Public Talks — Mapping East Asia in Context
Supporting the below United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:支持以下聯合國可持續發展目標：支持以下联合国可持续发展目标：
The talks will discuss maps of East Asia created between 1300 and 1800 by Chinese, Korean, and European mapmakers, and explore how cartographic knowledge circulated with East Asia and between East Asia and Europe. There will be four captivating talks in this series:
1. Mapping for Money, Mapping for Influence: Western Maps of China and the Interplay between Jesuit Missionaries and Dutch Publishers (1584-1735) / Dr. Marco Caboara (HKUST); December 6, 2023; 9:30am - 11:00am.
2. Complete Map at a Glance: The 1644 Map by Cao Junyi and Its Ideological Significance (in Putonghua) / Professor Song Gang (HKU); December 6, 2023; 11:15am - 12:45pm.
3. Re-Imagining the World: When Global and Administrative Mapping Intersected (ca. 1555-1655) / Professor Mario Cams (KU Leuven); December 8, 2023; 9:30am - 11:00am.
4. Kunyutu 坤輿圖 and Terrestrial Globes: Reproduction of World Geography in the Early 18th Century Qing Court / Professor Lin Hong (Shanghai Normal University); December 8, 2023; 11:15am - 12:45pm
Date: December 6 and 8, 2023
Venue: LG4 Multi-function Room, HKUST Library
Details and Registration: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/events/conferences/2023mapsymposium/publictalks/
Acknowledgment: The symposium is co-organized with École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK and Division of Humanities, HKUST, and is funded by Dr. Ko Pui-shuen under the Western Maps of China Project.