Speaker: Nigel Wilson, Professor at Lincoln College, Oxford University
Host: Su Jie, Professor at Fudan University Chinese Classics Research Institute
Panellists:
Gao Fengfeng, Professor at Peking University School of Foreign Languages
Zhao Yi, Professor at Nanjing University Chinese Classics Institute
Time: 22 November 2021 (Monday) 19:00
Venue: Peking University Jingyuan Courtyard No.2 Meeting Room 208
Language:
This lecture series will be mainly conducted in English. Chinese translation will be provided throughout.
Specially Invited Translator: Liu Boyun (Assistant Professor of
Interpreting at the School of Translation and Interpreting, Beijing
Language and Culture University; Experienced Simultaneous Interpreter)
Summary:
Prof. Wilson will begin by discussing the translations of Greek texts in
the Latin-speaking areas of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and
the difficulties in transmission of Greek classics. He will share about
the contributions and influence of Nicola Manacutia in the collation of
Greek manuscripts in the 12th century; analyse the significance of the
adoption of the printing press in the 15th century in the transmission
of texts by incorporating the estimated total production of European
manuscripts; summarise the theoretical contributions of Italian scholar
Robertello and Dutch scholar Kanter in the collation of Latin and Greek
classical texts respectively; introduce the history of the formation of
ancient philology and its impact on textual analysis, and discuss the
history of the development of genealogy and its limitations.
Biography:
Nigel Wilson
Prof. Nigel Wilson is a Professor of Classics at Lincoln College, Oxford
University. In 1980, he was elected as a fellow of the British Academy.
His research focuses on Greek ancient philology and text collation. As a
paleographer, he made important contributions to the accurate dating of
Greek scripts from the Byzantine period. He is the collator of the
classical texts of Sophocles, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and various other
Greek classical authors in the “Oxford Classical Texts” series. His
research interests also include Byzantine literature. He will soon
publish his latest edition of Photius’ “The Bibliotheca”. Together with
the late Prof. Reynolds (Professor of Classical Studies at Oxford
University), Dr. Wilson co-authored “Scribes and Scholars”, an
influential academic masterpiece in the field of western classics. In
2015, the Peking University Press published the Chinese translation of
“Scribes and Scholars” as part of the “Western Classical Studies” book
series, which has attracted great interest from Chinese literature
academics.
Written by: Su Huangyi
Edited by: Estella Zhang Qiming
Source: Peking University Law Global Program WeChat Account (Chinese)
