Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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27	Relations and contacts between China and the West, including Central Asia; travellers; Influence of China on Europe
28	'Rewriting of Contacts Chapter'
29	Christian tombs in Chhuanchow and Yangchow
30	Contacts: Earliest western writers on China (Portuguese, Dutch etc.)
31	Relations between China and the West: during the 17th and 18th centuries, Jesuit and post-Jesuit
32	'Fondazione Cini, Venice 1983: Contacts Prolusione, Gunpowder Epic, Variolation Epic'
33	Papers relating to 'TheTitsingh Project: The Exchange of Learning and Culture Between the Netherlands/Europe and Japan 1640-1853'
34	Chinese Humanism: the Classics, Canon etc.
35	Education: Chinese parallels with Comenius [1592-1670] etc.
36	Chinese education: Lecture notes
37	Museums of the History of Chinese Science and Technology
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	'Fondazione Cini, Venice 1983: Contacts Prolusione, Gunpowder Epic, Variolation Epic'
Reference	SCC2/32
Covering Dates	1983–6 June 1984
Extent and Medium	Paper

Content and context

These documents arise from Joseph Needham's participation in a series of lectures at the Foundazione entitled 'Venezia e L'Oriente' during August and September 1983. This was part of the 25th Corso Internazionale di Alta Cultura.

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/32 contains:

General file contents.
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19 June 1983–6 June 1984

Cini Lectures, Venice 1983.
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21 Dec. 1982–1983

'Prolusione': Preliminary chat on contacts, Venice 1983.
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1983

Visits paid to various institutions: Venice 1983.
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1983