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Sapienza Universit\u00e0 di Roma<\/a>\u00a0hosts a two-day conference (September 2-3) on “Visions of ‘Humanity’ and ‘Letters’: Chinese Culture and the Two \u2014 Tides of Western Learning, from the Late Ming to Early Modern Times.”<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Elman of Princeton University will deliver the keynote address entitled “Traduttore, traditore: The Jesuits and the Translation\/Construction of Early Modern Science in China via European Humanism, 1600-1800.” The event also features seven panels and a concluding roundtable and set of remarks.<\/p>\n

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Presentations relevant to the field of Jesuit Studies appear below. More information about the event and a full conference program can be found online: https:\/\/news.uniroma1.it\/02092019_0910<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 2nd<\/p>\n

On the theme of “Humanity”<\/p>\n

Panel 1 —\u00a0Visions of Humanity: the 17th Century<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Thierry Meynard, “Christian ‘Anthropologyi: Gulius Aleni\u2019s Xingxue cushu”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Liming Song, “Matteo Ricci: the Man and his Writings. On Some Misunderstandings and Misconceptions in Sino-Western Cultural Exchanges”<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Giulia Falato, “Parents, Children, Mutual Duties and Relations: a European Way of Governing the Family by Alfonso Vagnone S.J (1568-1640)”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Davor Antonucci, “Envisioning the Other: Foreign Populations in Some Jesuits’ Geographical Accounts”<\/p>\n

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September 3rd<\/p>\n

On the theme of “Letters”<\/p>\n

Panel 5 — Western and Chinese Practices of wen<\/em>: Early Encounters<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sher-shiueh\u00a0Li,”European Jesuits and Western Rhetoric in Ming-Qing China”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paolo De Troia, “The Vision of Letters in Some Jesuit Texts in 16th Century China: Jesuit Translations and Transcultural Exchanges”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hui-Hung\u00a0Chen,”Three Portuguese Jesuits and the Chinese Madonna: A Cultural Encounter among China, Macao and Japan”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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