2016 Season II
Prof. Dr. Walter Scheidel
Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History
Stanford University
Academic Activities in China
At the Invitation of Guangqi International Center for Scholars (GICS)
May 24-31, 2016
Jointly sponsored by
Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai上海师范大学
Fudan University, Shanghai复旦大学
Shanxi Normal University, Xi’an陕西师范大学
Capital Normal University, Beijing首都师范大学
Remin University, Beijing中国人民大学
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing中国社科院世界史所
Shanghai上海
Wednesday, May 25
2-4pm Guangqi Classics Lecture*
光启古典讲座:
“Stanford Orbis: creation, use, and prospect” 斯坦福罗马世界地理网络模型：创办、使用及前景
Shanghai Normal University上海师范大学
Thursday, May 26
2:30-5pm GICS-Stanford-Fudan Seminar光启国际学者中心-斯坦福-复旦研讨班:
“The science of ancient history”古史研究之科学路径
Fudan University复旦大学
Xi’an 西安
Friday, May 27
7:30pm: Lecture at Center for the Social History of Medicine讲座:
“Disease, medicine, and demography in the ancient Roman world”古代罗马世界的疾病、医药与人口
Shanxi Normal University陕西师范大学
Beijing 北京
Monday, May 30
9am-12noon GICS-Capital Normal University Jointly Sponsored
Capital Normal University 首都师范大学
3-5pm Renmin University Distinguished History Lecture Series人大史学讲堂:
“China, Rome, and the First Great Divergence” 中国、罗马及第一次大分流
Renmin University人民大学
Tuesday, May 31
9:30am-11am Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 中国社科院:
“Violence and the global history of inequality”暴力与“不平等”之全球史
CASS社科院世界史所Professor Yujuan Hu (CASS)
*The Guangqi Classics Lecture and Seminar Series is a new initiative launched by Shanghai Normal University in its effort to promote Classical Studies in China and foster trans-lingual and trans-cultural conversations about Classics in a globalizing world. It invites Classics scholars from around the world to share their cutting-edge research, provide master classes, and organize international conferences and workshops on diverse aspects of the ancient world.
Please send inquiries to: Prof. Jinyu Liu at jliu@depauw.edu or liujinyu@shnu.edu.cn.