Tübingen, Germany
10–11th Oct 2017
Tue, 10.10.2017 8:00
Welcome Address by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leonhardt
Introduction, Hans Ulrich Vogel, Ulrich Theobald
Past Researches, Current Work, and Future Investigations on the Devisament du monde of Marco Polo, Philippe Ménard
1. Le Divisament dou monde: Transmission and Stylistic Issues of the Text(s)
The Textual Transmission of the Divisament dou monde: Old Problems and New Insights,
Alvise Andreose
On the Way to an Integral Edition of the Book of Marco Polo: A First Attempt to Create a Digital Version, Eugenio Burgio, Mario Eusebi, Samuela Simion
Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
“Déviations”: Le Divisament dou monde and the World Empire of Letters, Sharon

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Deadline: 30th Sep 2017
Editor-in-Chief:Wei Liu Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Executive Editor: Chengsi Zhang Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Guest Editor: Abdol S. Soofi University of Wisconsin, Platteville, USA
Economic and Political Studies (ISSN 2095-4816), a peer-reviewed quarterly journal hosted by Renmin
University of China and published by Taylor & Francis, calls for papers for a themed issue on “Innovation,
technological development and industrial restructuring in China.”
The economic transformation of China in the first three decades of the second half of the 20th century, and the economic reforms of the late 1970s in that country have led to great achievements in terms of rapid economic growth, reduction of poverty, a higher standard of living

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Sad news has reached Asian studies community in Nordic-Baltic region of passing of a longtime friend, colleague, and mentor prof. Henry Rosemont, Jr. (Brown University, USA). A prominent authority in the field of Chinese philosophy, Henry has co-authored translations of Chinese classics Lunyu and Xiaojing (with Roger T. Ames), has written books and numerous articles arguing for the relevance of early Confucian thought and some of its core ideas not only for the contemporary academic philosophy, but also for the

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