Using Historical Maps to do Research

Event time: 
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 11:00am
Location: 
Sterling Memorial Library, Map Room See map
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06520
Event description: 

The Council on East Asian Studies Presents: 

Li Xiaocong, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Peking University:  “Using Historical Maps to do Research”.

Professor Li Xiaocong, a specialist in historical geography who is visiting Yale this summer from Peking University, will give a presentation (in Chinese) entitled, “Using Historical Maps to Do Research,” in the map room on the 7th floor of Sterling  Memorial Library. Below, please find Professor Li’s article about the mapping project during the reign of the Kangxi emperor. This presentation will largely overlap with the workshop that Professor Li gave at the end of last summer, and he welcomes any repeat visitors!

Please contact Professor Valerie Hansen (valerie.hansen[at]yale.edu) if you have any questions about the event.

Admission: 
Free
Open to: 
General Public