THE DRAGON AND THE EAGLE:

Interdisciplinary Symposium on Early Sino-American Maritime Trade

Date: 13 April2019 (Saturday)

Time: 9:30am – 6:00pm

Venue: Asia Society Hong Kong Center

Co-organisers

Hong Kong Maritime Museum Asia Society Hong Kong

Sino-American trade has been a hot topic in recent times. To facilitate further research, encourage deeper discussion and study into the field of early Sino-American maritime trade (i.e. 1784-1900), and allow closer examination on how this mutually beneficial relationship contributes significantly to global economic and cultural growth today, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum will collaborate with the Asia Society Hong Kong Center on a joint symposium on 13th April 2019. The symposium will cover a wide range of multidisciplinary topics including commerce, economics, technology, policy, diplomacy, and arts and culture from the eighteenth to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will bring together leading professionals, academics and curators from the United States, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macau.

Programme Rundown

9:30 – 9:50 am	Registration (if applicable)
9:50 – 10:10 am	Opening speech Ms. Alice Mong, Director, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre Mr. Richard Wesley, Museum Director, Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Session I The Flowery Flag: Characteristics and Development of the US-China Maritime Trade
10:10 – 10:35 am	Dr. Paul Van Dyke Professor, The Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou The China Trade in Comparative Perspective 1784-1815
10:35 – 11:00 am	Dr. Li Aili Associate Professor, The Department of History,Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou The Introduction of the Regulations for Preventing Collision in the Late Qing Dynasty—Focusing on Coast Inspector Bisbee’s Participation in the International Maritime Conference in Washington in 1889
11:00 – 11:25 am	Dr.George Cautherley OBE, DBA (Hon) Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland Augustine Heard & Company – Not Only a Business Family
11:25 – 11:40 am	Q & A
11:40 – 11:55 am	Coffee break
Session II American Missionaries and the Printing Activities in China
11:55 am – 12:20 pm	Dr. Kam-Wing Fung Director, Joseph Needham Foundation for Science and Civilization From Ningpo, Shanghai to Nagasaki: William Gamble (1830-1886) and American Printing Technology in East Asia
12:20 – 12:45 pm	Dr. Kendall Johnson Professor, School of English, The University of Hong Kong Debunking the Great Walls and Loving Neighbours of John Quincy Adams’s “War with China”:Appreciating the Editorial Authority of American Missionaries in Canton
12:45 – 1:00 pm	Q & A
1:00 – 2:30 pm	*Lunch*
Session III Cross-Cultural Perceptions: Sino-American Encounter and Inspiration
2:30 – 2:55 pm	Dr. Chuxiong George Wei Associate Vice Presidentof BNU-HKBU United International College The Presence and Evolving Images of Americans in Macau
2:55 – 3:20 pm	Ms. Leslie B. Grigsby Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Winterthur Museum Inspired Design: Western Imitations of Chinese Ceramics
3:20 – 3:35 pm	Q & A
3:35 – 3:50 pm	Coffee break
Session IV Curating, Collecting and Conserving: Chinese Export Artefacts and Trade Archival Materials
3:50 – 4:15 pm	Dr. Libby Chan Assistant Director (Curatorial and Collections), Hong Kong Maritime Museum Curating the Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China Exhibition
4.15 – 4:40 pm	Ms. Debra Cuoco Conservator for Special Collections, Baker Library, HarvardUniversity Preserving the History of Business: The Baker Library Nineteenth Century China Trade Collections
4:40 – 4:55 pm	Q & A
4:55 – 5:10 pm	Coffee break
Panel Discussion: Reflection on Early Sino-American Maritime Trade
5:10 – 5:40 pm	Panel Discussion: Chaired by Dr. John Wong, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Studies, The University of Hong Kong, and Dr. Libby Chan, Assistant Director (Curatorial and Collections), Hong Kong Maritime Museum
5:40 – 6:00 pm	Conference Summary & Group Photos

Enquiries: resource@hkmaritimemuseum.org ; 3713-2502

THE DRAGON AND THE EAGLE_Interdisciplinary Symposium.pdf

WELCOME TO THE 36th IMCOS-SYMPOSIUM-HONG KONG 2018

Following the Manila programme (14^th to 17^th October), a Hong Kong Symposium will be held from 19^th to 20th October, with 18^th October as the travelling day.

The co-hosts, Hong Kong Maritime Museum and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library have organised a 2-day programme, supported by Jonathan Wattis, IMCOS Representative for Hong Kong and Director, Wattis Fine Art.

Themed “Cultural Encounters in Maps of China”, the organisers have assembled a group of speakers comprising distinguished academics and prominent collectors from the region and overseas, including Dr. Richard A. Pegg, Director and Curator of Asian Art, MacLean Collection, Chicago, Dr. Mario Cams from the University of Macau, and Dr. Gordian Gaeta from Dubai.

A special map and chart exhibition, specially curated by Mr. K.L. Tam (Board member, Hong Kong Maritime Museum) is presented.

Prices per Participant:

1. Materials and papers of the Symposium, entrance fees for the Museum, welcome drinks, coffee breaks, café lunch, Symposium Dinner, 1-Day Symposium and Excursion (Full Package)	HK $2,200 (US $280)
2. Welcome drinks and Dinner only	HK $980 (US $125)
3. Special rate for Friends of HKMM (Full Package)	US $ 220 (HK $1,730)
4. 1-Day Participation on 19^th October 2018, including materials and papers of the Symposium, entrance fees for the Museum, coffee breaks, café lunch, and 1-Day Symposium	HK $350

For enquiries, please contact Marketing team at marketing@hkmaritimemuseum.org

International Map Collectors Society

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Wattis Fine Art

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Librar y

The 36th International IMCOS Symposium 2018 in Manila

http://imcos-2018-manila.com/

Gallery of Prints

Piracy, Trade and Economy on the South China Sea – Symposium and Public Lecture

The Piracy,Trade and Economy on the South China Sea– Symposium and Public Lecture will be held in mid-June, at Hong Kong Maritime Museum. This event is organised inassociation with the special exhibition, Pirates of the South China Sea: Chasing Cheung Po Tsai and Port Cities.

Date: 17 June 2017 (Saturday)

Time: 09:00 am – 05:00pm

Venue: Special Exhibition and Events Gallery, Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Topics and Speakers:

The South-East China Coast Investigation Commission of 1930: Reflections on smuggling and piracy from an intrepid Customs Officer

BRUNERO, Donna Maree

Department of History, National University of Singapore 新加坡國立大學歷史系

清代海盜布興有之活動及其影響

CHEN Yu-hsiang 陳鈺祥

Department of History, National Cheng Kung University 國立成功大學歷史學研究所

From Pirate to Maritime Lord: The Zheng Maritime Family Re-examined

James K. CHIN 錢江

Jinan University 暨南大學

成舟靖海：嘉慶朝的船政與海防

CHOU, Wei-chiang 周維強

Department of Rare Books and Historical Document, National Palace Museum

國立故宮博物院圖書文獻處典藏科

From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean: Muslim Corsairs and the Ottoman Navy in the Fifteenth and the Sixteenth Centuries

FUNG Kam Wing 馮錦榮

School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong 香港大學中文學院

Free Market, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, and the Wokou倭寇in Yuan China

自由市場、自然災害與氣候變遷：元代倭患問題探微

MA Guang 馬光

Department of History, Shandong University 山東大學歷史文化學院

香港週邊地區與海盜相關之遺蹟與文物

Billy TANG 鄧家宙

Society of Hong Kong History 香港史學會

澳門開埠之初（1564-1580）葡萄牙人對三次中國海盜活動的應對與處理

TANG Kai Jian 湯開建

Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau

澳門大學社會科學學院歷史系

19世紀初，東南沿海海盜的“鎮海王”與“南海王”

ZHANG Ya Juan 張雅娟

School of Humanity, Zhejiang Gongshang University 浙江工商大學人文學院

A Study on the Occurrence and Evolution of Shandong Pirates in Ming Dynasty

ZHAO Hong Juan 趙洪娟

Shandong University 山東大學

張保仔與疍民文化

ZHOU Yun Zhong 周運中

Department of History, Xiamen University 廈門大學歷史系

The Symposium and Public Lecture will be conducted in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.