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Cosmological and Astral images in Central Asian Buddhist Paintings
Buddhism played a significant role in the formation of cosmological notions in East Asian cultural tradition. Its impact is multi-layered – while the
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While this transmission process has drawn significant attention in philological studies, the attempt to trace its process in visual materials had been
The MPIWG Chinese Map Collection: Typological Parallels and “Historical” Layers
This project investigates a group of six Chinese maps, presumably dating from the nineteenth to twentieth century, acquired by the MPIWG in 2016 from
The WebGIS Platform of Historical Maps of China
The WebGIS Platform of Historical Maps of China, conducted by the history department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUMAPGIS), is a combined GIS
This project first focused on military maps of premodern China. All maps are scanned at high resolution (600dpi), and then geo-referenced. The WebGIS
Digital Resource, Project_DeptSchaefer_WebGIS.png, Land Survey Maps of China: A Cartographic Database (1885–1945), https://chmap.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/
Presentation, Project_DeptSchaefer_WebGIS_LoGaRT_2020.png, "Visualizing Geographies of Late Qing and Republican China" Workshop, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4281192
John Michael Steele
John Steele was awarded his PhD from the University of Durham in 1998. He is currently Professor...
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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
Optical Cultures of Fibers and Viruses, 1916–1984
The visualization and imagination of biological structures at sub-microscopic scales is one of the defining features of modern biology. Our sense of t
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Timothy Brook
Timothy Brook is professor of Chinese history and Republic of China Chair at the University of B...
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A Price History of Ming China
This research project examines that most basic fact of economic history—prices—in China during the Ming period (1368–1644), though particularly its se
Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos
No 76
The intellectual cosmos of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is seemingly inexhaustible. It echoes the diversity and cultural abundance of the Renaissance, which he embodies in all its facets like few others of his time. He applied his curiosity and creative commitment to all fields of knowledge, from the forces of nature, both large and small, to all varieties of human form and design.
Jürgen Renn
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