Dear colleagues and friends, Hope you've been doing well there! *Dr. Angela Schottenhammer* (Professor of Chinese Middle Period & Early Modern World History at KU Leuven*) is giving a w*ebinar talk on *Feb 9, 2023 12:00 PM in* *Eastern Time (US and Canada). *Everyone is welcome! *China and Spanish America: Some Forgotten Aspects of China‘s Early Modern Maritime Silk Road* Talking about China’s maritime Silk Road, many things come to mind, from silks to porcelains, Buddhists texts, or spices. One thinks of China’s relations to Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean world or its close neighbours, Korea, Japan, or the Ryūkyū Islands. Little is known about historical China and Peru. My lecture will introduce some forgotten aspects of China’s early modern relations with Spanish Peru and the Americas. We will look at Chinese maps, Chinese products demanded by New Spanish and Peruvian elites, New Spanish ‘Peruvian’ individuals involved in trade with China, and American plants and botanical substances used as medicinals or food in China. Shipments across the Pacific Ocean on board the famous ‘Manila galleons’ was of course accompanied by knowledge exchange, and some American products and demands had a more lasting or far-reaching impact on Chinese society. Co-sponsored by Dunhuang Foundation and Rice University, Department of Transnational Asian Studies Pre-register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X2K4u2-fSnqh00PoI9zatg?fbclid=IwAR1qSJRLur4CIzbYg8f5_1SqPKljZX9R27B8xM2mBQ5aAn6Tq80Xp33Dwsg Sincerely yours, Ya Zuo Secretary, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies