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傳天音、譯七藝，航巨海又梯高山，華夏披星追日月；
衡金石、探四元，識新知而聞舊友，神京接地論天人。
Poem composed by Dr. Chen Zhihui 陈志辉, Institute for the History of Science and Technology,
Inner Mongolia Normal University 内蒙古師範大學科學技術史研究院,
in commemoration of this event.

From March 30 to April 1, 2019, a symposium with the title "Transfer of Scientific and Technical Knowledge between Europe and China during the Early Modern period" was held in the premises of the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion in Beijing. The Conveners, Prof. Hans Ulrich Vogel from the Department for Chinese Studies at Tübingen University and Prof. Zhang Baichun, Director of the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences thanked the Sino-German Center for its generous support and introduced the more than 50 participants and guests into the topic, which was inspired by the recent rediscovery of the Kunyu gezhi, a rendering of Georgius Agricola's famous Renaissance mining classic De re metallica into Chinese undertaken by Johann Adam Schall von Bell during the last years of the Ming period. Fields as various as astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, mining, metallurgy, cartography, hydraulic engineering, medicine and mechanics were covered by the participants' presentations and discussions. The meeting, which was organized by the European Centre for Chinese Studies (ECCS) at Peking University culminated at the Wenjin Building of the National Library of China in a public lecture by Prof. Zhang Baichun, with further contributions by Prof. Shi Yunli, University of Science and Technology of China, and Prof. Karel Davids from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. During the meeting, participants were also offered insights into the National Library’s precious Beitang holdings, i.e. a collection of rare Western books brought to China mainly by the Jesuits, and they visited the Zhalan Cemetery with the graves of Matteo Ricci, Schall von Bell, Ferdinand Verbiest and other missionaries as well as the Ancient Beijing Observatory. The event made both sides aware of the great potential of further intensive communication and prepared the ground for future cooperation and exchanges between Tübingen University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as other scholars in Germany and China beyond these institutions.

For German and Chinese versions see Kurzbericht/简报.

Einführungs- bzw. “Orientierungsveranstaltung“ Sommersemester 2019 für alle Studierenden der Abteilung Sinologie

Montag, den 15. April, 9 s.t.-12, Gr. Übungsraum (Rm. 30)
Alle Veranstaltungen beginnen pünktlich, nicht cum tempore!

• 9:00-9:30    Haupt- und Nebenfach BA, BEd 2. Semester (einschl. IBA- u. IE-Studierende mit Schwerpunkt China)
• 9:30-10:00    Nebenfach BA 4. Semester (einschl. IBA- u. IE-Studierende m. Schwerpunkt China)
• 10:00-10:45    Haupt- und Nebenfach BA, BEd 6. Semester (einschl. IBA- u. IE-Studierende m. Schwerpunkt China), BA mit berufspraktischem Schwerpunkt 8. Semester
• 11:00-12:00    Studierende im MA, MEd

We are very pleased to announce that the scholarship within the "Landesgraduiertenförderung" (LGFG) program of our PhD candidate Guo Aiting has been extended for one year. The purpose of the sponsorship is to support her dissertation project with the working title "Debates about the Salt Administration during the Early and High Qing Period: State or Merchants?” She will continue her research focusing on selected texts in “Collected Articles on Ordering the World of the August Dynasty” (Huangchao jingshi wenbian 皇朝經世文編, 1827). The core of her thesis will explore the contradiction between the suggested reforms of the state agents and the approach taken by merchants. The role of the developing market liberalism in the political economy of Qing China will form a decisive part of her analysis. The supervisors of her thesis are Prof. Hans Ulrich Vogel and Prof. Achim Mittag.