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Fowler Museum OutSpoken Lecture / Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art

Saturday, November 7, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Fowler Museum - Lenart Auditorium Room A103B

James A. Benn: "The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China"

Admission

Free and open to the public

Contact

Fowler Museum at UCLA
(310) 825-4361
fowlerws@arts.ucla.edu

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Additional Information

The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China, the 22nd annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art, is given by James A. Benn. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies and the Fowler Museum at UCLA.

Prior to the middle of the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), tea was a beverage produced on a small scale and consumed locally by those who appreciated its refreshing and health-giving qualities. Beginning in the mid-8th century, it rose rapidly to become the drink of choice across the empire. James A. Benn, associate professor of Buddhism and East Asian Religions at McMaster University, explores the role of Buddhist ideas, institutions, and practitioners in the promotion of tea drinking and the invention of a Chinese tea culture. Co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies.

Fowler OutSpoken Lectures enhance understanding and appreciation of the peoples, cultures, & religions of the world, informed by interdisciplinary approaches & the perspectives of the cultures represented.

OutSpoken Lecture series:

  • September 12: Beatrice Hohenegger: Steeped in History: The Art of Tea
  • September 24: Sanjay Subrahmanyam: From Elephants to Tea; The Nilgris Under Colonial Rule
  • October 3: Enid Schildkrout and Dale Rosengarten: Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
  • October 14: Jessica B. Harris: Carolina’s Gold
  • October 24: Pei-kai Cheng: Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics
  • October 29: Judith Carney: Black Rice: The African Antecedents of the Carolina Rice Plantation Economy
  • November 7: 22nd Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art: James A. Benn: The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China
  • November 22: Morgan Pitelka: Tea of the Samurai in Times of War and Peace

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