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6. Premodern History

Premodern History I

Topoi of first and last rulers of the Early China and their historical contexts

Chairperson: Sterckx, Roel
(7 August, 13:30-15:30)

Pines, Yuri: To rebel is justified? The image of Zhouxin and legitimacy of rebellion in Chinese political tradition

Khayutina, Maria: Did the first kings of the Zhou dynasty relocate their capital? The myth of the 'early state' in Early China and its historical backgrounds

van Ess, Hans: King You of Zhou and The Origin of Posthumous Names

Discussant: Vogelsang, Kai

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Premodern History II

Chairperson: Saje, Mitja
(7 August, 16:00-18:00)

Busquets, Anna: News from the Tartars: the Spanish sources of the European vision of the Manchu conquest of China

Colla, Elisabetta: Through the eyes of others: China as described by the Florentine merchant Francesco Carletti (1573-1636)

Folch, Dolors: Ming tributary system seen trough the eyes of XVI century Spanish documents

Yi, Jolan: Recording the 'Nameless': The Treatment of Females in Late Imperial Chinese Women's Biographies

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Premodern History IV

Chairperson: Torck, Mathieu
(8 August, 11:00-12:30)

Pissin, Annika: Violence against children in Medieval China

Saritas, Eyup: The Hunni'c Marriage Traditions According To Chinese Documents

Wu, Shu-hui: The Concept of "tian (Heaven)" in Shiji

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Premodern History V

Chairperson: van Ess, Hans
(8 August, 16:00-18:00)

Sterckx, Roel: Taozhu Gong and the historiography of wealth in early China

Fang, Jun: The Financial Functions of the Southern Caiptal in Ming China

Baker, Jr., Timothy: City and suburb in the Han: The imperial ritual complex of Wang Mang and its relationship to the center city

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Premodern History VI

Chairperson: Folch, Dolors
(9 August, 11:30-13:00)

Saje, Mitja: Uncovering the importance of A. Hallerstein for Chinese History

Schäfer, Dagmar: Proprietary Issues and Guarantee in 17th century Chinese culture: technology and beyond

Assandri, Friederike: Copyright infringements in Medieval China?

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Premodern History VII

Chairperson: Yi, Jolan
(9 August, 14:00-15:30)

Torck, Mathieu: Green leg-gan of the teeth - A history of scurvy in late imperial China

Kurz, Johannes L.: Chinese texts and the making of history in Borneo

Hamilton, Robyn: Representations of cultural status in paintings of Yuan Mei's protégés at West Lake (1792, 1795)

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Premodern History VIII

Mobilizing private resources for public tasks in late imperial China

Chairperson: Kurz, Johannes
(9 August, 16:00-18:00)

Wissler, Tobias: Buddhist monasteries and their involvement in public tasks during the Qing period

Kaske, Elisabeth: Campaigning for Contributions during the Tongzhi era (1862-1874)

Kim, Nanny: State and private projects for road construction and the improvement of shipping conditions on rivers

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