SEAA10 Conference Schedule
SEAA10, 19-22 August, 2025
10th CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
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Sign up at: https://seaa-web.org/conferences/upcoming/seaa10.
To sign up for the conference, please sign up for SEAA membership first and then log in with your membership credentials. Then you can sign up for the conference. The website also has information on travel, housing, and post-conference tours. Please note that you can sign up for the conference at any time prior to the start of the conference. For post-conference tours, however, the deadline is 31 March.
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
DAY 1, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th
Day 1, 9:30-13:00 (5 parallel sessions)
NEW APPROACHES TO GIFTING, TRIBUTE, AND TRADE ACROSS ASIA (11TH CENTURY BCE - 10TH CENTURY CE), Organizer: Leslie WALLACE
FRONTIER OF SHANG-ZHOU ARCHAEOLOGY: BORDERLAND, MOBILITY AND NETWORK, Organizers: Haifeng DOU, Limin HUAN, Alice CHENG
PIGS IN EAST ASIA: DOMESTICATION, RITUAL, AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Organizers: Jiajing Wang, Yue You
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RESOURCE USE AND CULTURAL PRACTICES IN PREHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL TAIWAN, Organizers: Li-Ying Wang, Jou-chun LU
INTERCONNECTIONS OF ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, AND CULTURE IN EAST ASIA, Organizers: Rubi WU, Quan ZHANG
Day 1, 14:00-18:00
14:00-15:00 SEAA ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING
15:30-18:00 KEYNOTE LECTURES
- Professor Gordon NOBLE, University of Aberdeen
- Professor Hilde DE WEERDT, KU Leuven
- Professor emeritus Kazuo MIYAMOTO, Kyushu University
18:00 OPENING RECEPTION
DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20th
Day 2, 9:30-13:00 (4 parallel sessions)
EXPLORING SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN EARLY CHINESE SOCIETIES, Organizers: Wenjing WANG, Yahui HE, Dongdong TU
CHINESE PORCELAINS IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: TRADE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE (9TH–17TH CENTURY), Organizers: Wenpeng XU, Yu DING
FROM FOREST AND FIELDS: INVESTIGATING FOOD, FUEL AND PLANT USE IN ANCIENT CHINA, Organizers: Rita Dal Martello, Marvin Demicoli, Yu-chun Kan
REPORTING BACK ON THE WALL: PEOPLE AND ECOLOGY IN MEDIEVAL MONGOLIA AND CHINA, Organizers: Gideon SHELACH-LAVI, Lance PURSEY, Amartuvshin Chunag
Day 2, 14:00-18:00 (4 parallel sessions)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND RESEARCH VIEWPOINTS OF THE HUAI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE SHANG(CA. 1400-1200BC), Organizers: Xiaolin HE, Siran LIU
MATERIALITY OF HUMAN/NON-HUMAN ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EAST ASIA, Organizers: Rowan Rowan FLAD, Jie SHEN
NEW INSIGHTS INTO EAST ASIAN METALLURGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, Organizers: Takafmi NIWA, Rongyu SU
CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY: NEW VOICES, ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES, Organizer: Ilhong KO
DAY 3, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21strd
MID-CONFERENCE FULL DAY TRIP TO ABERDEENSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
DAY 4, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22nd
Day 4, 9:30-13:00 (6 parallel sessions)
EXPLORING THE WEST: NEW SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF XINJIANG AND QINGHAI, Organizers: Marcella FESTA, Ruiliang LIU
SOCIAL COMPLEXITY AND EARLY STATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER YELLOW RIVER VALLEY: NEW DISCOVERIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES, Organizers: Xuexiang CHEN, Qingzhu WANG
RITUAL AND FUNCTIONAL: WEAPONS IN ANCIENT CHINESE SOCIETY, Organizers: Xiuzhen LI, Yanli GUO
RITUAL AND THE FUNCTIONS OF OBJECTS, Chair: TBA
PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSEUMS IN EAST ASIA, Chair: TBA
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL SPACES, Chair: TBA
Day 4, 14:00-18:00 (5 parallel sessions)
CURRENT APPROACHES IN KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY (1): NEW FINDINGS, NEW IDEAS, Organizers: Sungjoo LEE
EURASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Organizers: Asa CAMERON, Emily Eklund
THE RELATIONALITY OF PLANTS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND HUMANS, Organizers: TBA
NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN NEOLITHIC NORTHERN CHINA: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE, Organizers: Quan ZHANG, Rubi WU
PANEL DISCUSSION: KEY ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF THE EARLY CHINESE ECONOMICS, Organizers: Roderick CAMPBELL, Armin SELBITSCHKA, Yitzchak JAFFE
DAY 5, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd
Day 5, 9:30-13:00 (4 parallel sessions)
BEYOND THE SURFACE: POTTERY AS A WINDOW INTO CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THE PAST, Organizers: YIyi YANG, Mi WANG
CURRENT APPROACHES IN KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY (2): NEW FINDINGS, NEW IDEAS, Organizers: Seungki KWAK
RETHINKING THE SOUTHERN SILK ROAD IN THE BRONZE AGE: INTERACTION NETWORKS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PLAINS, SOUTHWEST CHINA, AND SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ASIA, Organizers: Haichao LI
WHEN PEOPLE MOVE: MIGRATION, EXCHANGE, AND CULTURAL CHANGE, Organizers: Corey NOXON, Tomoko NAGATOMO
Day 5, 14:00-18:00 (5 parallel sessions)
ACCEPTANCE AND INNOVATION: THE STUDIES OF ANIMAL MOTIFS IN CHINA DURING HAN AND JIN DYNASTIES, Organizers: Hu ZHU
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND RELICS IN SICHUAN, CHINA, Organizers: Zhiyan LIU, Yiting HUANG
TEN YEARS OF BIOARCHAEOLOGY AT MOGOU, A BRONZE AGE CEMETERY IN GANSU, CHINA, Organizers: Elizabeth BERGER, Ruilin MAO
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF EAST ASIAN CERAMICS: CIRCULATION, EXCHANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES, AND CONSUMPTION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD, Organizer: Zhaohui LIU
QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST: PAPERS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR GINA LEE BARNES AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGY, Organizers: Simon KANER, Mark HUDSON, Ilona BAUSCH
18:00 CLOSING RECEPTION
FROM 23 AUGUST, POST CONFERENCE TOURS
Deadline for sign-up: 31 March!
Select and register for post-conference tours using the links below:
- https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/conferences/society-for-east-asian-archaeology-2025/post-conference-tours/
- https://abdn.eventsair.com/seaa2025/post-conference-tours/Site/Register
There will be four options available for post-conference tours. Registration information can be found on the University of Aberdeen Website linked below.
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- One Day Sight Seeing Tour, Castle & Whiskey Tour, £150
- Two Day Sight Seeing Tour, Castle & Whisky Tour followed by a Tour of Royal Deeside, £290
- Two Day Museums Tour, National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh and the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, £550, including accommodation
- Orkney Tour, Featuring Rousay, Cuween, Broch of Gurness, Classic World Heritage sites and if the tide allows, Brough of Bursay, 24-27 August. Accommodation is provided for 3 nights. Prices from £950-£1550