MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Dec 10-18, 2020
Visual Materials in Local Gazetteers

Mentors

Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick, UK), Ken Hammond (New Mexico State University, USA), Shellen Wu (University of Tennessee, USA), Jiajing Zhang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China)

Participants

  • Tristan Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA): "Geomantic Maps in Local Gazetteers"
  • Daniel Burton-Rose (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany): "Strategic Interventions: Towers Devoted to Wenchang, Civil Service Examination Performance, and the Cityscape in Late Imperial China"
  • Daniel Knorr (University of Chicago, USA): "Urban Centers and Peripheral Sites: Questioning Narratives of North–South Difference"
  • Peter Lavelle (Temple University, USA): "Picturing Agricultural Science in Late Qing and Early Republican Gazetteers"
  • Chang-Xue Shu (KU Leuven, Belgium): "Dismantling Walls and Building Science: The Chinese Literati’s Changing Perception and Conception of City (cheng)"
  • Xin Yu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA): "The Reception of Gazetteer Visual Materials in Local Society, 1450–1644"

External Observers

Joseph Dennis (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA); Sander Molenaar and Jing Zhu (University of Warwick, UK); Lianming Wang and Yizhou Wang (Heidelberg University, Germany); Qin Yang (Australian National University, Australia)

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Contact and Registration

The workshop will take place in room 265 and on Zoom. It is a closed workshop (only those selected via the CFA may attend); MPIWG researchers interested in sitting in as internal observers should contact Shih-Pei Chen. 

2020-12-10T00:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2020-12-10 00:00:00 2020-12-18 00:00:00 Visual Materials in Local Gazetteers Mentors Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick, UK), Ken Hammond (New Mexico State University, USA), Shellen Wu (University of Tennessee, USA), Jiajing Zhang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China) Participants Tristan Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA): "Geomantic Maps in Local Gazetteers" Daniel Burton-Rose (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany): "Strategic Interventions: Towers Devoted to Wenchang, Civil Service Examination Performance, and the Cityscape in Late Imperial China" Daniel Knorr (University of Chicago, USA): "Urban Centers and Peripheral Sites: Questioning Narratives of North–South Difference" Peter Lavelle (Temple University, USA): "Picturing Agricultural Science in Late Qing and Early Republican Gazetteers" Chang-Xue Shu (KU Leuven, Belgium): "Dismantling Walls and Building Science: The Chinese Literati’s Changing Perception and Conception of City (cheng)" Xin Yu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA): "The Reception of Gazetteer Visual Materials in Local Society, 1450–1644" External Observers Joseph Dennis (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA); Sander Molenaar and Jing Zhu (University of Warwick, UK); Lianming Wang and Yizhou Wang (Heidelberg University, Germany); Qin Yang (Australian National University, Australia) Shih-Pei ChenCalvin YehSean Wang Shih-Pei ChenCalvin YehSean Wang Europe/Berlin public