Workshop: Humans and their Natural Environment: Astronomy and Agriculture in Early Chinese Excavated Manuscripts

We are pleased to announce the in-person workshop

Humans and their Natural Environment: Astronomy and Agriculture in Early Chinese Excavated Manuscripts

to be held at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern on June 29th – 30th, 2023.(https://www.philosophie.unibe.ch/news/astroagronomy/index_eng.html)

 

 

Programme
 

29/06

10:00-12:00 Constance A. Cook

The Ancient Experience of Qi

 

12:00-14:00 Lunch

 

14:00-16:00 Attilio Andreini

“Shapes of Things”: Translating the Bamboo Manuscript(s) of the Fan wu liu xing 凡物流形 

 

16:00-18:00 Shirley Chan

What nature tells us about human life: reading the excavated texts

 

30/06

10:00-12:00 Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann

An insular conception of terrestrial space in the Rong Cheng shi 容成氏 and its agricultural and astronomical implications

 

12:00-14:00 Roel Sterckx

Agronomy and agriculture in early China: what excavated manuscripts do and don’t tell us

 

Registration:

The workshop is open, but space is limited. For further information and registration, please email Francesca Puglia(francesca.puglia@unibe.ch).

 

Location:

University of Bern, Institute of Philosophy, 2nd floor, Room B237, next to the red room.

 

Workshop organizing team:

Richard King, Francesca Puglia, Anders Sydskjør

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