Presented By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Of Calendars and Cinnabar: The When and What of Dreaming in Late Ming China
Brigid E. Vance, Associate Professor of History, Lawrence University
Attend in person or via Zoom: https://myumi.ch/W5X1W
Through the lens of a seventeenth-century Chinese dream encyclopedia among other sources, Brigid Vance explores the way in which late Ming literati negotiated the relationship between when they dreamed and what tools they could use to understand and transform their dreams.
Brigid E. Vance is associate professor of history at Lawrence University. Her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China. She also has teaching interests in the history of science, Tokugawa Japan, material culture, and the Silk Roads. In addition to her history PhD from Princeton, Brigid also earned a certificate in Further Education in Analytical Psychology from the CG Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. She has published on dreams and inclusive pedagogy. Her article on student podcasts won the 2022 American Historical Association William and Edwyna Gilbert award for the best article on teaching history. In 2020, Brigid was awarded Lawrence University’s Award for Excellent Teaching by an Early Career Faculty Member.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Through the lens of a seventeenth-century Chinese dream encyclopedia among other sources, Brigid Vance explores the way in which late Ming literati negotiated the relationship between when they dreamed and what tools they could use to understand and transform their dreams.
Brigid E. Vance is associate professor of history at Lawrence University. Her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China. She also has teaching interests in the history of science, Tokugawa Japan, material culture, and the Silk Roads. In addition to her history PhD from Princeton, Brigid also earned a certificate in Further Education in Analytical Psychology from the CG Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. She has published on dreams and inclusive pedagogy. Her article on student podcasts won the 2022 American Historical Association William and Edwyna Gilbert award for the best article on teaching history. In 2020, Brigid was awarded Lawrence University’s Award for Excellent Teaching by an Early Career Faculty Member.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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