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Sensible Taxonomies: Medieval Accounts of Animal Perception
The theory that animals belonging to different species perceive in different but equally legitimate ways, depending on their specific vital needs, is
Geographical Maps and Religious Charts in Pre-Modern China: Two Case Studies
My research project is titled “Geographical Maps and Religious Charts in Pre-Modern China: Two Case Studies.” The proposed study is focused on two int
Guildhalls: A Network of Hybrid Socio-Religious Spaces for Migrant Communities in China
Guildhalls (huiguan 會館) are socio-religious spaces that developed in China as gathering places for communities of migrant merchants from a common geog
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School Library Book Collections in Ming, Qing, and Republican China
To understand intellectual life and knowledge production, it is critical to examine the circulation of information. In 1996, Timothy Brook published a
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Learning by the Book: Manuals and Handbooks in the History of Knowledge
Often overlooked, manuals and handbooks, protocols and reference literature are key tools in the making (and doing) of knowledge, not least in science
How do practitioners—of any form of specialized knowledge—learn technical skills, and how do they find knowledge deemed as solid and secure? Clearly,
The project was conceived as a collaborative venture by historians of science and knowledge in Berlin (Humboldt-Universität, MPIWG) and Princeton
Zhu Yuanzhang and the Nanjing City Wall: Knowledge of Astronomy and Divination
In the middle of the fourteenth century, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, expanded a city in Nanjing with the power of the who
Experience, Philosophy, and Expertise: The Foundations of Syriac Medicine
Bar ʿAlī (ninth century CE) was the most important lexicographer of Syriac medical science. As a student of Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq, he is one of the key figu
A New History of Medieval Science: Ideas, Objects, and Instruments in Europe and Islamdom, 800–1650
I will be working on chapters for a co-authored book, intended for an audience of students, historians of modern science, and lay readers, on medieval
Mengxi Zhao
Mengxi Zhao is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) at the...
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Daniel Morgan
Daniel Patrick Morgan is a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)...
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