Latte & Learn: Silk Road Material Culture

Dr. Susan Whitfield is the former director of the International Dunhuang Project and lead curator of Central Asian manuscripts at the British Library.  The International Dunhuang Project is a collaborative effort to conserve and digitally catalog artifacts from Silk Road sites. Dr. Whitfield’s newest book, Silk, Slaves, and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road explores the interaction of material goods, people, and cultures on the Silk Roads.  Grab a coffee at Footnote and join Dr. Whitfield for a fascinating socio-historic lecture and discussion!