By Lia Chang
AsAmNews Arts and Entertainment ReporterDr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and her husband Oscar L. Tang attend the inaugural reception for The Tang Center for Early China in the Low Library at Columbia University on October 2, 2015. Photo by Lia Chang
Oscar L. Tang, a private investor and philanthropist, and his archaeologist wife, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D., host of the Mysteries of China archaeology series on History Channel Asia, have donated a $5 million endowment gift to Columbia University and its Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures towards the creation of the Tang Center for Early China.
Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, Oscar L. Tang, Agnes Hsu-Tang, David Madigan, EVP and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, and Li Feng, Professor of Early Chinese History and Archaeology at Columbia University. Photo by Lia Chang
The Tang Center for Early China was officially inaugurated in the Low Library at Columbia University in the City of New York on October 2, 2015. Remarks were made by John H. Coatsworth, Provost of the University and the honorable Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and current President of Asia Society Policy Institute. Oscar L. Tang, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang , and Haruo Shirane, Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University also gave presentations.
Low Library at Columbia University in the City of New York. Photo by Lia ChangThe Honorable Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and President of Asia Society Policy Institute, Dr. Agnes Hsu Tang and her husband Oscar L. Tang listen to Li Feng, Professor of Early Chinese History and Archaeology at Columbia University, give a lecture on “The Importance of Early China and the Indispensable Role of Western Institutions in Its Studies.” Photo by Lia ChangLi Feng, Professor of Early Chinese History and Archaeology at Columbia University, gives a lecture on “The Importance of Early China and the Indispensable Role of Western Institutions in Its Studies. ” Photo by Lia ChangLi Feng, Professor of Early Chinese History and Archaeology at Columbia University, gives a lecture on “The Importance of Early China and the Indispensable Role of Western Institutions in Its Studies.” Photo by Lia Chang
Oscar Tang and his wife Agnes Hsu-Tang, Pam B. Schafler, Chairman of the New-York Historical Society, Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the New-York Historical Society, and Shirley Young. Photo by Lia ChangMaxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang. Photo by Lia ChangTony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang and Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang. Photo by Lia ChangJosette Sheeran, President and CEO of Asia Society, Oscar L. Tang and his wife Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang. Photo by Lia ChangAlison B. Russo, Director, Artist Protection Fund, Institute of International Education, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Danielle Frid Rossi, Program Officer, Artist Protection Fund, Institute of International Education. Photo by Lia ChangTracy Tang-Limpe, Shirley Young, Agnes Hsu-Tang, Oscar Tang, Dana Tang and Andy Darrell. Photo by Lia Chang
