Lisbon, Cambridge, and Milan: Professor Menegon presents at three conferences this Fall

This past Fall 2014, Professor Eugenio Menegon presented papers on his current research at three conferences:

1) “From Europe to Beijing: Long-distance Travel in the Eighteenth-century China Mission” at the International Symposium “China/Macau: Travels, Pilgrimages, Tourism” organized by the Centro Cientifico e Cultural de Macau (CCCM) in Lisbon (Portugal),  October 13-15, 2014;

2) “Christians as ‘Evil’ in Late Imperial China: Qing State Control, Foreign Presence, and Native Agency during the Yongzheng Reign” at the  Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and BU Center for the Study of Asia workshop on “Evil in Chinese Religion,” Harvard University, November 17, 2014;

3) “China, Italy, and Milan: Global Connections in the Early Modern Era,” at the International Conference “Milan, the Ambrosiana Library and Knowledge of New Worlds, 1600-1800,” organized on the occasion of the upcoming EXPO 2015 at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan (Italy), November 26-28, 2014.

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the entrance of the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, site of the conference in late November, one of the oldest public libraries in Europe opened in 1609, and custodian of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Codex Atlanticus,” besides many oriental manuscripts collected by Cardinal Federico Borromeo in the 17th century