TEXT-READING SEMINARS
Jan 27: "False gold in early China: its creation, use and relation to alchemy."
Wang Changming (Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning)
Feb 03: "The use of theories of forestry protection in the Qing dynasty: taking several officials as case studies."
Hu Wenliang (Nanjing Agricultural University)
Feb 10: “Reading Zhuangzi on language and logic with references to the School of Names.”
Amy Li (Department of French, University of Cambridge)
Feb 17: “The Geography of the Southern Capital in Wang Qi’s Sancai tuhui 三才圖會(1609)”
Stephen McDowall (University of Warwick)
Feb 24: “Reading Wu Lien-teh’s 1911 photo album 哈爾濱傅家甸防疫攝影 (Views of Harbin).”
Christos Lynteris (CRASSH, University of Cambridge)
Mar 02: “The philosophical background of Sasang Constitutional Medicine:
Neo-Confucianism in Dongui suse bowon 東醫壽世保元.”
Baik Yousang (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyunghee
University)
Mar 09: “Hand mnemonics, prognostication, and arts of memory in C17th-century China: Six techniques from 陳子性藏本 The Collected Books of Chen Zixing (1684).”
Marta Hanson (Johns Hopkins 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 ).
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