Talk: Alexis LYCAS
23 JUNE 25
IHP-EFEO Talk
Speaker:
Prof. Alexis Lycas
Associate Professor, EPHE, Paris
Title:
Social and Cultural History of Geographical Knowledge during the Tang: Evidence from Dunhuang
Host:
Dr. HUANG Ting-shuo
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
&
Prof. Frank MUYARD
Head, EFEO Taipei Center
Date:
June 23 (Monday), 2025, 15:00 pm
Venue:
Conference Room 703, Research Building, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Abstract:
While thousands of Dunhuang manuscripts have been studied from numerous points of view (art history, book history, religious and economic history), Dunhuang geographical documents have been exclusively analyzed from the perspective of historical geography. The aim of this talk is to understand, from the perspective of the social and cultural history of knowledge, what nine fragmentary manuscripts tell us about geographical practices and knowledge during the Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-960). These manuscripts bear witness to the standardization of Chinese geographical knowledge as well as to its variety, before the Song dynasty (960-1279), a period traditionally considered to have witnessed the development of these phenomena.
Organizers: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica & EFEO Taipei Center.
※ The talk will be given in Chinese. Registration is not required.
conference
Speaker:
Prof. Alexis Lycas
Associate Professor, EPHE, Paris
Title:
Social and Cultural History of Geographical Knowledge during the Tang: Evidence from Dunhuang
Host:
Dr. HUANG Ting-shuo
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
&
Prof. Frank MUYARD
Head, EFEO Taipei Center
Date:
June 23 (Monday), 2025, 15:00 pm
Venue:
Conference Room 703, Research Building, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Abstract:
While thousands of Dunhuang manuscripts have been studied from numerous points of view (art history, book history, religious and economic history), Dunhuang geographical documents have been exclusively analyzed from the perspective of historical geography. The aim of this talk is to understand, from the perspective of the social and cultural history of knowledge, what nine fragmentary manuscripts tell us about geographical practices and knowledge during the Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-960). These manuscripts bear witness to the standardization of Chinese geographical knowledge as well as to its variety, before the Song dynasty (960-1279), a period traditionally considered to have witnessed the development of these phenomena.
Organizers: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica & EFEO Taipei Center.
※ The talk will be given in Chinese. Registration is not required.
conference