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Lecture

New Discoveries from the Robert van Gulik Collection: Woodblocks, Prints, Seals, and Calligraphy

Date
Thursday 24 September 2026
Time
Location
Herta Mohr
Witte Singel 27A
2311 BG Leiden
Room
Verbarium Room (1.128)

Program

13:30-14:00

Examining Robert van Gulik’s erotic printing blocks at Wereldmuseum

Willemijn van Noord (Wereldmuseum, Leiden)

14:00-14:30

Contextualizing Woodblock Making and Preservation in Ming-Qing China

Fan Lin (Leiden University)

14:30-15:00

Reframing the Fragments: Letter Paper Designs by Yao Hua in Robert van Gulik’s Collection

Pao-yi Yang (Contract Researcher)

15:00-15:10

Coffee and Tea

15:10-15:40

Reprinting Fengliu juechang tu (Pictures of the Height of Sophistication, 1606) in 17th Century Japan

Doreen Müller (Leiden University)

15:40-16.10

The Artistic and Cultural Significance of Robert van Gulik’s Calligraphy and Seals: Selected Works from the Rijksmuseum Collection

16:10-16:40

Discussions: possibilities for publications

This workshop is sponsored by the Robert van Gulik Fellowship.  

Images credits: Rijksmuseum, Wereldmuseum, Leiden University Libraries

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