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Announcement: 15.02.2025 – German Lecture by Quoc Trieu Nguyen SJ: "Die 'Topkapi-Vase': ein Meisterwerk vietnamesischer Kunst."
15 February 2025, 4:00 pm, by AAI Webmaster
Photo: Quoc Trieu Nguyen, cropped
We kindly invite you to this lecture in German language on Saturday, February 15th, 2025, at 16:00–18:00 h (CET/MEZ).
Diễn đàn văn hóa Việt Nam /
Forum of Vietnamese Culture /
Forum der vietnamesischen Kultur:
Online Lecture by
Quoc Trieu Nguyen SJ,
Nuremberg:
"Die 'Topkapi-Vase': ein Meisterwerk vietnamesischer Kunst"
("A lecture about the 'Topkapi Vase' : a Masterpiece of Vietnamese art")
Saturday, 15.02.2025
16:00 – 18:00 h (CET/MEZ)
Online lecture via ZOOM
ZOOM link:
https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/67449406316?pwd=Uw_K3OGtIrnR6KBKE8Tq2Qn_6L2_fWBF.uxY9C5kY0EyUD14H
Webinar-ID:
674 4940 6316
Passcode:
12345678
This lecture will be held in German!
Open to public! – Admission free!
On the occasion of the Tết Festival 2025 (Tết Ất Tỵ ), which already took place on January 29th, 2025, the profile of Vietnamese Studies and the HGV e.V. invite you to a ZOOM lecture.
About the lecture:
There is no doubt that Vietnam has its own tradition of making blue and white porcelain. Despite its glorious past, this remained a mystery for a long time. Reasons are many: wars, occupations, disinterest, but also ignorance. The turning point was the rediscovery of the socalled "Topkapi Vase", a masterpiece of Vietnamese art. It has been discovered in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and it represents the uniqueness of Vietnamese ceramic art in contrast to the rich Chinese Ming blue and white.
This key object enables a stylistic analysis. In addition, its inscription makes dating possible and provides information about the place and name of the artist: Bui Thi Hy. This object provides insights into the status of women in 15th century Vietnamese society after the country gained back independence from Ming China.
About the speaker:
Trieu Quoc Nguyen was born in Vietnam and came to Germany in 1987 at the age of 10, resettled alone from an Indonesian refugee camp. After graduating from high school in Oldenburg, he studied an MBA with a focus on tourism. He became a Jesuit in 2002 and has studied further: a BA in Philosophy from the University of Munich, a BA in Theology from Heythrop College, University of London and an MA in History of Arts and Archaeology of East Asia at SOAS, University of London.
He currently works for Jesuitenweltweit in Nuremberg, an international Jesuit aid organization based in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with partner projects in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, concerned with development and education, faith and justice, dialogue and peace.
Please note:
This lecture will be held in German, and it will only be accessible online.
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The so-called "Topkapi Vase" (photo: Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, resized).
