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Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves: Joseph Needham on the Silk Road, Online talk by Frances Wood
February 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
When SACU founder Joseph Needham led an expedition to Gansu in 1943, he intended to stay for a couple of days at the Mogao caves near Dunhuang. The breakdown of a lorry and the difficulty of obtaining spare parts meant that he spent several weeks there, making drawings and taking photographs of the caves, adding considerably to knowledge of this wonderful site. The history of the caves and their exploitation by early 20th century explorers forms a background to Needham’s visit.
Speaker information: Frances Wood
Dr Frances Wood, one of SACU’s vice presidents, studied Chinese at Cambridge and Peking universities Curator of the Chinese collections in the British Library 1977-2013, responsible for the Chinese manuscripts from Dunhuang.
She has written a number of books on Chinese culture including works on the Silk Road, Marco Polo, the First Emperor and the Forbidden City.
Free online talk – reserve your place on Eventbrite here
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the talk to all those who have registered on Eventbrite.
