Mongols, Chinese and Europe: Contacts and Interactions

Type: 
Workshop
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: 
201
Friday, November 27, 2015 - 1:00pm
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Date: 
Friday, November 27, 2015 - 1:00pm

Moderator: József Laszlovszky

13:00-13:30: Konstantin Golev (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Center for Advanced Studies, Sofia), Witch-Hunt in the Court of the Great Khan (Magic, Superstition and their Political Usage in the Mongol Empire during the Thirteenth Century)

13:30-14:00: Dorottya Uhrin (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Monstrous Humans in the Mongolian Empire: Franciscan Accounts on the Mongolian Tribes

14:00-14:30: Stephen Pow (Central European University, Budapest), Comparing and Contrasting the Fortifications and Defensive Strategies in China and Europe during the Thirteenth-Century Mongol Invasions

14:30-14:45: Coffe & Tea

Moderator: Balázs Nagy

14:45-15:15: Liao Jingjing (Beijing Normal University, Beijing), The Research of Taiyuanyin and the Northern Nomads in Tang Dynasty

15:15-15:45: Tünde Komori (Central European University and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Prestige Object or Coffee Cup: Problems of Identifying and Dating Chinese Porcelain Unearthed in Buda

15:45-16:15: Ning Ya (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), The Memory of Mongol-Yuan domination in Twentieth Century Chinese Historiography

Respondents: Ágnes Birtalan (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Gergely Salát (Pázmány Péter Catholic University), István Vásáry (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)