Category Archives: Silk Road art and history

Aurel Stein at Dunhuang

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Susan Whitfield

A snippet from the forthcoming paper concerning Stein’s acquisitions from the Library cave at Dunhuang Mogao. Continue reading →

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UNESCO and the Silk Road: The Role of Japan

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Susan Whitfield

‘Silk Roads’ is now a concept embraced by UNESCO, with the first transnational serial site as inscribed in 2014. Japan had played a vital role in the early discussion of Eurasian links which led to the adoption of the ‘Silk … Continue reading →

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New Book: Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Susan Whitfield

CONTENTS EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION There was no ‘Silk Road’. It is a modern label in widespread use only since the late 20th century and used since then to refer to trade and interaction across Afro-Eurasia from roughly 200 BE to … Continue reading →

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The Rectification of Names: Caves, Grottos or Rock-Cut Temples?

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Susan Whitfield

“If the names are not correct, language is without an object.” Confucius, Translated by Simon Leys. The Analects of Confucius: London and New York: W. W. Norton 1997: 13, 3. In her 2013 essay, Phyllis Granoff argued that the term … Continue reading →

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