“Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies” series, University of Michigan (travel grants available)

The University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Asia Library are pleased to announce that the next event in the “Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies” series will be held on February 20-21, 2020, with Professor Peter Bol (Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University). The topic will be using data-driven methods and the China Biographical Database to research Chinese local history. Please see the series webpage for event details.

The lecture, entitled “Localist Turns: A Data-Driven Approach to Chinese Local History,” is open to the public. The workshop, entitled “Spatial, Network, and Prosopographical Analysis with the China Biographical Database,” requires registration. Please contact Liangyu Fu at liangyuf@umich.edu if you would like to register or have any questions.

The Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies has established Digital Scholarship Workshop Travel Grants to support the travel of non-UM affiliates to attend the Deep Dive series at Ann Arbor, MI. The next deadline is February 14, 2020. The application is available on the travel grant webpage.