Space & Power in Imperial Chinese History
A day-long conference
Saturday, December 14, 2002
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Social Science Bldg., Room B40
University of Southern California
10:00 am Morning Sesson Laurence J. C. Ma (University of Akron), Chair
DAVID BELLO (Southern Connecticut State Univ. and Stanford Univ.), “Fencing in Forest and Steppe: An Essay in Qing Ecological Dominance”
R. KENT GUY (Univ. of Washington), “The Qing Creation of the Province”
Timothy Oakes (Univ. of Colorado), Discussant
1:30 pm Afternoon Session John E. Wills, Jr. (USC), Chair
DON J. WYATT (Middlebury College), “The Strong, the Weak, and the Bounded: A Topical Survey of the Early China Field”
CAROLYN CARTIER (USC) “Mercantilism Meets the Amoy Network: Contested Space and the Regional Problem in Late Imperial South China”
James Lee (Caltech), Discussant
Studies of pre-modern Chinese history are rich in insight into configurations of space and power at the local and empire-wide levels, but rarely have explored on the varieties and contradictions to be found at intermediate, meso-scale, “provincial” levels. This seminar will present new approaches to this range of questions by historians and geographers, some focussed largely on the Qing dynasty but one taking much longer time perspectives. Among the themes discussed will be borders and interiors and the spatial-political nature of geographical units.
Special Instructions
This conference in the series sponsored by the Southern California China Colloquium will be held at USC.
For more information please contact
Richard Gunde
Tel: 310 825-8683
gunde@ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies, USC East Asian Studies Center, USC Department of History, USC Department of Geography, in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquium
