Needham Research Institute
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New Series No. 21 2024 issue view a pdf version here Contents Honorary Fellowship for Dr. Peter Lee Seventh Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Dr. Paul U. Unschuld New and Retiring Trustees Sixth Ma Kan Wen Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Asaf Goldschmidt Director’s Sabbatical Leave Obituary: Dr. Michael Loewe (1922-2025) Workshop: Material Culture in the History of Sciences and Art Workshop: Science in the Forest, Science in the Past IV Workshop: Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Road Workshop: The Needham Legacy Library and Archives news Donations Text-reading Seminars ISF Hong Kong visit New Books

New Series No. 20 2023 issue view a pdf version here Contents Sixth Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Dame Jessica Rawson The Curious Case of Needham’s Last Honorary Degree Retiring Trustee: Professor Liu Dun Visit from ISF Academy, Hong Kong Needham Conference and Director’s visit to Hong Kong and the PRC Fifth Ma Kanwen Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Volker Scheid Workshop: “Body, Space and Spirit: The Sensorium in Chinese History” Workshop: “China an Global History” Workshop: “China and Eurasia: Metallurgy and Society” Workshop in honour of Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd’s 90th Birthday “Comparative Explorations” Library and Archives News The Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship Fund Friday Seminars and Visiting Scholars

New Series No. 19 2022 issue view a pdf version here Contents The Fifth Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture Workshop: Dorothy Moyle Needham, FRS Workshop: Science in the Forest, Science in the Past III Text-reading seminars New Publications Dinner to honour Wu Huiyi Continuation of Archivist’s contract Fellows and Visitors Donations to Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship Fund Wellcome Trust Project Grant Open Cambridge Event: Dorothy Moyle Needham , FRS Insert: Obituaries Professor Nathan Sivin (1931-2022) Dr. S.T. Lee (1923-2022) Professor Charlotte Furth (1934-2022) Professor Wang Siming (1961-2022) Dr. A.R. Butler (1936-2022)

New Series No. 18 2021 issue view a pdf version here Contents Commemoration of Benefactors H.T. Huand and Rita Q. Huang New Li Foundation of New York Fellowship New ISF Research Fellow – Jingyi Jenny Zhao Lloyd-Dan David Research Fellow – Arthur Harris New Bursar – Dr. Chris Jagger Workshop on Disability in Chinese Antiquity Workshop on Scientific Exchange and Cultural Contact through the First Millenium Book launch: Expanding Horizons in the History of Science by G.E.R. Lloyd Fellows and visitors Wellcome Trust Project NRI Friday seminars

New Series No. 17 November 2020 view a pdf version here Contents New Trustees join the NRI board Naming the Ho Peng Yoke Room New Position for Dr. Huiyi Wu Director appointed to Director of Research at the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge Professor Hilary Smith delivers Ma Kanwen Lecture Seminars during lockdown 2020-2021 Fellowship Holders and Visiting Scholars Publication of Illustrated Catalogue of a selection of the Library’s Chinese thread-bound books Wellcome Trust Project

New Series No. 16 November 2019 view a pdf version here Contents Fourth Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture (Cambridge), given by Professor Dagmar Schäfer New Jing Brand Fellowship from Mr. Li Yinhui Honour for NRI Trustee Mr. Stephen Perry Koyré Medal for Professor Liu Dun Obituary: Sir John Boyd, KCMG (1936-2019) Donations to the Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship Fund Workshops: “Science in the Forest, Science in the Past II” and “Crafted Knowledge in a Global World” 2019-2020 Fellowship Holders and Visiting Scholars ISF School Summer visit 2019 Wellcome Trust Project Grant Gathering of NRIFA Members in Hefei SHOT Leonardo da Vince Medal for |Professor Francesca Bray Mary Brazelton book launch and Zhu Kezhen Award

New Series No. 15 December 2018 view a pdf version here Contents Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology in China Founding of the Needham Research Institute Friendship Association (NRIFA) Third Needham Memorial Lecture (Cambridge) given by Lord Renfrew Twelfth Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture (Hong Kong), given by Martin Jones Second Ma Kanwen Memorial Lecture Fundraising Campaign for the Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship Fund Joseph Needham Symposium on Early Cutlural and Scientific Transmission (CUHK, March 2018) Fellowship News Progress of the Science and Civilisaiton in China project Book Launch: Ancient Greece and China Compared 2018-2019 Fellowship Holders and Visiting Scholars Archival project Book Donations Seminars ISF Study Visit 2018 NRI WeChat group

New Series No. 14 December 2017 view a pdf version here Contents A word from the new Chairman, Professor Martin Jones Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture by Professor Justin Yifu Lin Fellowships Visit to Singapore New name for Hong Kong Trust New publication by Professor Christopher Cullen Academic activities: workshops and seminars Laoguanshan medical manuscripts workshop Science in the forest, science in the past Professor Ma Kanwen Memorial Lecture, by Dr. Zhang Shujian Library News Obituary: Mr. Stephen Keynes, OBE Independent Schools Foundation visit Cooperation with USTB Award for Dr. Huiyi Wu Photo exhibition in Hong Kong

New Series No. 13 November 2016 view a pdf version here Contents Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture by Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd Honorary Fellowship for Lady Pamela Youde Director’s Visit to Singapore Independent Schools Foundation Academy Fellowship and Visit Lloyd-Dan David Fellowship Continuation of Xingzhi Fellowship Workshops and Seminars Technology in Modern East Asia History Workshop 2016 Material Culture, Bodily Practice and Medical Textuality Workshop Library News Joseph Needham Archives on the Cambridge Digital Library Important Visitors and NRI Scholars

New Series No. 12 November 2015 view a pdf version here Contents: Dr. Joseph Needham’s Intellectual Heritage Workshop Honour for Rose Kerr Honorary Fellowship for Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Ely Obituary: T. H. Tsien (1909-2015) Launch of new SCC volume Award for Professor Angela K. C. Leung Director’s visit to Singapore, March 2015 Director gives Twentieth Annual Hans Rausing Lecture Appointment of Dr. Mary Brazelton in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science Public Outreach at home and abroad Open Cambridge Day Honouring our friends Professors Ho Peng Yoke and Nakayama Shigeru Technology in Modern East Asia Workshop Science and Civilization in Korea Series Workshop Fellows and Visiting Scholars Library news – W.B. Harland donation Continuation of Xingzhi Fellowship

New Series No.11 November 2014 view a pdf version here Contents: Continuing Needham’s Legacy: A Word from the New Director Honours New Fellowship Opportunities New Publication: Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics by Jiri Hudecek The Lee Foundation, Singapore Benefaction Library News Visits and Visiting Scholars: The China Entrepreneur Club (CEC); CITIC Bank Conferences, Seminars and Workshops: Multiplying Horizons on the Cross-cultural Circulation of Scientific Knowledge (Feb 2014); Reflecting on the Nature(s) and Use(s) of Pre-Modern Chinese Texts (March 2014); New Horizons in Modern Japanese History of Technology (May 2014) Visit of the ISF Academy, July 2014 Special insert: Ho Peng Yoke (1926-2014)

New Series No.10 August 2014 view a pdf version here Contents: Professor Christopher Cullen’s Retirement as Director Appointment of New Director Visit of H.E. Ambassador Liu Xiaoming Dedication of the S.T. Lee Wing Comparing Ancient Worlds: Greece and China – Conference in Honour of Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd’s 80th Birthday ISF Academy Summer Study Program Library News Seminars and Workshops Fellows and Visiting Scholars

New Series No. 9 December 2012 view a pdf version here Contents: Visit of China’s Entrepreneurs Club S.T. Lee Visit of Renowned Calligrapher Du Benji Obituary: H.T. Huang (1921-2012) New Postdoctoral Fellowship Funding Joseph Needham Award Library News

New Series No. 8 December 2011 view a pdf version here Contents: Publication of our latest Monograph Series volume Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese medicine by Marta Hanson Visits: HRH Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand H.E. Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK Mellon Fellows at the NRI Conferences, workshops and reading groups The Director’s visits to China Library News

New Series No. 7 October 2010 view a pdf version here Contents: The Emperor’s New Mathematics, by Catherine Jami Digging up ancient Chinese mathematics, by Christopher Cullen Exciting encounters of the Chinese kind, by Jiři Hudeček Library news Don’t try this at home!

New Series, No. 6 October 2009 view a pdf version here Contents: New Trustees Join the NRI Board Workshops: Radiation Sickness and the Politics of Nuclear Energy Actors’ and Observers’ Categories in East and West Sino-British Science Co-operation Prize for Hou Gang 候钢 New GB-Sasakawa Research and Teaching Associate in Japanese Science and Technology – Clinton Godart East Asia in Budpest Library News NRI monograph wins International Award

New Series, No.5 August 2008 view a pdf version here Contents: Cambridge Chair of Chinese Endowed in Honour of Joseph Needham Links with Japan and Korea Message from from new Chairman of the NRI China and Materiality Workshop Library News Seminars

New Series, No.4 December 2007 View a pdf version here. Contents: Visit of H.E. The Chinese Ambassador Archive Catalogue goes live British Science in Beijing – Following in Needham’s Footsteps Chinese Premier in Queen Victoria’s Land Obituary: Professor F. Peter Lisowski Library News Seminars

New Series, No.3 October 2006 View a pdf version here . Contents: Simon Winchester in China Icebreaker lecture in honour of Joseph Needham Obituary: Kenneth Robinson (1917-2006) Modern science explains 8th century Chinese remedy Publication of festscrift for Professor Ho Peng Yoke Friday text-reading seminars Legacy from the late Miss Ngan-Ying Chung. Library news

New Series, No.2 October 2005 View a pdf version here . Contents: European Science Foundation Workshop Launches New Volume in SCC Series Cambridge University Press honours SCC Chinese Ambassador Praises SCC Volume on Ceramic Technology Success by Young Scholars at NRI Hugh Price (Bursar 1996-2005) Archives Project Friday Text-reading Seminars The Library

New Series, No.1 October 2004 View a pdf version here . Contents: New Director for the Institute New Chairman of the Trustees: Lady Youde Report from the New Director Fellowships NRI Studies Series and NRI Working Papers The Library Siku quanshu moved to K.P. Tin Hall Retirement of Hu Zesheng Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants for the Library and Archives Science and Civilisation in China Retirement of the Bursar Workshops and Conferences Friday Text-reading Seminars

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