Beyond Translation: Multilingual Practices in the Transmission of Islamicate Astral Sciences in Ming China
RCCHC
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Date
05 Oct 2023
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Organiser
Research Centre for Chinese History and Culture
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Time
15:00 - 16:30
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Venue
Online via Zoom
Speaker
Dr Qiao YANG
Enquiry
Ms Wong info.rcchc@polyu.edu.hk
Summary
Date: 5 October 2023 (Thur)
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm (HKT)
Speaker: Dr Qiao YANG
Mode of presentation: Zoom
Registration url: https://polyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvf--rrzkpGtcLE0EzqRnwmC94FHfqvGZY
Keynote Speaker
Dr Qiao YANG
Research Scholar
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Qiao Yang is a research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. She researches the history of science in premodern and early modern China and the Muslim world, focusing on astral sciences, divination and knowledge of langauges. She is completing a manuscript on the relationship between astral sciences and empire in Mongol Eurasia (13th-14th centuries). At MPIWG, she leads the working group Ability and Authority, which studies expertise in China from 1200-1600 beyond state and literati preoccupations.
