Lecture | Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History: The History of Imprisonment as Family History: Rethinking the ‘Patrimonial-Patriarchal-Bureaucratic’ Framework with Ming China (1368-1644)
- Date
- Friday 11 October 2024
- Time
- Series
- Research Seminars Medieval and Early Modern History academic year 2024 - 2025
- Location
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Johan Huizinga
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden - Room
- 0.25
The History of Imprisonment as Family History: Rethinking the ‘Patrimonial-Patriarchal-Bureaucratic’ Framework with Ming China (1368-1644)
A Ming bureaucrat’s professional life, such as his appointments and the disciplinary measures he might be subjected to, required him to mobilize family resources and social networks. When in confinement for an administrative-legal investigation, his intertwining privilege and vulnerability crystalized how the patriarchal system played a central role in sustaining the operation of the empire-wide bureaucratic machine. This project revisits Max Weber’s framework and draws on recent scholarship on patriarchy and patrimonialism in the early modern world.
Ying Zhang is a historian of late medieval and early modern China (14-18th c.). Her research interests include the history of Chinese political institutions, literati culture, and gender and family. Her current research is focused on the intersection of bureaucracy, law, and society in the Ming dynasty.
The Research Seminars Medieval and Early Modern History are informal and intended to foster discussion. There are drinks afterwards. Everyone is welcome to join.
If you would like to join a session, and/or receive invitations for the upcoming sessions, you can send an e-mail to: ngassistent@hum.leidenuniv.nl. Further information can be obtained from the organizers Marlisa den Hartog, Judith Pollmann, Jeroen Duindam and Philippe Buc.