The International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles is an international association jointly established founded in Hangzhou, China by organizations (including universities, museums, libraries, archeology institutes, research institutes, or groups) related to the studies of the Silk Road.
Group Members
The International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles is an international association jointly established founded in Hangzhou, China by organizations (including universities, museums, libraries, archeology institutes, research institutes, or groups) related to the studies of the Silk Road.
- International Academy of Indian Culture
- Musée Des Tissus, Lyon (France)
- National Museum of Denmark
- The Swedish History Museum (Historiska Museet)
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG)
- McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge
- Needham Research Institute (NRI)
- International Dunhuang Project (IDP), British Library
- China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou (China)
- State Hermitage Museum, Russia
- Institute of Archeology of Academy of Sciences, Republic of Uzbekistan
- Chengdu Museum, China
- Institute of Archaeology of Xinjiang, China
- ICOMOS International Conservation Center, Xi'an, China (IICC-X)
- Fashion • Art Design Institute of Donghua University, China
- Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Collaborative Innovation Center for the Cooperation and Development of the Belt and Road of the Zhejiang University
- Community of Chinese Museums along the Silk Road, China
- Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History, Peking University, China
- Queen Silikit Textile Museum, Thailand
- Bryant University, USA
- Padova University, Italy
- Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)
- Institute of Ancient History and Archaeology of the Northern Caucasus (Stavropol), Russia
- Nasledie llc. (Stavropol), Russia
- Korea National University of Culture Heritage
- ASEAN Traditional Textile Art Community (ASEANTTAC)，Indonesia
- The Danish National Research Foundation’s Center for Textile Research (CTR)
- International Dunhuang Project (IDP), British Library, UK
- Needham Research Institute (NRI), UK
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Germany
Conferences
IASSRT conferences are held annually, the aim being to bring researchers together on a regular basis, and to visit collections in the location of the conference.
- 1st annual conference, Oct 2016: "Silks from the Silk Road:Origin, Transmission and Exchange" at the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou (China)
- 2nd annual conference, Nov 2017: "Dialogue with Silk between Europe and Asia: History, Technology and Art", at Musee Gadagne, Lyon (France)
- 3rd annual conference, Nov 2018: "Silk Road Textiles: Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage" in Korea National University of Cultural Heritage