The Soul-loosing Grid (mihun zhen 迷魂陣) and other Novelese Battle Arrays (zhen 陣): A Tentative Exploration of a 'Fictional' Reconstruction of Military Arts, Taoist Rituals, Performing Arts and Black Magic

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The Soul-loosing Grid (mihun zhen 迷魂陣) and other Novelese Battle Arrays (zhen 陣): A Tentative Exploration of a 'Fictional' Reconstruction of Military Arts, Taoist Rituals, Performing Arts and Black Magic

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Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00
Venue:
Dickson Poon Building
Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
See location on maps.ox

Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Speaker: Professor Vincent Durand-Dastès (INALCO, Paris)
Organising department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Organisers: Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford), Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford), Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford), Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: information@chinese.ox.ac.uk
Part of: China Studies Seminar series
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
This talk features in the following public collections:
- OSGA Collection
Editor: Clare Orchard