We are delighted to share the news that two recent titles in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series, Christopher Rea's The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China and Federico Marcon's The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan, have been recognized for their outstanding scholarship by the Association for … [Read more...]
Sept. 20 Event: “The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the September 20, 2016 event "The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan" During the discussion, Princeton University professor and Columbia PhD Federico Marcon talked about his Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan … [Read more...]
“The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan”
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute - Japan Author Lecture "The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan" Federico Marcon, Associate Professor of Japanese History, Princeton University Moderated by Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Federico Marcon’s “The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan”
We are pleased to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan, published by the University of Chicago Press. The book’s author is Federico Marcon, an Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University. In his book, Professor Marcon … [Read more...]
The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Federico Marcon (University of Chicago Press, 2015) For information from the publisher, please click here. Honorable Mention: 2017 John Whitney Hall Book Prize (Japan), Association for Asian Studies Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the … [Read more...]
