In this talk, Prof. Zürn will share on the challenges of his project: to generate a digital edition of  The Huainanzi ( 淮南子) that visualizes its intertextual design with the help of a color-coded, hyperlinked interface.  This will enables scholars to explore the peculiar features of The Huainanzi more efficiently.

 

 

 

About the speakers:

Prof. Giulio Ongaro received his PhD in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics in 2020. His research lies in the areas of medical anthropology and ethnopsychiatry. As part of his PhD, he conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the Akha people of highland Laos, studying their shamanic tradition, etiological knowledge, and system of ritual healing. At HKUST, he teaches courses on cultural psychiatry, social anthropology, and human history.

 

 

Prof. Tobias Benedikt Zürn (陶全恩), born in Esslingen, Germany, is an assistant professor of premodern Chinese literature at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. As a historian of Chinese religions and literature, he explores how academic disciplines project and perpetuate modern and Eurocentric concepts onto the past and non-Western societies, a process he calls “theoretical imperialism”.  He maintains two websites: tobias-zuern.org and zhuangzi-reception.org.

 

 

Registration link: https://library.hkust.edu.hk/ce/event/11148

 

 

For enquiries, please contact lbcaplan@ust.hk

 

 

This is a HMAW1905-recognized event in the “Personal Enrichment & Community Service” category under the “Self-directed Experience” of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness.

 

To receive 1.0 hour, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.

 

Photos will be taken during the talk. By attending or participating in this event, you are giving your consent to be photographed and you are waiving any and all claims regarding the use of your image by the University.