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Dr. Huaiyu Chen, Spalding Fellow of ClareHall at the University of Cambridge
Sunday 24 May 2015, 10:00-12:00
Chen Yinke and His Era
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr. Huaiyu Chen, Spalding Fellow of ClareHall at the University of Cambridge
- đ Date & Time: Sunday 24 May 2015, 10:00 - 12:00
- đ Venue: WestLodge, Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1DQ
Abstract
Chen Yinke was a prominent Chinese historian, and he was regarded as oneof the most noted scholars of Chinese humanities in the 20th century. After hebecame blinded in his fifties, he still published a number of path-breakingworks, which made him a legend. Throughout his life, Chen Yinke lived with a tension between his ownpersonal intellectual ideal and the turbulence of his era. His intellectuallife has been shaped by his political, cultural, and family backgrounds. Duringthis talk, Dr. Chen Huaiyu would like to share his ideas with audience abouthow Chen Yinke and his contemporaries responded the challenges from thepolitical, cultural, and academic crisis during the 20th century.
Series This talk is part of the COCA Talks series.
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