“‘Heavenly Learning’: Jesuit Science in Imperial China”

(UPDATE, May 11, 2022) Cancelled: 3rd Peter L. Lee Endowed Lecture – “Heavenly Learning”: Jesuit Science in Imperial China | Unfortunately, the speaker, Professor Florence Hsia, has tested positive for COVID-19. The College of Arts and Sciences and Asian Studies hope to reschedule in the future.

Monday, May 16, 4–6 p.m.
Father LeRoux, S.J. Conference Center (Student Center 160)

You are cordially invited to the Third Peter L. Lee Endowed Lecture in East Asian Culture and Civilization. This year’s lecture, titled “‘Heavenly Learning’: Jesuit Science in Imperial China,” will be delivered by Florence C. Hsia, PhD, professor of history of science in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Professor Hsia is the author of Sojourners in a Strange Land: Jesuits and Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China (Chicago, 2009) and has focused on the history of Jesuit science in the context of the Society of Jesus’ global missions in the early modern period. 

A reception will begin at 4 p.m. and the lecture will take place between 4:30 and 6 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public.  Pre-registration is available at Peter L. Lee Endowed Lecture.