“Mapping ‘The East’: European Visions of Asia to 1750”

“Mapping ‘The East’: European Visions of Asia to 1750”

Introductory Lecture by Professor Laura Hostetler
Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 5 – 6 PM
Xavier Auditorium, Fromm Hall
University of San Francisco Main Campus

 Professor Laura Hostetler, the EDS – Stewart Endowed Chair for the Study of Chinese-Western Cultural History (Ricci Institute) – will give a lecture, introducing  the exhibition, Mapping “The East”: Envisioning Asia in the Age of Exploration. Dr. Hostetler is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her research deals with imperial encounters and ethnography in modern Chinese History. Some of her publications include: Qing Colonial Enterprise: Ethnography and Cartography in Early Modern China (2001) and The Art of Ethnography: A Miao Album of Guizhon Province (2005).

Reception to follow in Manresa Gallery. Dim sum and tea will be served.