Institute for Advanced Study

Chinese Studies at the School for Historical Studies, 1999-2000

Seminars and Colloquia on Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Science

Tang Yin (1470-1523):
"Secluded Fishermen
on an Autumn River"

Scholars in Residence:

Cynthia Brokaw (Oregon), Member, School of Historical Studies
Benjamin A. Elman (UCLA), Visiting Mellon Professor, School of Historical Studies
Ping-yi Chu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Visitor, School of Historical Studies (Spring 2000)
Sarah E. Fraser (Northwestern), Visitor, School of Historical Studies (Fall 1999)
Qi Han (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing), Member, School of Historical Studies (Spring 2000)
Roger Hart (Stanford), Member, School of Historical Studies
Thomas Wilson (Hamilton), Member, School of Historical Studies

Topics and Schedule of Events in Fall-Winter-Spring, 1999-2000

All seminars will take place in the IAS Shelby White and Leon Levy Room located in the Historical Studies/Social Science Library Annex, unless otherwise noted.
Funding for the Chinese Studies program is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

(Parking is available in "Parking Lot B," which is very close to both buildings where the seminars and symposia [see below] will be held.)

Rethinking the Transition from 'Chinese Science' to 'Modern Science' in China." Monday, October 4, 1999, 4:30-6 PM (Presented by Benjamin A. Elman, Visiting Mellon Professor, School of Historical Studies, IAS).

"The Publishing Industry and the Reading Public in Late Imperial China." Friday, October 22, 1999, 4:30-6 PM (Presented by Cynthia Brokaw, Member, School of Historical Studies).

"Ritualizing Confucius." Friday November 19, 1999, 4:30-6 PM (Presented by Thomas Wilson, Member, School of Historical Studies).

"Quantifying Ritual: Political Cosmology, Courtly Music, and Precision Calculation in Seventeenth-Century China." Friday, December 3, 1999, 4:30-6 PM (Presented by Roger Hart, Member, School of Historical Studies).

"Jesuits, Textualism, and Science in China and Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Roundtable Discussion." Monday, January 24, 2000, 3-5 PM. Participants: Anthony Grafton (History Department, Princeton), Roger Hart (School of Historical Studies, IAS), R. Po-chia Hsia, (Princeton, Davis Center for Historical Studies), Willard Peterson, East Asian Studies, Princeton), and Benjamin Elman (School of Historical Studies, IAS)

"Chinese Literati's Attitudes toward Western Science: Transition from the Late Kangxi Period to the Mid-Qianlong Period (ca.1700-1760)." Wednesday, February 23, 2000, 1-3 PM, in the IAS West Building small seminar room (Presented by Han Qi, Member, School of Historical Studies).

"Colloquium: Culture and Science in Late Traditional China." Friday-Saturday, March 17-18, 2000 (Presentations by the IAS/SHS Chinese Studies Group, with other presentations by Francesca Bray (UCSB), Chu Ping-yi (Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Charlotte Furth (USC), and Susan Naquin (Princeton). Commentators will be: Dorothy Ko (Rutgers), Willard Peterson (Princeton), Ying-shih Yu (Princeton), and Angela Zito (NYU). This symposium will take place in the IAS West Building Lecture Hall located on the first floor of West Building.

"Colloquium: Comparing Chinese and Greek Natural Philosophy and Science, 400 B.C. - A.D. 200." Friday, April 21, 2000 (Presentations by Geoffrey Lloyd, Cambridge University, and Nathan Sivin, University of Pennsylvania; moderated by Benjamin Elman, IAS/SHS, and Michael Nylan, Bryn Mawr College). This symposium will take place in the IAS West Building Lecture Hall located on the first floor of West Building.

IAS | SHS | Historical Studies-Social Science Library | Chinese Research Resources