International Conference

6^th & 7^th December, 2007

Venue: Institute for Tourism Studies of Macao

All members of the public are welcome to attend!
(see registration details below)

Conference languages: Mandarin and English, with simultaneous interpreting

Macao has played an important role as a centre of East-West trade since it was first settled in the 16^th century. The city served as a base for several different nations trading between Europe and Guangdong, Japan, the Philippines and other areas in Southeast Asia. Thanks to this rich past of international encounter, Macao flourished in a unique way coming to a peak in the 18^th and early 19^th centuries.

“Canton and Nagasaki Compared, 1730-1830”, co-organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Guangzhou and Guangzhou Museum, seeks to analyse and compare the Dutch, Chinese and Japanese trading triangle and the roles of the port cities of Guangzhou, Macao and Nagasaki.

Guest speakers will cover the impact of the great transformations that occurred in East Asia in the late 18^th century and early 19^th century as a result of changes in global trade and power relations, in a rich selection of papers, including:

“A brief discussion on Pidgin Portuguese in Canton”
(Prof. Zhang Wenqin - Zhongshan University)

“Hansan Bay (1592), Penghu (1683), Ha Tien (1781); Distant Battles and the Transformation of Maritime East Asia”
(Prof. John E. Wills Jr. - University of Southern California)

“The Financial Center “Macao” in 17^th Century Maritime Asia”
(Dr. Oka Mihoko - University of Tokyo)

“The Macao-Japan trade and its special link with the Jesuits”
(Prof. Qi Yinping - Zhejiang University)

Language: Mandarin and English (Simultaneous Interpretation)

Registration：

• all members of the public are welcome to attend, subject to availability of places (please  register to be guaranteed a place!)
   
• a full Macao conference package including meals, handouts, field trip, etc is available for MOP 700 by cash payment in person at the Macao Historical Archives. Payment made by bank draft will cost MOP 750 each, payment should be payable to "Conselho Administrativo do Fundo de Cultura"
   
• Registration deadline for full Macao package: November 23^th

This conference is preceded by a two-day conference in Sun Yat-sen University on the same theme. Download the attached information sheet for more details!

Enquiries: (853) 5986544

Download HERE the information sheet.  

Download HERE the abstracts.

Download HERE the registration form.