International Numismatic Conference and Exhibition on Coinage from Japan to the Mediterranean

International Numismatic Conference and Exhibition on Coinage from Japan to the Mediterranean and under the auspices of the Oriental Society of Australia (OSA), July 2009

The conference and the associated events are open to the public.

This information is provisional. For updated information and registration see the conference website: www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/JOSA/Numismatic.htm

Registration costs $100.00 (+$10.00 GST) = $110.00 (Full price)

$50.00 (+$5.00 GST) = $55.00 (Students)

Until the online booking form is available, about which I shall keep you informed, please send details if you are going to attend by email to:

Place: Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre (Level 3), University ofSydney.

Date: Friday 17 July 2009, 9.00 am-6.30 pm

Conference Theme

Coins are ideas. There are two traditions of coinage, the Chinese in the east and the Greek in the west. These traditions meet in a line roughly stretching from Iran to Nepal, through eastern India and Burma, and down south-east Asia to Indonesia. Along this line there are coins which reveal a mixture of both traditions. When two ideas meet, we get a better understanding of each idea, and in turn new ideas are created. This conference, involving papers considering coinage on either side of and on this line, as well as non-monetary economy, aims to investigate the nature of human ideas and the very nature of coinage.

The conference will comprise seven papers by international speakers on aspects of oriental coinage and economy from Japan to the Mediterranean.

There will be a numismatic exhibition of coins and books illustrating the theme of the conference, which will open shortly and be on view for a few weeks.

The speakers include:

Keynote Lecture

• Professor Walter Scheidel, Head, Department of Classics, Stanford University. USA, ‘Money supply and currency manipulation in early China and the Greco-Roman world’

Society of Antiquaries of London Keynote Speech (5.00 pm)

• Professor Kevin Butcher, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, UK, 'Coinage and Communal Memory in the Roman East'.

Although there is a registration fee for the conference, Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London will be admitted for free to the Keynote Speech.

Other Papers

• Dr Nicholas Hardwick, University of Sydney, ‘Introduction: Numismatics from East to West’.

• Ms Noriko Fujii, Senior Researcher and Director, The Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, The Bank of Japan, ‘The history of Japanese copper coins illustrated by the collection of the Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan’.

• Dr Niv Horesh, Chinese Studies, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of New South Wales, ‘The transition from coinage to paper money in East Asia: hallmarks of statehood in global perspective, 8th century BC-AD 2010’.

• Dr Michael Vickery, Cambodia (overview of the issue of the lack of money in the Khmer empire).

• Professor Pratipal Bhatia, Department of History, National University of Singapore, ‘Emily Eden (AD 1797-1869), a pioneer lady coin collector of early 19th century AD’.

• Mohammad Younis, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayyum University, Egypt/ Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany, ‘The Salghurid coinage of Fars, Iran, citing the Mongols: the varieties of overlordships, form and content (AH 628-65/AD 1231-86)’.

Conference Events

Thursday 16 July 2009

Viewing of the numismatic collection of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (hosted by Dr Paul Donnelly, Curator, Design, History, and Society, Powerhouse Museum).

Saturday 18 July 2009

Tour of the Coining Complex, The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney (hosted by Mr Robert Griffin, Curator of The Mint, Historic Houses Trust).

Principal Supporter

• Australian Research Council (ARC) Asia Pacific Futures Research Network (www.suvatosuez.org.au)

Other Supporters

• Australasian Society of Classical Studies

• Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney

• School of Letters, Art, and Media (SLAM), University of Sydney

• School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS), University of Sydney

• The Japan Foundation

• Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd

• Society of Antiquaries of London

Dr Michael Vickery is supported the Khmer Toponymic Atlas Project of the University of Sydney Angkor Research Program.

The assistance of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI), University of Sydney, ‘The Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine’ and ‘World of Antiques and Art: a Magazine of Art Design and Collecting History’ (www.worldaa.com), with the conference is gratefully acknowledged.

Accommodation:

Request a booking form by email:
The Women's College
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
ABN: 69 403 398 133
T: +61 2 9517 5000; F: +61 2 9517 5006
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W: http://thewomenscollege.com.au

Contact: Dr Nicholas Hardwick, Conference Convenor,

Honorary Associate,
Department of Classics and Ancient History,
University of Sydney, A14, NSW 2006.
Tel: (61 2) 9516 0357
Fax: (61 2) 9351 3918
Mob: 0450 117 629

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