Asian Art and History Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan Barbarians or Contributors to Civilization
Morris Rossabi, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University
This illustrated lecture goes beyond what we know about the Mongol barbarians who massacred tens of millions on the way to conquering the largest landmass in world history. What they destroyed only tells part of their story. Join Morris Rossabi as he discusses their positive contributions, which included uniting China, building cities and promoting religious tolerance. They also fostered the arts, leading to the production of Chinese textiles, porcelains and paintings, Persian illustrated manuscripts and tiles and Russian gold objects.
Images: Portait of Kublai Khan, 1294, artist, Aramiko, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Portait of Genghis Khan, ink an colour on silk, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Morris Rossabi
Morris Rossabi
Morris Rossabi, Ph.D., received his doctorate from Columbia University and teaches Chinese and Mongolian history as a distinguished professor of history at the City University of New York and Columbia University. Author or editor of 32 books, including Khubilai Khan, Modern Mongolia and A History of China, he has also written more than 100 articles and book chapters for major scholarly publications, including several Cambridge histories. His books have been translated into multiple languages, and he conducts research in Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern and European languages.
Rossabi has collaborated on catalogs for art exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He has lectured widely at universities, museums and governmental offices around the world, and has received honors including an honorary doctorate from the National Mongolian University and a Certificate of Merit from Mongolia’s minister of foreign affairs.
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