Date: October 20, 2025 (Monday)
Time: 4:00-5:30 PM
Venue: Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library, CUHK
Registration Link:
https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13717364
In this book talk, Prof. Lan A. Li (Johns Hopkins University) will share insights from her new book Body Maps: Improvising Meridians and Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine (JHU Press, 2025). The book explores how hand-drawn diagrams of jingluo 經絡 visualized invisible anatomy, guided medical practice, and reshaped debates about objectivity and global medicine from the 10th to the 20th centuries.
Moderator: Prof. Cheung Shoan Yin (CUHK)
Speaker: Prof. Lan A. Li (Johns Hopkins University)
About the Speaker
Lan A. Li is Assistant Professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. A historian of the body and a media producer, she contributes to podcasts and exhibitions on acupuncture, Buddhist medicine, and metaphors in science and medicine. Her first book, Body Maps, reframes anatomical images as maps, illuminating the aesthetic, conceptual, and political dimensions of visualizing invisible anatomy.
Organized by Center for Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK
Supported by the University Library of CUHK
Enquiry: cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk