Recreating Galileo’s Library: A Telescopic View of History and Literature
讲者简要
Huang Rong is a Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. She received her PhD and MA from Harvard University and her BA from Tsinghua University. From 2021 to 2023, she was the William R. Tyler Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, where she co-curated the exhibition “Garden and Nature in the Medieval World.” Her research focuses on the religious and cultural history of medieval China and Central Asia, with particular attention to the Silk Road and cross-cultural exchange. She studies how East Syriac Christianity (“Jingjiao”) took root in Tang China (618–907) and how it engaged, adapted to, and was shaped by Chinese Buddhist and Daoist intellectual and material worlds.
2026年2月24日学术演讲「唐代丝绸之路上的粟特人:贸易、宗教与文化互动」片段重温
纽约大学古代世界研究所黄融博士於2026年2月24日莅临中大,并以「唐代丝绸之路上的粟特人:贸易、宗教与文化互动」为题发表学术演讲。她指出唐代是一个非常国际化及多元文化交融的时期,来自中亚及草原等地区的人员、货物、宗教与艺术透过丝绸之路不断流入中国。而粟特人是在这枢纽中最具影响力的中介者。
讲者以白居易《胡旋女》为引,并结合北齐陶壶、唐代舞乐浮雕及唐三彩骆驼乐俑等文物,生动地展示粟特音乐与舞蹈如何逐渐融入唐代上层社会,成为日常文化的一部分。
黄博士的演讲围绕三个主题:其一,粟特人的身份与起源;其二,他们在丝绸之路上的贸易模式与社群建立;其三,他们带来的文化与风俗——这些元素如何在唐代物质文化中留下痕迹。她亦探讨了粟特人主要信奉的祆教。虽然其传统葬俗未在中国完整再现,但火坛、祭司及灵魂审判等核心宗教意象,均被融入墓葬图像中,说明了粟特信仰与唐代社会互动过程中的延续与转化。
