Recreating Galileo’s Library: A Telescopic View of History and Literature
講者簡要
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日學術演講「唐代絲綢之路上的粟特人:貿易、宗教與文化互動」片段重溫
紐約大學古代世界研究所黃融博士於2026年2月24日蒞臨中大,並以「唐代絲綢之路上的粟特人:貿易、宗教與文化互動」為題發表學術演講。她指出唐代是一個非常國際化及多元文化交融的時期,來自中亞及草原等地區的人員、貨物、宗教與藝術透過絲綢之路不斷流入中國。而粟特人是在這樞紐中最具影響力的中介者。
講者以白居易《胡旋女》為引,並結合北齊陶壺、唐代舞樂浮雕及唐三彩駱駝樂俑等文物,生動地展示粟特音樂與舞蹈如何逐漸融入唐代上層社會,成為日常文化的一部分。
黃博士的演講圍繞三個主題:其一,粟特人的身份與起源;其二,他們在絲綢之路上的貿易模式與社群建立;其三,他們帶來的文化與風俗——這些元素如何在唐代物質文化中留下痕跡。她亦探討了粟特人主要信奉的祆教。雖然其傳統葬俗未在中國完整再現,但火壇、祭司及靈魂審判等核心宗教意象,均被融入墓葬圖像中,說明了粟特信仰與唐代社會互動過程中的延續與轉化。
