Arts & CultureWednesday, November 18
Book Talk The Tin Centuries: Technology and Statecraft in Qing China
Wednesday, November 18 · 2-3:30 p.m. · UCLA – Bunche Hall, Room 10383
- When
- Wednesday, November 18 · 2-3:30 p.m.
- Where
- UCLA – Bunche Hall, Room 10383315 Portola Plaza · Los Angeles, CA · 90095
About this event
How did a mundane metal bind miners and officials to global capitalism and an emerging technocratic state? Tin was everywhere in early modern China—lining tea chests, shaping religious vessels, alloyed into coins. Yet beneath this ordinary metal lies a story of migration, technology, and governance. Join Yijun Wang as she discusses her new book, The Tin Centuries, which uncovers how tin connected miners in Yunnan and Southeast Asia, entrepreneurs and traders across oceans, and Qing officials confronting unprecedented demands on natural resources.
Speaker: Yijun Wang is assistant professor of history at New York University. Her research interests include history of technology, material culture, and gender in early modern China. She is currently working on a new project on the longue durée history of oranges centered on East Asia. Wang received her BA from Tsinghua University (2010) and her MA (2015) and PhD (2019) from Columbia University.
From UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Department of History
Listed by UCLA Department of History (The Events Calendar), gathered by the Santa Clarita events calendar.