Speeches, Panels, Lectures
The components of the research project have participated in panels and presentations at the following national and international conferences since the months preceding the acquisition of funding, with the aim of sharing preparatory work and initiate an initial discussion with the scientific community:
First All-Mediterranean Chinese Studies Conference, University of Malta – Feb. 1-3, 2023
PANEL
Transcultural Mediterranean: Chinese Descriptions of the “Sea among Lands” in Imperial Times
Coordinator and discussant: Renata Vinci (University of Palermo)
Victoria Almonte (Tuscia University of Viterbo)
Du Huan’s Perception of the Mediterranean Area in the VIII Century
Ileana Amadei (Sapienza University of Rome)
Wang Dayuan’s Daoyi zhilüe (1349): Did the World outside the Imperial Borders Stretch to Morocco?
Lara Colangelo (G.D'Annunzio University of Chieti Pescara)
The “Migration” of Roman Law from European and Mediterranean Areas to China: Early Information on the Romanist Legal Tradition in Chinese Sources (Late 19th-Early 20th Cent.)
Miriam Castorina (University of Florence)
Malta and the Mediterranean Sea in 19th Century Chinese Travel Literature
Renata Vinci (University of Palermo)
Mediterranean: The Sea between Lands as Transcultural Space in Kang Youwei’s Travel Diary
XIX AISC Conference 2023 (Italian Association of Chinese Studies), Sapienza University of Rome – Sept. 21–23, 2023
PANEL
Un breviario cinese del Mediterraneo: come le fonti cinesi di epoca imperiale raccontano il “mare tra le terre”
Coordinator and discussant: Renata Vinci (University of Palermo)
Maurizio Paolillo (L’Orientale University of Naples)
Il volo della fenice. Dall’Egitto alla Cina
Francesca Fariello (L’Orientale University of Naples)
Da Yuan 大宛 e Da Qin 大秦: l’ecumene greco-ellenistica nelle fonti cinesi
Victoria Almonte (Tuscia University of Viterbo )
Il Mediterraneo come via della fede: il divino e il soprannaturale descritti in chiave transculturale da Du Huan e altre opere geografiche Tang e Song
Ileana Amadei (Sapienza University of Roma)
Tracce di Mediterraneo nel Daoyi zhilüe di Wang Dayuan (1349): un percorso tra le terre e i prodotti di un mare forse mai attraversato
Lara Colangelo (G. D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara)
Il diritto romano come elemento di cultura immateriale europea e mediterranea nelle fonti cinesi di epoca tardo Qing
Renata Vinci (University of Palermo)
“Blu a perdita d’occhio, gli antichi eroi mi fanno visita”: il paesaggio marino come ispirazione per una storia transculturale del Mediterraneo in Kang Youwei
Gabriele Tola (Sapienza University of Roma)
Mediterraneo transculturale nella letteratura di viaggio cinese: la descrizione di monumenti e reperti in Oumei manyou riji (1937)
8th IAAS (International Association for Silk-Road Studies) Conference "From Silk Roads to World History Civilizations", L’Orientale University of Naples – Nov. 12-14, 2024
INDIVIDUAL SPEECH
Almonte Victoria, The Perception of the Others: Some Encounters between China and the Mediterranean area along the Silk Roads
25th EACS (European Association of Chinese Studies) Conference, University of Tallin – Aug. 27-31, 2024
POSTER
The Mediterranean through Chinese Eyes (MeTChE): An Analysis Based on Geographical and Travel Sources from the Song to Qing Dynasties (960–1911)
Proposed by Renata Vinci, Victoria Almonte, Federica Casalin, Miriam Castorina, Yu Yating
PARTICIPATION IN THE PANEL
Bowu 博物 and meishu 美术: exploring the intercultural dialogue between China and the West regarding art and material culture from the late Qing to the Republican Period
Coordinator: Ornella De Nigris (Università di Siena)
Project members' presentations:
Renata Vinc
Connecting the Dots for a Map of the Mediterranean Artistic Tradition Through the Pages of Kang Youwei’s Travel Accounts
Miriam Castorina
Huang Juesi and His Contribution to the Dissemination of European Art in China
Federica Casalin
An Investigation of 19th-Century Chinese Mobility in the Mediterranean Region and the Resemantization of “Bowu”
Sinophone Europe. Exploring Sinophone Cultural Expressions and Identities in Europe, University of Florence – Dec. 13-14, 2024
International conference organized by the University of Florence Research Unit.
MeTChE PROJECT PRESENTATION
by Renata Vinci
POSTER PRESENTATION
by Yu Yating
Taiwan National Library Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) – Apr. 22, 2025
INVITED LECTURE
Renata Vinci, Transcultural Narratives of the Mediterranean in Late Qing Travel Writing: Kang Youwei and Beyond
晚清遊記中的地中海跨文化敘述：以康有為為核心，兼論其他行旅者
Program and abstract from the CCS website
27th Annual Mediterranean Studies Association International Congress, University of Gibraltar – May 28-31, 2025
INDIVIDUAL SPEECH
Casalin Federica, The Mediterranean Region in 19th Century Chinese Geographic Sources
XX AISC Conference 2025 (Italian Association of Chinese Studies), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna – Sept. 11–13, 2025
PANEL
The Mediterranean Through Chinese Eyes (MeTChE): outputs, divulgazione e prospettive future
Panel coordinator: Renata Vinci
Discussants: Victoria Almonte, Federica Casalin
Renata Vinci (University of Palermo)
Lavoro accademico e spazio digitale: il progetto MeTChE dai testi al database, dalla ricerca al podcast
Laura Lettere (Sapienza University of Roma)
Le religioni del Mediterraneo nel Dili quanzhi 地理全志 di William Muirhead (1822- 1900) e l’influenza del trattato sulla letteratura odeporica
Miriam Castorina (University of Florence)
Viaggi d’oltremare e immaginari globali: il Mediterraneo nelle narrazioni cinesi della dinastia Qing
Antonio Leggieri (University of Palermo)
Intrattenimento transculturale: opere teatrali e barzellette nell’Europa mediterranea di Zhang Deyi
Yu Yating (University of Florence)
I viaggiatori della tarda dinastia Qing nel paesaggio politico del Mediterraneo
Giulia Falato (University of Parma)
Esopo e la saggezza mediterranea in Cina: processi di circolazione e trasformazione
International Conference Around and About the Indian Ocean from Late Medieval to Early Modern Times: China's Role and Chinese Sources, Nanjing University – March 5-8, 2026
INVITED PARTICIPATION
Victoria Almonte, Mapping the Shifting Perceptions of the "Other": An Analysis of Xilanhai and Gulin in Chinese Sources (c. 800–1450 CE) through the Chinese Toponym Database (CTD)
Renata Vinci, Maritime Landscapes in Binchun’s Travel Poetry: From the Yellow Sea, through the Indian Ocean, to the Mediterranean