SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/EVENTS
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Seminars
NEEDHAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE TEXT-READING SEMINARS
January 22:
Inscriptional evidence for popular Buddhist beliefs in 6th century
Hebei province.
Chien Li-Kuei
(FAMES, University of Cambridge)
January 29:
無異解 - A 19th-century Korean "dialogue" about two algebras.
Ying Jia-Ming
(National Taiwan Normal University)
February 5:
How a man becomes a scientist in Meiji Japan: Young Nishina Yoshio's
correspondence with his family and his career decisions in science and
engineering.
Ito Kenji
(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Japan)
February 12:
Poet as Patient: Descriptions of Disease in Du Fu's 杜甫 Poems
Lan Xu
(Minzu University of China, Beijing)
February 19:
`Chinese and Western Medical Principles both have their merit’: Wu
Xianshen’s 吳縣沈 Draft Constitution for Medical Schools 拟設醫學館章程 (Shi Xue
Bao 實學報, Dec. 1897).
Hu Cheng
(Nanjing University)
February 26:
Investigating things around the Qing empire: Kangxi’s Jixia gewu bian
幾暇格物編.
Catherine Jami
(CNRS, Paris)
March 5:
Lang Yi 郎顗 (fl. c. 133 CE) - an unofficial expert in celestial
omens and planetary calculations.
Christopher Cullen
(NRI)
March 12:
Manufacture and Marketing of Porcelain in 18th century Jingdezhen.
Meha Priyadarshini
(Columbia University)
The seminars are held at 3.30 p.m. at the Needham Research Institute.
Tea and biscuits are served. All welcome!
The Needham Research Institute is situated at the corner of Sylvester and Herschel Roads, behind Robinson College.
Any queries about the seminars should be directed to John Moffett (jm10019[put the "at" sign here]cam.ac.uk ).
OTHER CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOP
OTHER SEMINARS IN CAMBRIDGE
Faculty of
Asian
and Middle Eastern Studies
Department
of History and Philosophy of Science