Getting ready for two more presentations at one of the oldest and most beautiful campuses, Sun Yat-Sen University by the Pearl River in Guangzhou. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/66ArUL1zDZ...
Students of world history rejoice, a new open access volume on Marco Polo's travels examined across various disciplines publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle...
The Cluster of Excellence "EurAsian Transformations" at the University of Vienna has advertised two postdoctoral positions in imperial Eurasian and Chinese history: eurasiantransformations.univie.ac.at/news/details...
The cluster offers new opportunities for pre- and post-doctoral positions in the following areas:
Very much looking forward to this spectacular event on epigraphy and inscribed landscapes. Full event info: altergraphy.hypotheses.org/1200
Arpenter un paysage incrit Synopsis: Inscriptions can open up a world extending far beyond chisel marks on the stone surface. In eight roundtables, we propose to explore the rich cultural history of e...
Francesca Trivellato is in town and speaking on "The Promise anad Peril of Credit" at the Flemish-Dutch Early Modern History Society in Leuven this afternoon at 4pm. Programme and registration info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Op 13 juni zal Francesca Trivellato (IAS Princeton) voor de Vlaams-Nederlandse Vereniging voor Nieuwe Geschiedenis een lezing geven over haar recente monografie The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a...
Excuse the chauvinism & observe the trend: Uni Leiden went in a free fall in the 10 yrs I taught there; with fewer means and a far higher staff to student ratio Leuven kept up and has a good vibe. Rankings are of limited use, but trendlines capture sth about an organisation.
CFA: The Epigraphic Habit: Everyday Politics in (Chinese) Histories of Infrastructure in Leuven Nov 21-23 -- deadline for abstracts June 24! More info on questions of interest: www.infrastructurelives.eu/events/21-11...
It's a team effort on our part: Xi Wangzhi will be presenting on machine learning experiments; Dawn Zhuang on place name analysis and I will be repaying some of my dues on a panel organized by the European Research Council on applying for funding for digital research.
Free for a little while and worth a look @CambridgeUP: Indigenous Knowledge and Material Histories by Jens Soentgen cup.org/3yy0F5J
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - Indigenous Knowledge and Material Histories