ASIAN CERAMICS conference, internet address, etc

Magnus Fiskesjo (fisk@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU)
Fri, 29 Mar 1996 21:19:20 CST

Dear readers of this list:

Recently a full announcement & schedule was posted
to this list for the upcoming conference on
ASIAN CERAMICS: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS, to be held
on May 24-26 at the Field Museum, Chicago.

As we are getting closer to this event, co-sponsored
by the Asian Ceramic Research Organization (ACRO)
and the Anthropology Dept. of the Field Museum,
please also note that the organizing committee
can now also be reached over e-mail for
further conference information & registration.

E-MAIL ADDRESS: bronson@fmppr.fmnh.org

The full contact address is as follows:
Dr Bennet Bronson and Dr Ho Chui-mei
Anthropology Dept.,
Field Museum
Chicago 60605-2496, USA.
Tel. 312-922 9410 - 832.
Fax. 312-427 7269
E-MAIL: bronson@fmppr.fmnh.org

...or you can write to ACRO:
Asian Ceramic Research Organization (ACRO),
PO Box 595, Chicago, Illinois 60690-0595, USA.

This invited conference, open to the public, will
feature papers and discussions by international
specialists. All will focus on functional and
other influences on the design of Asian ceramics
during the last two thousand years. There will be
three groups of papers: 1: Importance of Food and
Drink, 2: Effect of Religion and Ritual, and 3:
Influence of Collecting and Connoisseurship.


- sincerely, Magnus Fiskesjo
Dept. of Anthropology & Dept. of East Asian
Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
E-mail: fisk@midway.uchicago.edu