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Oriens Extremus 61 opens with a thought-provoking roundtable discussion on the conceptual history of modern China, with comments by Thomas Fröhlich, Han Cheng-hua, Chen Chien-shou, and Kai Vogelsang. It is followed by a special section titled Knowing China in a Modern World, guest-edited by Bruce Rusk and featuring articles by Leigh Jenco, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue, and Haun Saussy. In the general section, Luke Waring writes about commerce and classical learning in Wang Chong's work; Zhang Zhongmin presents his research on the politics of hygiene in the Revolutionary Base Areas before 1949; Gao Ziwen digs into the conceptual history of huaju (spoken drama); and Bernd Spyra investigates a collection of "modern traditional prints" in a transnational ethnographic collection.
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Welcome to the new Oriens Extremus website.
Founded in 1954, Oriens Extremus has continuously been devoted to outstanding research dealing with East Asian cultural and intellectual history. In 2013, it launched a new series with a sharpened profile, designed to open up new prospects in East Asian studies and to promote the exchange with scholars from neighboring disciplines. More…
Oriens Extremus welcomes articles from any field pertaining to East Asian history in accordance with its subtitle “Kultur, Geschichte, Reflexion in Ostasien” (culture, history, and thought in East Asia) at any time. Please note that Oriens Extremus is a peer-reviewed journal. We also encourage the submission of in-depth review articles and will be glad to provide you with copies of the books you would like to review.
Should you be interested in contributing a paper, either to the special section or concerning another topic, please contact both Kai Vogelsang and Thomas Fröhlich at your earliest convenience. We intend to foster close contact with the contributors in the preparation of the volume and look forward to having a productive collaboration.