Detail: The Silk Road: Border Crossing is an initiative of the Belgian Institute for Advanced Chinese Studies in Brussels (BIHCS/IBHEC), in co-organisation with the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG/ MRAH) and supported by Asian Art in Brussels (AAB) and the International Dunhuang Project.

Prestigious international scholars will come to Brussels for this series of duo-lectures, each lecture will be presented by two specialists on different areas but similar topics, the audience is invited to step out of their comfort zone (especially China) and participate in ‘border crossing’, not only along the better-known 'silk roads' but also by confronting them with other areas that are not traditionally connected with what is now China, and that have known similar developments. This unique lecture format is designed by the president of the BIHCS/ IBHEC, sinologist and archaeologist, Ilse Timperman, who will moderate the different sessions.