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Passport to Asia: An Odyssey Through Asian Art and History (Fall 2008 - Spring 2009) Thanks to the Society for Asian Art's renowned Arts of Asia Lecture Series,* speakers from the Bay Area and across the country will transport you to temples, palaces and sometimes forgotten centers of power, relig…

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    • Aug 20, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Center Cannot Hold: Mandalay and its Failure (4/10/2009) - Part III

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2009 51:16


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    The Center Cannot Hold: Mandalay and its Failure (3/13/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2009 40:52


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    The Khmer Empire: Along the Royal Road from Phimai to Angkor (4/3/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2009 42:13


    Dawn Rooney, Independent Scholar

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    30 Years of Contemporary Chinese Art: A Beijing Perspective (4/10/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2009 35:28


    Wu Hung, University of Chicago

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    30 Years of Contemporary Chinese Art: A Bejing Perspective (4/10/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2009 46:39


    Wu Hung, University of Chicago

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    The Khmer Empire: Along the Royal Road from Phimai to Angkor (4/3/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2009 42:13


    Dawn Rooney, Independent Scholar

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    Burma: The Three Jewels at Pagan and the Ananda Temple (4/24/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2009 39:05


    Don Stadtner, Independent Scholar

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    Burma: The Three Jewels at Pagan and the Ananda Temple (4/24/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2009 31:48


    Don Stadtner, Independent Scholar

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    The Art and Architecture of Gandhara: A Cultural History (4/17/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2009 51:21


    Kurt A. Behrendt, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    The Art and Architecture of Gandhara: A Cultural History (4/17/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2009 37:28


    Kurt A. Behrendt, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Visions of Paradise: The Tradition of the Taj Mahal (2/20/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2009 49:00


    Catherine Asher, University of Minnesota

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    From Tamilnadu to San Francisco: A Goddess, Her Guardian, Their Former Companions and Lost Home (3/20/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2009 45:36


    Padma Kaimal, Colgate University

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    Sensual Equations: The Aesthetic Geometry of the Temples at Khajuraho and Orissa (3/6/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2009 51:22


    Mary-Ann Milford, Mills College

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    Ancestors, Gods, and Tourists: Offering Up "Art" in Bali (2/13/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2009 49:01


    Natasha Reichle, Asian Art Museum

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    Borobudur (2/6/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2009 20:49


    Natasha Reichle, Asian Art Museum

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    From Tamilnadu to San Francisco: A Goddess, Her Guardian, Their Former Companions and Lost Home (3/20/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2009 43:57


    Padma Kaimal, Colgate University

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    The Center Cannot Hold: Mandalay and its Failure (3/13/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2009 52:29


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    Sensual Equations: The Aesthetic Geometry of the Temples at Khajuraho and Orissa (3/6/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2009 45:28


    Mary-Ann Milford, Mills College

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    Borobudur (2/6/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2009 43:23


    Natasha Reichle, Asian Art Museum

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    Where's the Zen: Art at the Daitokuji Monastery, Japan (11/7/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2009 45:25


    Gregory Levine, UC Berkeley

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    Visions of Paradise: The Tradition of the Taj Mahal (2/20/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2009 52:02


    Catherine Asher, University of Minnesota

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    Ancestors, Gods, and Tourists: Offering Up "Art" in Bali (2/13/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2009 33:25


    Natasha Reichle, Asian Art Museum

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    Jingdezhen: Porcelain Capital of China and the World (9/19/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2009 54:59


    Robert Mowry, Harvard University

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    Jingdezhen: Porcelain Capital of China and the World (9/19/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2009 41:28


    Robert Mowry, Harvard University

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    Where's the Zen: Art at the Daitokuji Monastery, Japan (11/7/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2009 56:55


    Gregory Levine, UC Berkeley

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    Exemplary Lives in the Buddhist Caves of Northern China (9/12/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2009 51:12


    Patricia Berger, UC Berkeley

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    Exemplary Lives in the Buddhist Caves of Northern China (9/12/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2009 39:49


    Patricia Berger, UC Berkeley

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    The Best of the West in Central Asian Art: Or Blame it on the Sasanians! (11/21/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2009 34:10


    Guitty Azarpay, UC Berkeley

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    Women's Space and Place in Begram, Afghanistan (12/12/2008) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2009 33:02


    Sanjyot Mehendale, UC Berkeley

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    The Forbidden City in Chinese Myth and History (9/26/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2009 46:19


    Richard Vinograd, Stanford University

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    The Forbidden City in Chinese Myth and History (9/26/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2009 45:21


    Richard Vinograd, Stanford University

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    Rethinking Chinese Han Dynasty Tombs (9/5/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2009 31:38


    Patricia Berger, UC Berkeley

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    Rethinking Chinese Han Dynasty Tombs (9/5/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2009 54:09


    Patricia Berger, UC Berkeley

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    Tibetan Temples: Samye Monastery and the Architecture of the Mandala (1/23/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 39:12


    Robert Warren Clark, Stanford University

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    Women's Space and Place in Begram, Afghanistan (12/12/2008) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 43:01


    Sanjyot Mehendale, UC Berkeley

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    Persia: Ishfahan nisf-I jahan (Ishfahan, Half the World) (10/3/2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 88:14


    Sheila Blair, Boston College

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    The Best of the West in Central Asian Art: Or Blame it on the Sasanians! (11/21/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 37:15


    Guitty Azarpay, UC Berkeley

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    Tibetan Temples: Samye Monastery and the Architecture of the Mandala (1/23/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 55:56


    Robert Warren Clark, Stanford University

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    Utopian Space: The Stupa in India (1/16/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 30:45


    Robert Brown, UCLA

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    Utopian Space: The Stupa in India (1/16/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2009 60:14


    Robert Brown, UCLA

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    Beyond Words at the Haein Monastery in Korea: An Event of Art as Writing (10/17/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2009 40:43


    Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley

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    Beyond Words at the Haein Monastery in Korea: An Event of Art as Writing (10/17/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2009 39:22


    Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley

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    The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan (1/30/2009) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2009 48:14


    Terese Bartholomew, Asian Art Museum

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    The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan (1/30/2009) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2009 38:58


    Terese Bartholomew, Asian Art Museum

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    Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) Palaces of Seoul, Korea (10/31/2008) (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2009 51:52


    Kumja Paik Kim, Asian Art Museum

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    Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) Palaces of Seoul, Korea (10/31/2008) (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2009 52:50


    Kumja Paik Kim, Asian Art Museum

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    Mysterious Creatures, Towering Trees and Lofty Figures in Sacrifice (Part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2009 43:09


    Jay Xu, Asian Art Museum

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    Mysterious Creatures, Towering Trees and Lofty Figures in Sacrifice (Part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2009 35:11


    Jay Xu, Asian Art Museum

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    Samarkand and Bukhara between the Turks and Mongols (12/5/2008) - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2009 41:41


    Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania

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    Samarkand and Bukhara between the Turks and Mongols (12/5/2008) - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2009 45:10


    Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania

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