Digitizing the Tracks of Yu: GIS and Data Analysis for Yellow River History by Ruth Moster

Please join us for a lecture with Dr. Ruth Mostern to learn about GIS and data analysis for Yellow River history. “Digitizing the Tracks of Yu: GIS and Data Analysis for Yellow River History” Thursday, February 18, 2021    2:00pm (PST) tinyurl.com/Tracks-of-Yu (Zoom: 894 2595 8266 passcode: 719417) Since the publication of The Yellow River Annals (Huanghe nianbiao 黃河年表) […]

Electric Design: Light, Labor and Leisure in Prewar Japanese Advertising by Gennifer Weisenfeld (Inaugural Koichi Takashima Lecture)

Please join us for our Inaugural Koichi Takashima Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 4:00 PM PST! Featuring the electrifying Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke University) on “Electric Design: Light, Labor and Leisure in Prewar Japanese Advertising.” This talk explores the industry’s important cultivation of a nascent consumer market for electrical goods in the prewar period, & the […]

Creating Virtual Reality in 18th-Century Chinese Painting and Prints by Dr. Kristina Kleughten

"Creating Virtual Reality in 18th-Century Chinese Painting and Prints" Tuesday, March 9, 2021    2:00pm (PST) tinyurl.com/VRin18thC (Zoom: 846 6268 232) Virtual reality was an essential component of eighteenth-century Chinese art, particularly in paintings and prints that evolved out of the artistic and cultural exchanges between China and Europe. These works created visions of extended realities for […]

Joshua Fogel, “Lingvo Internacia: The Esperanto Movement in China and Japan, 1905-1932”

In this talk for the Transregional East Asia Research Focus Group, Joshua Fogel will present on “Lingvo Internacia: The Esperanto Movement in China and Japan, 1905-1932.” Date: April 8, 2021 Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm REGISTRATION HERE. Joshua Fogel is Professor of History and Canada Research Chair at York University, Toronto. Sponsored by the […]