPM
15:30 - 16:00
Aventurine glass in Western and Eastern History : occurrence, fabrication and artistry
Tung-Ho Chen, Associate Research Fellow
Department of Registration and Conservation, NPM
16:00 - 16:30
Material identification of stained glass in National Taiwan Museum
Bing-Sheng Yu, Department of Material and Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
16:30 - 17:00
Comprehensive Discussion