02.06.2025

Update Colloquium "History and Culture of China" Summer Term 2025

This is the latest schedule of the sinological colloquium "History and Culture of China" in the summer term of 2025.

History and Culture of China
Sinological Colloquium Summer Term 2025
Tuesdays, 4 PM c.t.,  Wilhelmstraße 133, Room 30 [unless otherwise indicated]
Organizer: Dr. habil. Johannes L. Kurz

Tuesday, April 29: (via zoom)
    Dr. Bill Hayton (Chatham House)
    Uncovering the Origins of China’s Territorial Claims in the South China Sea
Tuesday, May 6:
    Patrick Aberle M.A. (Tübingen University)
    Divergences of Arboricultural Thought Across Late Imperial China
Tuesday, May 13: (online)
    Yevgen Petrenko (Tübingen University) 
    “How to hit the Heart of a Flea”: Chinese Archery During the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Tuesday, May 20: (in: China Center Tübingen)
    Prof. David Luesink (Sacred Heart University) 
    Chinese Students in the Dissection Room: Locating Anatomical Knowledge
Tuesday, May 27: 
    Zhao Yawei M.A. (Tübingen University)
    The Fine Phrase and Landscape Paintings During the Eastern Tour of the Qianlong Reign
Tuesday, June 17: 
    Han Qijin  M.A.  (Tübingen University)
    Translating the European Thermometer to China during the Kangxi Reign (1662–1722)
Tuesday, July 1: 
    Zheng Xinyu M.A. (Tübingen University)
    The Yunqi 運氣 Theory in Medical Treatises in Late Imperial China
Tuesday, July 8: (via zoom)
    Prof. Tracy Miller (Vanderbilt University)
    Son of Heaven, Cakravartin, and Empire in 10th Century China: Song Taizong's Kaibao Monastery Pagoda and its Architectural Legacy
Tuesday, July 15: 
    Chen Chuyi (Tübingen University) 
    Soda Water: On the Way to Late Imperial China
Tuesday, July 22: 
    Derickie Gu (Tübingen University) 
    Lotus Plucking in Southern Qi and Liang Poetry