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NEW YORK, November 5, 2026 — Dr. Jin Xu, Jane and Leopold Swergold associate professor of Chinese Art History at Columbia University, discusses his book The Silk Road with Many Faces: Sogdian Immigrants in Early Medieval China. Drawing on the analysis of stone sarcophagi discovered in recent decades, Xu examines the lives of Sogdian immigrants who migrated from present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to China, where they played a significant role in Silk Road trade and urban communities during the sixth century. Dr. Xiaohan Du, John H. Foster assistant curator of Pre-Modern Art at Asia Society Museum, moderates the conversation. (1 hr., 23 min.)
0:00 Presentation by Dr. Jin Xu
40:44 Discussion with Dr. Xiaohan Du
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