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Gallery: Professor Keith Dobney travels inland to further explore Chinese archaeology and culture

Gallery: Professor Keith Dobney travels inland to further explore Chinese archaeology and culture

After several weeks in Shanghai, spent writing, lecturing and discussing labs and potential projects, I headed northeast and inland to Xi’an where I visited colleagues in the large Department of Archaeology, School of Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Restoration at Northwest University.

Posted on: 28 November 2019

Gallery: Professor Keith Dobney invited to Institute of Archaeological Science at Fudan, China

Gallery: Professor Keith Dobney invited to Institute of Archaeological Science at Fudan, China

I’m here for the whole of November at the kind invitation of my good friend and colleague (Professor Yuan Jing) who is the Director of a newly established Institute of Archaeological Science at Fudan. I’ll be giving some public lectures, meeting students and staff, attending lab meetings, doing some guest teaching and discussing new facilities, research collaborations and links with ACE.

Posted on: 14 November 2019

Follow the live-blog from our visit to Changchun, China Normal University campus in China

Follow the live-blog from our visit to Changchun, China

Members of the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology are currently in Changchun, China, to set up exchange links with the Northeast Normal University's Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC). Follow the live-blog from the trip, updated by student Elissa Day.

Posted on: 25 June 2019

Terracotta warriors on the marchTerracotta Warriors Exhibition

Terracotta warriors on the march

With the launch of the World Museum's 'China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors' exhibition this week, Professor Douglas Baird provides an insight into the historical context of the Warriors and highlights their significance in today's world.

Posted on: 7 February 2018