Comparative Premodern Studies Workshop: Courts as Contact Zones

Two lectures will be presented on the theme of "Courts as Contact Zones." The first will be given by Wiebke Denecke and is entitled, "Catachresis and Comparing the Incomparable: Sino-Japanese and Greco-Roman Perspectives." The second will be by Eugenio Menegon, entitled, "A Clash of Court Cultures: Papal Envoys in Early Eighteenth-Century Beijing."

When 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Building School of Theology
Room 625
Contact Email buch@bu.edu
Contact Organization BU Center for the Humanities
Fees Free
Speakers Wiebke Denecke and Eugenio Menegon