Vermeer’s World: Colloquium/Dinner before the Lecture
A reminder that there will be a colloquium at the Dudley House, 4:30-6:30, before the public lecture: “Vermeer’s World: the Dutch, the Chinese, and the birth of modernity,” by Timothy Brook, Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7 p.m., at the Tarble Arts Center.
Prof. Brook has taught world history in Canada and the UK, and is the Director of the new University of Oxford China Centre launched in May. David Smith has agreed to launch the discussion with issues about teaching world history, but perhaps everyone attending might come prepared to weigh in this discussion. As it was reading Prof. Brook’s Vermeer’s Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World (2008) that suggested to me that his method there might be useful teaching approach, I have made a couple of copies of the chapter “Journeys” in case you want to discuss that and its relation to teaching (two available hard copy History Office, one online reserve for His 5250, you probably know how to figure out the password). The chapter begins with an analysis of Hendrik van der Burch, The Card Players (1660) (a useful review of the book).
Finally, if you are interested in attending this colloquium (we will be providing a dinner from Bangkok Thai) please leave a comment below with your name (first name is fine), and whether you’d like Tofu, Shrimp, Chicken, or Beef (we will do a variety of curries, pad thai, pad sew).
We would like to open this colloquium to members of the Art Department and Asian Studies.
Tags: colloquium
November 5th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Beef, please.
November 5th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I will be attending both talks/discussion. Looking forward to it, JHL
November 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Sounds great. I plan to be there. Beef and/or chicken is fine with me.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I’ll take chicken
November 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Silly me. I unfortunately cannot be there after all. I’ll be teaching at that time.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I will attend the colloquium. Shrimp for dinner would be great.
November 8th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Newton, 2 attending (myself and Tim). Pad sew (beef), green curry (shrimp).
November 9th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Add 1 for David
November 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
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