Florin-Stefan Morar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1131893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florin-Stefan Morar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florin-Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Morar |
| SIGNATURE | MORAR F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Global Entanglements of a Man Who Never Traveled, written by Dominic Sachsenmeier
support a distinct British corporate sociology and governance?" (284).
The Westerner
Beginning with the late Ming dynasty, Europeans in China assumed the name of “people from the Great Western Ocean” ( Daxiyang ren 大西洋人), often shortened to “Ocean people” ( yang ren 洋人) or “Western people” ( xi ren 西人). What is the origin of this name? This paper seeks to answer this question by suggesting a new interpretation of the cartography of Matteo Ricci. Much of the scholarly debate about the Ricci world map revolves around the notion tha…
Relocating the Qing in the Global History of Science
The Map of Observing the Mysteries of the Heaven and Earth is a world map in eight panels created in 1603 by the Ming dynasty military official Li Yingshi 李應試. The map is a variant of the known work by the Italian Jesuit savant Matteo Ricci and the scholar Li Zhizao 李之藻. This essay focuses on one copy of this 1603 world map, which was in the possession of the Manchus of the Later Jin state, the precursor of the Qing. This essay argues that the ma…
Doctoral Thesis in Progress
Advanced doctoral students whose dissertations are substantially concerned with the history of cartography are invited to contact the editor of this section (Dr Elizabeth Baigent, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford OX2 6PW, UK; [email protected]) to discuss the submission of a short article. For a list of doctoral theses in progress see http://www.maphistory.info/futurephd.html
Reinventing machines
This paper argues that we should take into account the process of historical transmission to enrich our understanding of material culture. More specifically, I want to show how the rewriting of history and the invention of tradition impact material objects and our beliefs about them. I focus here on the transmission history of the mechanical calculator invented by the German savant Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz repeatedly described his machi…
Relocating the Qing in the Global History of Science
The Map of Observing the Mysteries of the Heaven and Earth is a world map in eight panels created in 1603 by the Ming dynasty military official Li Yingshi 李應試. The map is a variant of the known work by the Italian Jesuit savant Matteo Ricci and the scholar Li Zhizao 李之藻. This essay focuses on one copy of this 1603 world map, which was in the possession of the Manchus of the Later Jin state, the precursor of the Qing. This essay argues that the ma…
Reinventing machines
This paper argues that we should take into account the process of historical transmission to enrich our understanding of material culture. More specifically, I want to show how the rewriting of history and the invention of tradition impact material objects and our beliefs about them. I focus here on the transmission history of the mechanical calculator invented by the German savant Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz repeatedly described his machi…
Reinventing machines
This paper argues that we should take into account the process of historical transmission to enrich our understanding of material culture. More specifically, I want to show how the rewriting of history and the invention of tradition impact material objects and our beliefs about them. I focus here on the transmission history of the mechanical calculator invented by the German savant Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz repeatedly described his machi…
Doctoral Thesis in Progress
Advanced doctoral students whose dissertations are substantially concerned with the history of cartography are invited to contact the editor of this section (Dr Elizabeth Baigent, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford OX2 6PW, UK; [email protected]) to discuss the submission of a short article. For a list of doctoral theses in progress see http://www.maphistory.info/futurephd.html
Relocating the Qing in the Global History of Science
The Map of Observing the Mysteries of the Heaven and Earth is a world map in eight panels created in 1603 by the Ming dynasty military official Li Yingshi 李應試. The map is a variant of the known work by the Italian Jesuit savant Matteo Ricci and the scholar Li Zhizao 李之藻. This essay focuses on one copy of this 1603 world map, which was in the possession of the Manchus of the Later Jin state, the precursor of the Qing. This essay argues that the ma…
The Global Entanglements of a Man Who Never Traveled, written by Dominic Sachsenmeier
support a distinct British corporate sociology and governance?" (284).
The Westerner
Beginning with the late Ming dynasty, Europeans in China assumed the name of “people from the Great Western Ocean” ( Daxiyang ren 大西洋人), often shortened to “Ocean people” ( yang ren 洋人) or “Western people” ( xi ren 西人). What is the origin of this name? This paper seeks to answer this question by suggesting a new interpretation of the cartography of Matteo Ricci. Much of the scholarly debate about the Ricci world map revolves around the notion tha…
History (4 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · China (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History of Science and Medicine (2 works)