Dear Sir/Madam,
You are cordially invited to attend the "The Backgrounds of The Chinese Maps: Their Reading and Understanding Workshop - Materiality and Colour in Early Modern Chinese Maps’ Production co-organized by Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, École française d'Extrême-Orient, and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library. The lecture will be in English and Mandarin and conducted in hybrid mode from 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. on 12 December 2024 (Thursday) at Lecture Theatre, G/F, Institute Studies, CUHK.
To register for the lecture please click here.
The Backgrounds of The Chinese Maps: Their Reading and UnderstandingWorkshop
Co-organized by Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,École française d'Extrême-Orient, and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library
Materiality and Colour in Early Modern Chinese Maps’ Production
This workshop is organized around two papers presenting colour maps of two different coastal regions: the Guangdong Sheet Map (廣東全省圖說, ca. 1739) and the Map of Huai’an Prefecture (Late Ming). Robert Bachelor presents the Map of Guangdong, one of the first surviving polychrome Chinese xylographic cartographic documents. He will examine it in the context of the deep transformations affecting the region in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Wang Qianjin will discuss three late Ming manuscript maps of Huai’an Prefecture (淮安府圖及淮安府附近地圖) and its surrounding districts, created in ink and colour on silk. He will relate them to the original album set to which they belong and to comparable items in Chinese collections.These two lectures will be followed by a round-table discussion with cartographers and historians of China’s coastal regions, featuring Lai Chi-tim (CUHK), Paola Calanca (EFEO), Marco Caboara (HKUST), Florin-Stefan Morar (National University of Singapore) and Radu Leca (Hong Kong Baptist University).
Speaker: Prof. Robert Batchelor (Chair of the Department of History and Director of Digital Humanities at Georgia Southern University)
Professor Robert Batchelor currently serves as the Chair of the Department of History and Director of Digital Humanities at Georgia Southern University, where he has progressed through various academic ranks since 2002, culminating in his role as Full Professor. His professional experience includes serving as Director of Education for the Foundation for Global Community and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University. Professor Batchelor's research expertise encompasses maritime history and cartography, with significant contributions such as London: The Selden Map and the Making of a Global City, 1549-1687. He is also actively engaged in advancing digital humanities initiatives.
Speaker: Prof. Wang Qianjin (Director of the Institute of Cartography at the National Museum of China and a doctoral supervisor at the Macau University of Science and Technology)
Professor Wang Qianjin is a second-grade professor and a doctoral supervisor at the School of Humanities, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He currently serves as Director of the Institute of Cartography at the National Museum of China and a doctoral supervisor at the Macau University of Science and Technology. His main research focuses on the history of Chinese cartography, the history of scientific exchanges between China and foreign countries, and the history of Chinese scientific thought. He has been awarded the second prize of the Guo Moruo Prize in Historical Sciences (co-winner), the National Publishing Award Nomination in 2017 and the title of “2023 Excellent Teacher” in Beijing.
Date:12 December 2024 (Thursday)
Time:3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Tea reception starts at 2:30 p.m.)
On-site participation: Lecture Theatre, G/F, Institute Studies, CUHK
Online broadcasting: ZOOM
Conducted in English and Mandarin.
All are welcome!
Online Registration: Click here
Enquiry: 3943 7393 / ics-activities@cuhk.edu.hk
Best Regards,
Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong