Julian Chen

PhD Candidate in History, Yale University

“Sheep Consumption in Kaifeng and Its Implication for Inner Asian Deserts”

Thursday, April 25, 3:30-4:30 PM

John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

Discussant: Xavier Ante, PhD Student in History, University of Chicago

The East Asia: Transregional Histories Workshop is pleased to announce its schedule for Spring 2019. We look forward to seeing you in attendance!

Spring 2019 Schedule:

4/11  Kirsten Sellars, Visiting Fellow at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University

Title: “The Tokyo Tribunal and the Troublesome ‘Crimes against Peace’ Charges”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

Co-sponsored with the Center for East Asian Studies and the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights

4/25  Julian Chen, PhD Candidate in History, Yale University
Title: “Steppe, Sheep, and Sandification: Lamb Consumption in Medieval China and its Environmental Consequence in Inner Asia”
3:30-4:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)
Co-sponsored with the Center for East Asian Studies

5/9  Collaborative Chicago-Northwestern Graduate Student Workshop
1:00-5:00 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224) (more details forthcoming)

5/23  Alex Haskins, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Chicago
Title: “Sovereignty as Counter-domination: Alertness, Dignity, and Political Reform in Sakuma Shozan’s Thought”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)

6/6  Jessa Dahl, PhD Candidate in History, University of Chicago
Title: “Hospitality: Inasa’s Russian Village and the Transience of Transnational Spaces 1858-1905”
4:00-5:30 PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSR 224)