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Topeng mask, Gunung Sari, Prince of Kediri, decorated with precious stones and glass, Java, 1700-1800, collection KVVAK, inv.no. AK-MAK-262.

Young Scholars’ Symposium in Asian Art 2025 | Asian art and material culture: new ways of seeing

The Royal Society of Asian Art in the Netherlands (Koninklijke Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, KVVAK) is pleased to announce the Young Scholars’ Symposium in Asian Art on 14 June 2025.

The symposium will be held at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the home of the KVVAK’s collection.

 

Programme

 

12:30 Welcome

12:40 Panel 1(3×20 mins presentations + 15 min discussion)

13:55 Panel 2 (4×20 mins presentations + 15 min discussion)

15:30 Coffee break

16.00 Panel 3 (4×20 mins presentations + 15 min discussion)

17:35 Closing remarks by Prof.dr. Anne Gerritsen + group photo

 

The names of the speakers, the titles and the abstracts of the papers will be released soon. Keep an eye on our website!

Organization

  • Anne Gerritsen, Chair of Asian Art, Universiteit Leiden*
  • Royal Society of Asian Art in the Netherlands (KVVAK)
  • Ikigai (KVVAK young professionals’ network)
  • Rijksmuseum
  • Wereldmuseum

More information & Contact

Rosalien van der Poel and Denise Campbell (KVVAK)

secretariaat@kvvak.nl

 

 

*The Chair of Asian Art at Leiden University is generously sponsored by KVVAK, Hulsewé-Wazniewski Stichting, Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation and Jan Menze van Diepenstichting.

People who wish to attend but are not (yet) members can fill in '0000' as a membership-number in the registration-field


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