Thursday November 4, 2010 at 2 pm, rue d'Ulm, lecture by Pr. Peter Kornicki - Hayashi Razan (1583-1657) and the art of explaining classical Chinese texts to Japanese readers

Lecture by Peter Kornicki, Professor at the University of Cambridge (UK), invited as part of the New Lecture Series of the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie Orientale
CRCAO http://www.crcao.fr/

Venue: Collège de France - site Ulm
3 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris.
Free admission, subject to availability

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 2 p.m. (duration: 2 hours)

Hayashi Razan (1583-1657) and the art of explaining classical Chinese texts to Japanese readers

The lecture will be given in French.
A leading specialist in the history of the book, Professor Kornicki's publications include: The book in Japan: a cultural history from the beginnings to the nineteenth century (Leiden: E. J. Brill), 1998.
For further information on Prof. Kornicki's work, please visit the following website: