Name: Paul Napier
Christ Church

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 20 January 2025

The Strange Case of Dr. Ouyi and Mr. Zhong: A Tiantai Buddhist Response to Christian Proselytizing in Ming Dynasty China (Or: How to Stop Worrying and Love One's Enmity as Oneself)
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Brook Ziporyn (University of Chicago)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 February 2025

Great Ming as Dynasty and Family
Date: 3 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Craig Clunas (Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

Epidemics and Politics: Relieving the People in Post-Imjin War Korea
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Baihui Duan (Lancaster University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2025

Divine Beasts as Translational Agents: Figurist Renderings of Dao and the Prophetic Recasting of the Yijing
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Sophie Ling-chia Wei (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Songs of Life and Death: Musical Communications Between the Dead and the Living in Early China
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Avital Rom (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA