Dept. III

Colloquium 2022-23

Dept. III Colloquium Overview

 

The Department III Colloquia are regular meetings for the department members to discuss our work in progress, to comment, and to help each other in our writing process. The format is a discussion of a pre-circulated paper, led by an introductory comment by an external discussant. 

Spring Colloquium

2023

Welcome Meeting: Department III Colloquium MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Doorkeepers: A Case Study in the Ability and Authority of Lowly Intermediaries in Ming China (1368–1644) MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Experimental Infrastructures of Entomological Care in Colonial Taiwan: Sericultural Acclimatization MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Empire under the Night Sky: Recording Field Allocation in Chinese Local Gazetteers MPIWG Room 265 & Online

  • Several Speakers
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Reading Celestial Omens in Turfan and Dunhuang. Babylonian Divination Models and their Medieval Reception on the Silk Road MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Science as Prophecy: Measuring Climates Past and Future MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Numeracy and Administration in the Ancient Greek and Roman World MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Fall Colloquium

2022

Department III Introduction Main Conference Room & Online

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Sun, Moon, and Mount Meru: Cosmological Mandala as A Visual Metaphor for Universal Monarchy? MPIWG Room 265 & Online

  • Several Speakers
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Astrometeorology and Global Climate Theory: Interpreting John Goad's Weather Notebooks, 1652-1682 MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Healing the World with Words: Rethinking Fang Yizhi and Medicine(s) in Seventeenth Century China MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Word and Image: The Role of Representation in the Transmission of Astral Knowledge MPIWG Room 265 & Online

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Past Dept. III Colloquiua
Full List 2017–2022