{"id":5727,"date":"2021-02-10T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/?page_id=5727"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:17:36","slug":"february-2021-call-for-papers-china-in-the-17th-century-international-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/jesuitportal-recovery\/?page_id=5727","title":{"rendered":"February 2021: Call for Papers — “China in the 17th century” International Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

A call for papers has been released for an international workshop to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the\u00a0Ming Qing Yanjiu<\/em><\/a> journal.<\/p>\n

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The workshop’s theme<\/strong><\/a> is “China in the 17th century. Trauma, Transition and Global Transformations.” Abstracts are due by April 25, and the workshop will take place on October 20 and 21.\u00a0The\u00a0University of Naples “L’Orientale” will host the online workshop unless travel permits a hybrid format.<\/p>\n

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A full call for papers appears below.<\/p>\n

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CHINA IN THE 17TH CENTURY:
\nTRAUMA, TRANSITION AND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS<\/p>\n

An International Workshop to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the journal\u00a0Ming Qing Yanjiu<\/em><\/p>\n

20-21 October 2021<\/p>\n

Organized by:
\nProf. Donatella Guida, Dr. Federico Brusadelli (University of Naples “L’Orientale”)<\/p>\n

Keynote Lecture:
\nProf. Timothy Brook (University of British Columbia)<\/p>\n

Deadline for Abstract Proposals:\u00a0April 25th, 2021<\/strong>
\nNotification of Acceptance: May 25th, 2021
\nmingqing@unior.it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This will be an online workshop hosted by the\u00a0University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Should the global situation allow it, it will be held as a hybrid event.<\/p>\n

CONCEPT:<\/p>\n

Within the \u201cglobal crisis\u201d of the 17th century (Parker 2013), that put under severe pressure political and social orders across Eurasia, China possibly experienced the most traumatic rupture, as the Manchu \u201cbarbarians\u201d took possession of the Empire. The Ming dynasty, founded in 1368, came to an end in 1644, as the armies of the Qing dynasty entered the Imperial Palace in Beijing.
\nThe complete subjugation of China\u2019s heartland proved to be not an easy task for the new emperors. The resilience of Ming loyalists, the rebellion of allied generals, the diffidence of the bureaucratic \u00e9lite, the pressure of Russians and Mongols: the \u201cpacification\u201d required four decades \u2013 and more than one bloodshed \u2013 to be completed. The seventeenth century can therefore be considered as \u201cone of the most trying periods in Chinese history\u201d, if not a \u201ccataclysm\u201d (Struve 1993).<\/p>\n

This political transition, culminating with the creation of an immense multi-ethnic Empire, intertwined the much longer social and cultural transition that had been transforming China from the mid-16th century. The emergence of new social classes \u2013 merchants, urban elites, independent literati – and the contact with Western traders and missionaries in the \u201cSouth China Sea world-economy\u201d (Brook 2010) \u2013 contributed to the irremediable alteration of the tightly structured society engineered by the founder of the Ming. In those decades of economic growth and political decline, of philosophical crisis and political violence, \u201cthe intellectual class initiated a comprehensive rethinking of traditional society\u201d (Wang Jinmin, 2006).<\/p>\n

This workshop, by which the University of Naples “L\u2019Orientale” intends to celebrate (in cooperation with Brill) the 25th anniversary of the journal\u00a0Ming Qing Yanjiu<\/em>\u00a0(https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/mqyj\/mqyj-overview.xml<\/a>), wishes to explore this turbulent Chinese century in its many aspects: political, intellectual, diplomatic, economic, artistic, cultural, environmental, social, with a special attention to global entanglements, transfers\/circulations, and comparative perspectives.<\/p>\n

The event will consist of keynotes, panels, and roundtables, while also favoring (albeit \u201cvirtually\u201d) informal discussions and networking.<\/p>\n

Presenters will be encouraged to submit their papers to a\u00a0special issue of\u00a0Ming Qing Yanjiu<\/em>\u00a0to be published in 2022.<\/p>\n

Please submit your abstract\/panel proposal (max 300 words) by sending an email to\u00a0mingqing@unior.it<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a04pm CET, April 25, 2021. Panel proposal should consist of a general abstract of max 300 words followed by individual abstracts. Please include the following information in your submitted proposal: name, title\/position, email address and institutional affiliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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