The first Needham Research Institute seminar this term will take the
form of a mini-workshop:
Friday May 6: Workshop: "Imperial science in early and mid-Qing China"
“The integration of Western science into imperial
scholarship during the
Kangxi reign (1662-1722)”
Catherine Jami (CNRS, Paris; Churchill College & NRI, Cambridge)
“A dialogue between an imperial mathematician and the
emperor: Chen
Houyao's (1660-1722) mathematical career during the
Kangxi reign.”
Han Qi (IHNS, Beijing)
“Social forces behind the Chinese version of the
Newtonian theory of the
Moon----The Yuzhi lixiang kaocheng houbian revisited
(1722-1742).”
Shi Yunli (USTC, Hefei; NRI, Cambridge)
All presentations will be in English
The workshop will run from 2-5 pm. The Needham Research Institute
is in Sylvester Road, behind Robinson College.
Christopher Cullen
Director
Needham Research Institute
Cambridge CB3 9AF
phone +44 (0)1223 311545
fax +44 (0)1223 362703
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