Serica - Da Qin: Studies in Archaeology, Philology and History of Sino-Western Relations (Selected Problems)

The subject matter of the papers presented corresponded to the time perspective widely marked in the title. Nevertheless, several questions connected with the issue of relations between the eastern and western ends of Eurasia, lasting a few thousand years, were not discussed. The general reflection on the nature of those relations was not discussed either, fully deliberately. In the face of enormousness and ambiguity of the issue, such an action would have been definitely premature. Conference organisers chose to aim at a more modest objective which was initiating research on significant issues, though not sufficiently frequently addressed in Polish conditions. Reflecting on them should be of interdisciplinary character from the very beginning, thus the presence of representatives of various disciplines of the humanities, mainly archaeology, philology and history, among conference participants.