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<p><strong>Liebe Sinonetter/innen, <br>
Allen in Wien und Umgebung möchte ich einen Vortrag von Marta
Hanson empfehlen. Sie kommt nächste von Montag bis Donnerstag
nach Wien. Am Mittwoch stellt sie am Mittwoch ab 18 Uhr ct am
Institut f¨¹r Geschichte Gedächtnistechniken aus dem alten China
vor. Sie funktionieren einfach mit der Hand.<br>
Bis bald - und ansonsten eine schöne Winterzeit!<br>
</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lena<br>
</strong></p>
<p><strong>7. Dezember: Marta HANSON (Johns Hopkins University)</strong><b><br>
<strong>"Understanding Is Within One's Grasp" (</strong></b><strong><span
style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif""
lang="ZH-CN">ß|</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span></strong><strong><span
style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif""
lang="ZH-CN">È»</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span></strong><strong><span
style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif""
lang="ZH-CN">ÔÚ</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span></strong><strong><span
style="font-family:"PMingLiU","serif""
lang="ZH-CN">ÎÕ</span> Liaoran zai wo): Hand Mnemonics and
Chinese Arts of Memory</strong><b><br>
</b><em>Moderation: Lena Springer (Department of East Asian
Studies) und Marianne Klemun (Institut f¨¹r Geschichte)</em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Abstract: In Chinese hand mnemonics the natural lines of the palm
represented squares where characters were conveniently recalled.
Illustrations of hands as tu (a diagram) represent both esoteric
and vernacular knowledge. The first appeared in the eighth century
and continue to the present. Hand mnemonics tell us what the
Chinese memorized, who memorized it, and where such memorized
knowledge was valued. After an overview of the range of Chinese
hand mnemonics, I focus on examples from 19th-century almanacs and
some rare Chinese manuscripts in the Staatsbibiliothek in Berlin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Zur Person: Marta Hanson, Associate Professor, Department of the
History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mhanson4@jhmi.edu">mhanson4@jhmi.edu</a>, currently Visiting Research Fellow at the
International Consortium for Research in the Humanities,
University of Erlangen.<br>
Hanson¡¯s first book was published this past July: <em>Speaking of
Epidemics in Chinese Medicine: Disease and the Geographic
Imagination in Late Imperial China.</em> Needham Research
Institute Series on East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine.
London: Routledge Press, 2011.<br>
Hanson¡¯s second book project is on Hand Mnemonics and Chinese Arts
of Memory. Her talk will be based on recent research related to
this project. </p>
<pre wrap="">Currently a visiting scholar at the
International Consortium for Research in the Humanities University of Erlangen-N¨¹rnberg
Ulrich-Schalk-Str. 3a, 91056 Erlangen, Germany
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ikgf.uni-erlangen.de/people/index.shtml/marta-hanson.shtml">http://ikgf.uni-erlangen.de/people/index.shtml/marta-hanson.shtml</a>
Website & publications: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/martahanson/research/publications.htm">http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/martahanson/research/publications.htm</a>
Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine: Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415602532/">http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415602532/</a>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"" lang="DE">Geschichte am
Mittwoch - Geschichte im Dialog<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"" lang="DE">Programm WS 2011/12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"" lang="DE">Ort: Universität Wien -
Institut f¨¹r Geschichte, HS 45<br>
Zeit: Mittwoch, 18.00 c.t. - 20.00 Uhr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="DE"><a
href="http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/htdocs/site/arti.php/90032">http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/htdocs/site/arti.php/90032</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Lena Springer, Dr. phil.
University of Vienna
Department of East Asian Studies
Spitalgasse 2-4, Entrance 2.3
A-1090 Vienna
O +43-1-4277 43841
F +43-1-4277 43849
M +43-676-525 2292</pre>
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