The Forbidden City at 600: The Secret Life of the Qianlong Emperor, 12.2.20

The Forbidden City at 600 is a blockbuster lecture series exploring the 600th anniversary of this most famous Beijing complex.

About the Program:

During the 64 years of Qianlong’s rule during the 1700s, China’s population more than doubled, its territory increased by one-third, its cities flourished, and its manufactures – tea, silk, porcelain – became principal items of international commerce. Join us as we delve into the private life of one of China’s most illustrious rulers – a notorious builder, and prolific patron of the arts, who presided over one of the last golden ages of China’s Imperial Empire.

Speakers Include:

Nancy Berliner, PhD, a historian of Chinese art and architecture, is the Wu Teng Senior Curator of Chinese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Mark Elliott is Vice Provost of International Affairs at Harvard University and the Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and in the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Henry Tzu Ng served for 15 years as the Executive Vice President of World Monuments Fund (WMF) and created its Institutional Initiatives program that expanded WMF’s mission in emerging geographic and programmatic areas of interest.

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