During the summer term 2022 the IKGF organizes a lecture series on the Consortium's theme Fate, Freedom and Prognostication. Strategies for Coping with the Future in East Asia and Europe.
It takes place on Tuesdays, 6:15 pm–7:45 pm CEST (US East Coast: 12:15 pm–1:45 pm EDT; China: 0:15 am–1:45 am...
In this seminar Prof. Bréard presents a cultural and epistemological approach to the numerical and numerological significance of numbers in divinatory texts and other contexts in early and late imperial as well as modern China. As an overarching theme, readings and discussions will address "Numbers ...
