Since the early use of the term in the 19th century, the ‘Silk Roads’ have come to mean so much more than a route for trading silk from East to West. Coinciding with the British Museum special exhibition Silk Roads, this two-day conference brings together 18 scholars and chairs from various disciplines to explore an expanded understanding of the Silk Roads. Presenting new discoveries and perspectives, this conference highlights the many instances and contexts in which people, objects and ideas moved and contacts and exchanges took place across Afro-Eurasia, from East Asia to Britain, Scandinavia to Madagascar, in the period AD 500 to 1000.
The conference will be accompanied by the Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art Annual Lecture. The keynote speaker is Susan Whitfield, Professor in Silk Road Studies at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia.
For additional information, visit: www.britishmuseum.org/events/silk-roads-contacts-and-exchanges-across-afro-eurasia-ad-500-1000
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