IDP 20 Event: Public Lectures and Reception
To celebrate IDP’s 20th anniversary we have been organising a series of events and activities. Full details can be found on our programme page. From November 1 2014 the IDP blog has also featured A Few of Our Favourite Things, a weekly post showcasing IDP collection items selected by twenty of IDP’s partners, supporters and users.
Lectures and Reception: ‘Silk on the Silk Road’
11 April 2014
14.00 – 20.00
£12 (£8 Concessions)
Conference Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London, NW1 2DB
Over a century of archaeology on the eastern Silk Road has resulted in thousands of textile finds, preserved by the dry desert air. In their variety — of material, dyes, designs and weaves — they demonstrate the richness of cultural and technical exchanges among the peoples of the Silk Road. This afternoon of lectures by scholars, curators and conservators is intended for a general audience, and will introduce the Silk Road and the textiles collections held in London and worldwide. The lecture will be followed by a reception with drinks.
14:00
Welcome
Cordelia Rogerson, Head of Conservation, The British Library
14:15
Silk for Books and Buddhism: the British Library and British Museum Collections
Susan Whitfield, Director, IDP, The British Library
15:00
Silk in Shoes and Clothing: V&A and British Museum Collections
Helen Persson, Curator Chinese Textiles and Dress, V&A
Questions
15:45–16:15
Tea & Coffee
16:15
Silk as Money
Helen Wang, Curator, East Asian Money, The British Museum
17:00
Silks from the Silk Road
Zhao Feng, Director, The National Silk Museum, China
Questions
18:00–20:00
Reception
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