Environment, Resources and Representation in the Southwest and Northwest of the Qing Empire
Key information
- Date
- Time
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9:00 am to 1:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS, Main Building
- Room
- C426h
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
This is a morning of talks and discussions of ongoing research on the history of resource use, religious practice, and local administration in the South- and Northwestern frontiers of the Qing Empire.
The four case studies introduce empirical research on the history of silver mining in Yunnan (Kim), mercury mining in Guizhou (Bai), the religious transformation of Mt Jizu (Liu), and post-disaster canal management in Ningxia (Yue). Juxtaposing these marginalised histories with the idealised representations of local landscapes highlights the biases and erasures in the official historiography, which are most pertinent in diverse frontier environments.
Presentations will be in English and Chinese.
Programme
| Time | Presentation / Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00–9.15 | Introduction: Perception and Reality of the Dali Landscape | Andrea Janku (SOAS) and Yang Yuda (Fudan University, online) |
| 9.15–10.00 | Silver Mines in the Erhai Region: Layers of Environmental and Social Transformation | Nanny Kim (University of Cologne) |
| 10.00–10.45 | Protecting the Dharma: Officials at Mount Jizu and the Transformation of Society and Power on the Ming Southwest Frontier | Liu Lingping (Yunnan University/SOAS) |
| 10.45–11.00 | Discussion | |
| 11.15–12.00 | Mercury Mining in Guizhou: Health and Wealth Issues | Bai Yujun (Guizhou University, online) |
| 12.00–12.45 | The Great Earthquake and the Abolition of the Gentry Exemption System in the Canal Management of the Ningxia Plain in the Period of Qianlong | Yue Yunxiao (Taiyuan Normal University/SOAS) |
| 12.45–13.00 | Discussion |
To join
Please register for this event by following the link at the top of this page.
Image: (Qianlong) Dali fuzhi (1745) - from Erudition Zhongguo fangzhi database
