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CATEGORIES:Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of
  Science
SUMMARY:Science and empire: the view from Beijing\, c. 170
 0 - Catherine Jami (CNRS-SPHERE\, Paris)
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UID:TALK49547AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/49547
DESCRIPTION:Twentieth-century historiography of imperialism ha
 s consistently depicted China as patient rather th
 an as agent. This view ignores the fact that from 
 the mid-17th century onwards\, Beijing was the cen
 tre of a large and aggressively expanding empire\,
  an empire unique in that the great majority of it
 s conquests remain intact to the present day. The 
 neglected example of this great land empire enable
 s us to transcend the stereotype of science and em
 pire studies as mainly or solely concerned with th
 e expansion of European powers overseas. In this t
 alk\, I will show how the sciences of empire were 
 constructed during the first century of the Qing d
 ynasty (1644–1911). Conversely\, I will explore th
 e extent to and the ways in which the Qing expansi
 on in central Asia broadened the Chinese world of 
 knowledge.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philoso
 phy of Science
CONTACT:Helen Curry
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