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FUSION 1700: WONDERS OF THE TIME -
A FORUM ON CHINESE-WESTERN RELATIONS THROUGH CHRISTIANITY IN THE MING-QING
PERIOD  December 2, 2000Oakland Museum of California Oakland, CA This public forum consists of a series of short lectures presented by a panel of four scholars from the Ricci Institute of the University of San Francisco. Each lecture will focus on one specific subject area and explore how China and the West interacted through Christianity in the Ming-Qing period. Specific emphasis will be on the exchanges between the Jesuit missionaries and the Qing imperial court. 11:00-11:15 a.m. - Opening remarks Dr. Ming-Yeung Lu, Creative Director, Oakland Museum of California.; Dr. Xiaoxin Wu, Director, USF Ricci Institute. 11:15-12:00 noon - Lecture I “Shooting for the Stars: The Jesuits at the Qing Court” by Eugenio Menegon. Mr. Menegon is a Research Associate of the USF Ricci Institute and Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.  2:00-2:35 p.m. - Lecture II "Be Kind to Men from Afar: Jesuit Artists in the Forbidden City" by Lauren Arnold. Ms. Lauren Arnold is an art historian and Research Associate of the USF Ricci Institute. She recently published a book on Chinese-Western cultural exchange in art in the Yuan dynasty. 2:40-3:15 p.m. - Lecture III "The Jesuits and Sino-Western Technology" by Mark Mir. Mr. Mark Mir is a librarian and Research Fellow of the USF Ricci Institute. He is also the chief editor of the Ricci 21st Century Roundtable Database for the study of history of Christianity in China at the Ricci Institute. 3:20-3:50 p.m. - Lecture IV "Philosophy and Cultural Exchange" with concluding remarks "Fusion or confusion? Learning the 'grammar of the Chinese object'" by Dr. Paul Rule. Dr. Paul Rule is Distinguished Fellow of the EDS-Stewart Chair at the USF Ricci Institute, and an internationally known specialist in Chinese history and religion from Australia. 3:50 p.m. - Concluding remarks by Dr. Ming-Yueng Lu. Sponsored and Presented by Oakland Museum of California & Ricci Institute at the USF Center for the Pacific Rim
 October 21, 20002:30 PM – 3:30 PM, Program Book-signing and reception to follow USF Lone Mountain Campus The Del Santo Reading Room, Second Floor Please join the Ricci Institute in celebrating with Claudia Devaux, ED.D. and Fr. George Bernard Wong, S.J. the publication of their book. FREE and OPEN to the Public. Copies of the book will be available at the event. Reservations recommended. Call the Ricci Institute at 415-422-6401 or The Chinese Ministry of the San Francisco Archdiocese at 415-565-3683. Sponsored by the EDS-Stewart Chair at the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History.
with an Exhibit of Chinese Christian Art Works February 18, 2000 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. The Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, CA As China moves into the 21st century, a new generation searches for values that can sustain the new China. Young scholars and artists, aware of both the promise and peril of China's rapid material growth, look for resources to nurture the human spirit. This afternoon symposium featuring faculty members of the GTU, research fellows of the USF Ricci Institute, and two Chinese artists, will examine evidence of contemporary China's spirital search from the perspective of philosophy, religious studies, and the arts. PARTICIPANTS: Jeffrey Kah-jin Kuan Thomas M. Lucas, S.J. Russell Moy Evelyn Eaton Whitehead James Whitehead MA Li WO Ye A FREE PUBLIC LECTURE. For reservations and information, call GTU at 510 649-2400 or the Ricci Institute at 415-422-6401. |
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