Sounding China's Maritime Past: in search of Joseph Needham's enduring legacy

More than four decades of scholarship and debate have unfolded since Needham and his collaborators produced challenging views on the long history of Chinese navigation and water management. Is now the time to write a general history of China’s maritime past? Professor Doctor Blussé (Emeritus Professor of the History of European Relations with China, Leiden University) suggests how the subject could be addressed.

 

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This event will take place at Fischer Hall (1 Suffolk Street, London SW1Y 4HG)