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Conference — Designers of Mountains and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
Piper Auditorium Gund Hall - 42 Quincy St, CambridgeThe Sinographic compound (山水), denoting “mountain and water,” is widely shared across many Asian contexts, with different regional traditions and approaches. As shanshui in China, sansui in Japan, and sansu in Korea, the term has historically referred to creative artistic and philosophical visions of the natural world, combining the vital elements of a fully dynamic landscape. With climate change underway, what
Environment in Asia Series Lecture featuring Huaiyu Chen – Human-Animal Studies and Religions in Medieval Chinese Society
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, CambridgeSpeaker: Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State UniversityDiscussant: Brian Lander, Brown University This study illustrates how Buddhism shaped Chinese knowledge and experience of animals after it gradually took root in Chinese society in the medieval periods, and vice versa, how Chinese state ideology, Daoism, and local cultic practices reshaped Buddhism in understanding and engaging with animals. Taking
Environment in Asia Series featuring Timothy Brook – The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, CambridgeSpeakers:Timothy Brook, The University of British Columbia, Professor EmeritusClark Alejandrino, Trinity CollegeYan Gao, University of MemphisIan M. Miller, St John’s University Series Convener:Ling Zhang, Boston College In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China, but the