Maritime Asia in the Early Modern World

This symposium considers the connections of maritime Asia to world history in the early modern era and China's relations with Southeast Asia in particular.

This is the second in a series of annual meetings on “China in Asia” jointly sponsored by the Title VI East Asia Centers of the UW and UCLA-USC. 

Speakers:

Dr. Santanee Phasuk, Chitralada Palace School, Bangkok.  Co-author of Royal Siamese Maps:  War and Trade in Nineteenth Century Thailand.

Prof. Zhimin Man.  Director, Institute of Historical Geography, Fudan University, Shanghai; Author of Historical Climatic Change in China

Prof. Sanjay Subrahmanyam.  Department of History, UCLA.  Director, UCLA Center for India and South Asia.  Author of The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama. 

Dr. Roxanna Brown.  Director, Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum, Bangkok.  Author of The Ceramics of Southeast Asia:  Their Dating and Identification.

Prof. Emeritus John Wills.  Department of History, USC.  Author of 1688:  A Global History.

Prof. R. Bin Wong. Department of History, UCLA.  Director, UCLA Asian Institute.  Author of China Transformed:  Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience.