The History Concealed in the Narrow Alley (tar kocha): Organizing and Researching the Kashgar Document Collection
(See English below)
Wir freuen uns sehr Ihnen den Vortrag von Herrn Prof. Jun Sugawara (Lanzhou University) mit dem Titel „The History Concealed in the Narrow Alley (tar kocha): Organizing and Researching the Kashgar Document Collection“ am Donnerstag, den 6.7.2023 ab 18 Uhr im Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Saal (Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin) anzukündigen. Im Mittelpunkt des Vortrags steht die Kashgar Document Collection und ihre Bedeutung für sozial- und wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Erforschung Xinjiangs.
From the 21st century onward, one of the remarkable changes in Central Eurasian historical studies has been the investigation of indigenous documents alongside traditional historiographies. These sources, which include Islamic legal documents relating to real estate sales, debts, commercial transactions, legal disputes, religious donations (waqf), as well as personal memoranda, letters, accounts, and miscellaneous pieces of paper, have the potential to enrich historical research beyond conventional political and incident histories into a more nuanced understanding of social and economic histories. This talk will first introduce the historical background, acquisition process, and initial arrangement of the Kashgar Documents Collection, which was discovered in the old city of Kashgar in 2002 and transferred to Xinjiang University of China in 2014.
Die Vortragssprache ist Englisch. Wir bitten Sie um Voranmeldung für den Vortrag unter: ostasienabt@sbb.spk-berlin.de und eine kurze Mitteilung falls Sie einen barrierefreien Zugang benötigen. Die Veranstaltung wird gefilmt.*
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We are very pleased to announce the lecture by Prof. Jun Sugawara (Lanzhou University) entitled „The History Concealed in the Narrow Alley (tar kocha): Organizing and Researching the Kashgar Document Collection“ on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 6 pm in the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Saal (Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin). The lecture will focus on the Kashgar Document Collection and its significance for social and economic historical research on Xinjiang.
From the 21st century onward, one of the remarkable changes in Central Eurasian historical studies has been the investigation of indigenous documents alongside traditional historiographies. These sources, which include Islamic legal documents relating to real estate sales, debts, commercial transactions, legal disputes, religious donations (waqf), as well as personal memoranda, letters, accounts, and miscellaneous pieces of paper, have the potential to enrich historical research beyond conventional political and incident histories into a more nuanced understanding of social and economic histories. This talk will first introduce the historical background, acquisition process, and initial arrangement of the Kashgar Documents Collection, which was discovered in the old city of Kashgar in 2002 and transferred to Xinjiang University of China in 2014.
The lecture will be held in English. We kindly ask you to register in advance at: ostasienabt@sbb.spk-berlin.de, and to let us know if you need barrier-free access. The event will be filmed.*
The lecture will also be streamed and recorded via Webex. You can take part in the lecture using your browser without having to install a special software. Please click on the respective button “To the lecture” below, follow the link “join via browser” (“über Browser teilnehmen”), and enter your name.
You can find all previously announced lectures here. We will announce further dates in our blog and on Twitter.