Lecture Information:

　　 Speaker: ZHANG Meng (Post-doc, The School of Health Humanities of Peking University)

　　 Host: CHEN Qi (Associate Professor, The School of Health Humanities of Peking University)

　　 Commentator: ZHANG Daqing (Boya Chair Professor, The School of Health Humanities of Peking University)

　　 Time: 9:00 – 11:30

　　 Date: September 20, 2021 (Monday)

　　 Venue: Room 620, Yi Fu Building, The School of Health Humanities, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District.

　　 Language: Chinese  

Abstract:

　　 In modern China, textual, audio and imagery materials about medicine have been expanded in an unprecedented scale. From medical missionaries to the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Chinese government-run medical schools, all produced a large number of historical documents. As a researcher of medical humanities, how to find relevant historical materials according to his/her own research agenda? Does the quantity of primary sources really matter? How can we conduct international researches in a time of global travel restrictions due to the current COVID-19 pandemic? This talk will try to answer these specific questions by using my own research experience as examples, and at the same time revisit the essential question --"what can be counted as primary sources?"

Bio:

　　 ZHANG Meng is currently a post-doc at the School of Health Humanities, Peking University. He received his PhD in History in 2018 from Peking University. His research interest lies in the history of colonial science in China and East Asia. He is working on a research project about the transformation of Chinese medicine under Japanese colonial influence in modern China.