BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IHSS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ihss.hku.hk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IHSS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:20180101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190518T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190518T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T181706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102405Z UID:86177-1558191600-1558200600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Project Citizens Forum: The Voice of Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/project-citizens-forum-the-voice-of-hong-kong/ LOCATION:Meeting Room S221\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/forum-on-the-voice-of-hong-kong-20190518-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190516T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190516T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T183044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102406Z UID:86210-1558022400-1558027800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Forum on “Climate Change and its Politics” DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-forum-on-climate-change-and-its-politics/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190517 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T182236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102405Z UID:86192-1557964800-1558051199@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Weather\, Climate\, and Everyday Life: Environmental Technologies in Modern East Asia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/weather-climate-and-everyday-life-environmental-technologies-in-modern-east-asia/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20190516-1920x1080-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190514T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190514T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T182705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102405Z UID:86203-1557835200-1557838800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Phlegm (tan 痰 ):Toward a Humoral History of Chinese Medicine DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/phlegm-tan-%e7%97%b0-toward-a-humoral-history-of-chinese-medicine/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190508T183000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190508T203000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T183824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102406Z UID:86230-1557340200-1557347400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Is Guanyin (And Everything Else) a Palimpsest? DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/is-guanyin-and-everything-else-a-palimpsest/ LOCATION:Drake Gallery\, 1/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190507T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190507T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T185621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86249-1557230400-1557234000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Speculative Thoughts on Writing Histories of Capitalism for Asia: Industrious Accumulation in Late Twentieth-Century Hong Kong and China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/speculative-thoughts-on-writing-histories-of-capitalism-for-asia-industrious-accumulation-in-late-twentieth-century-hong-kong-and-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190430T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190430T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T184511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102406Z UID:86242-1556625600-1556629200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Formalization as a New Mode of Accumulation? The Paradox of Dispossession and the Formalization of Informal Housing in Contemporary Shenzhen DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/formalization-as-a-new-mode-of-accumulation-the-paradox-of-dispossession-and-the-formalization-of-informal-housing-in-contemporary-shenzhen/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190416T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190416T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T190024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86256-1555416000-1555419600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:“Jeep Girls” and American Servicemen in Post-WWII China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/jeep-girls-and-american-servicemen-in-post-wwii-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190409T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190409T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T191110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86266-1554811200-1554814800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Translating Domesticity in Chinese History and Historiography DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/translating-domesticity-in-chinese-history-and-historiography/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190402T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190402T140000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T192411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86274-1554208200-1554213600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Post-Secular Problematic and the Theory of Secularization DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-post-secular-problematic-and-the-theory-of-secularization/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T193022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86281-1554134400-1554139800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Birth of the Modern Global Script Regime: From the Typewriter to Unicode DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-birth-of-the-modern-global-script-regime-from-the-typewriter-to-unicode/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-dr-raja-adal-20190401-1920x1080-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T153000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T193521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102408Z UID:86296-1554120000-1554132600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Raising the Dead = Girl Power? Charismatic Practice and Women’s Authority in a Chinese Christian Church DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/raising-the-dead-girl-power-charismatic-practice-and-womens-authority-in-a-chinese-christian-church/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190326T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190326T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T193912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102408Z UID:86304-1553601600-1553605200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Iron Roads\, Marble Columns: Ottoman Railways and the Shaping of Touristic Experiences of Space DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/iron-roads-marble-columns-ottoman-railways-and-the-shaping-of-touristic-experiences-of-space/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190321T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190321T163000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T194906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102408Z UID:86312-1553180400-1553185800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Boxer Crisis in Comparative Perspective: Visions of Divine Intervention and Monuments of Martyrdom DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-boxer-crisis-in-comparative-perspective-visions-of-divine-intervention-and-monuments-of-martyrdom/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190319T153000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190319T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T214218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102409Z UID:86319-1553009400-1553016600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Children at a Village School (村小的孩子) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/children-at-a-village-school-%e6%9d%91%e5%b0%8f%e7%9a%84%e5%ad%a9%e5%ad%90/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screening-of-children-at-the-village-school-20190319-1920x1080-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190319T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190319T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T220145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102409Z UID:86341-1552996800-1553000400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Globalizing Jewish Studies in China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/globalizing-jewish-studies-in-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190312T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190312T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T221208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102409Z UID:86351-1552392000-1552395600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:“A Country of Hair”: A Global Story of Korean Wigs\, Korean-American Entrepreneurs\, African-American Hairstyles\, and Cold War Industrialization DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-country-of-hair-a-global-story-of-korean-wigs-korean-american-entrepreneurs-african-american-hairstyles-and-cold-war-industrialization/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190226T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190226T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T221606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102409Z UID:86358-1551182400-1551186000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Unearthing a South China Ammonite: Palaeontology in Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/unearthing-a-south-china-ammonite-palaeontology-in-hong-kong/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190215T153000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190215T170000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T222041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102411Z UID:86365-1550244600-1550250000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Virtue in the Valley (群羊嘎粑) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-virtue-in-the-valley-%e7%be%a4%e7%be%8a%e5%98%8e%e7%b2%91/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screening-of-the-virtue-in-the-valley-20190215-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190123T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190123T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T222550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102411Z UID:86372-1548259200-1548264600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Chinese Cultural Essence? DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-chinese-cultural-essence/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190108T113000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190108T113000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T223100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102411Z UID:86380-1546947000-1546947000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Path Twice Traveled: My Journey as a Historian of China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-path-twice-traveled-my-journey-as-a-historian-of-china/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190104T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190104T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T223629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86394-1546610400-1546623000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Political Economy of China-Hong Kong Relations during the Trade War DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-political-economy-of-china-hong-kong-relations-during-the-trade-war/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181215 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T224650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86410-1544572800-1544831999@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Transport Infrastructure & The Making of Modern East Asia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/transport-infrastructure-the-making-of-modern-east-asia/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20181212-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181210T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181210T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T225118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86420-1544459400-1544464800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Hormones\, Hospitals\, and the Green Revolution: Thinking about Scientific Innovation and Health Care Models Using Mexico as the Pivot DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/hormones-hospitals-and-the-green-revolution-thinking-about-scientific-innovation-and-health-care-models-using-mexico-as-the-pivot/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-professor-gabriela-soto-laveaga-20181210-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181212 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T225815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86428-1544400000-1544572799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:MMEA Second Plenary Conference DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/mmea-second-plenary-conference/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/second-plenary-conference-20181210-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181204T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181204T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T230706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102413Z UID:86459-1543924800-1543928400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Domestic Lives of Village Videos: Making Sense of the World through Grassroots Media in Southwest China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-domestic-lives-of-village-videos-making-sense-of-the-world-through-grassroots-media-in-southwest-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181127T143000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181127T143000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T231137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102413Z UID:86466-1543329000-1543329000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Gold and Silver: German Bankers and the Financial Internationalisation of China\, 1885 – 1919 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/gold-and-silver-german-bankers-and-the-financial-internationalisation-of-china-1885-1919/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181127T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181127T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T231537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102413Z UID:86472-1543320000-1543323600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Empires\, Capital\, and Time: The Politics of the Past in Early China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/empires-capital-and-time-the-politics-of-the-past-in-early-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181114T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181114T163000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T232129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102414Z UID:86479-1542213000-1542213000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:從全球史看近世中國的興衰 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/%e5%be%9e%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e5%8f%b2%e7%9c%8b%e8%bf%91%e4%b8%96%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%e7%9a%84%e8%88%88%e8%a1%b0/ LOCATION:Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/forum-by-professor-gangwu-wang-20181114-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181113T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181113T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T032004 CREATED:20240724T234849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102414Z UID:86535-1542110400-1542114000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Making Their Presence Felt: Photographic Mediums and the Rise of a Mass Audience DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 2014 4:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5901\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Japanese doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries made use of a number of toxic mercury chloride compounds for the treatment of syphilis. Some of these compounds were produced using Chinese methods that had been known in Japan for more than a thousand years\, but others were produced using newer methods that had been introduced more recently from China or Europe\, and they were known by a bewildering variety of names of Chinese or European origin depending on the methods by which they were produced and the circumstances in which they were employed. There was considerable confusion about which of these compounds were distinct and which should be considered as mutually equivalent\, and about the extent to which different methods of production yielded different levels of therapeutic efficacy or toxicity. European methods for the production of mercury chloride compounds became widely known in Japan only towards the end of the eighteenth century\, prior to which the compounds produced by these methods could be obtained only through trade. However\, as Japanese doctors began to show a growing interest in European medicine in the late eighteenth century they also began to familiarize themselves with these methods of production and to make direct comparisons between the compounds produced by Chinese and European methods. This talk will compare production methods for mercury chloride compounds in early modern Europe\, China and Japan\, showing how the ability of Japanese doctors and patients to make use of these compounds depended on global trading networks for raw materials and finished drug products. It will show how the tendency to maintain secrecy surrounding the production of these compounds was gradually disrupted by an increasing willingness to publicize their knowledge about production methods\, and examine how this increasingly open circulation of knowledge helped transform the ways people thought about these compounds and used them for treating syphilis and other diseases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Dr. Daniel Trambaiolo completed graduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge and in the History of Science at Princeton University. His current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong examines interactions between the growth of literacy\, social and commercial networks\, and new epistemologies in shaping the development of medicine in early modern Japan. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/making-their-presence-felt-photographic-mediums-and-the-rise-of-a-mass-audience/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR