Please join us for a presentation about the fascinating interconnections across Central Asia and Europe in the past, when Prof. Gasparini from the University of Oregon speaks on "Unraveling the Threads: Exploring the Significance of Asian Textiles in the Formation of Medieval Christianity."

We are honored to have her join us at PSU as our third Mary Ausplund Tooze Endowed Visiting Professor of Islamic & Ancient Art. Prof Chiaramaria Gasparini is an Assistant Professor at University of Oregeon whose research encompasses Chinese and Central Asian Art and Architecture, Asian Art, Silk Road Studies, Asian Textiles, Buddhist Art, Sino-Iranian and Turko-Mongol Interactions.

Friday Dec. 1, 2023 at 10:30a.m., Art Building Room 200, located at 2000 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, 97201. Paid parking is available in the Art Building lot and please contact anne@pdx.edu to request specific accommodations or access information.

*****It's not required to register for the lecture in advance, but we strongly recommend it since it will allow us to update you if anything changes in terms of the scheduling or location******