Transcultural Mediation in the Early Modern Pacific (California, China, Mexico, Korea, and the Marianas): Classicisms, Canons, and the East-West Journey of Knowledge

Bringing together scholars from Southern California, China, Korea, the UK, and Guam, this conference explores cultural mediation and East–West encounters in the early modern Pacific. Through the lives and intellectual pursuits of Western missionaries and the work of Chinese and Korean intellectuals, we examine how knowledge moved across cultures in this age of global convergence. Special attention goes to antiquities and canons, including how Greco-Roman antiquity shaped European views of China and helped introduce European culture to late Ming audiences. The conference also considers the ten…