CCS 2009 Noon Lecture Series: "Inventorying Barbarians: An Early Modern Chinese Pictorial Vogue"


Nov
03
2009

  • Host Department: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
  • Date: 11/03/2009 - 11/03/2009
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  • Location: Room 1636 School of Social Work Building, 1080 South University
  • Contact Information: chinese.studies@umich.edu
  • Description: Yuming He, Assistant Professor in Chinese Literature, University of Chicago
  • Detailed Information:

    From the 15th to 18th century, pictorial inventories of foreign countries and peoples were printed and circulated widely in China, and onto the trans-regional book market. This study attempts to bring to light the history of these popular and commonplace books, and their specific socio-cultural relevance in Ming-Qing China and the larger global world. Yuming He received her BA and MA from Peking University, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. She taught at Reed College before joining the faculty at the Univ. of Chicago. Her research and teaching interests include the literature and culture of late-imperial China (currently focusing on theater and performance), the history of the book (focusing on woodblock prints, both texts and images), and Chinese intellectual history.