A Recent Doctoral Thesis

Advanced doctoral students whose dissertations are substantially concerned with the history of cartography are invited to contact the editor of this section (Dr Elizabeth Baigent, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford OX2 6PW, UK; elizabeth.baigent@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk) to discuss the submission of a short article. For a list of doctoral theses in progress see http://www.maphistory.info/futurephd.html.     

Doctoral Theses in Progress

Abstract

Jean Bonfa's 1696 map offered the most accurate portrait in its day of the Comtat Venaissin. Commissioned when France threatened the region economically and politically, the map's topographical detail and allegorical themes exhibit a political geography favouring papal interests. Yet the map's coordinates for Avignon reflect neither Bonfa's skill as a positional astronomer nor his collaboration with the Paris Observatory. Finally, because local authorities controlled the distribution of Bonfa's map, it was not available to other cartographers.     

Recent Doctoral Dissertations

Hultman, Johan (1998): The Eco-Ghost in the Machine: Reflexions on Space, Place and Time in Environmental Geography     

论儒家资本主义学说

儒家资本主义学说主张“儒家伦理促进经济发展”,曾在学界一度流行。由于儒家资本主义学说要讨论的东亚“现代性的采借”,不同于韦伯要讨论的西欧“现代性的始发”,加之儒家和新教宗教形态、社会作用模式都有不同,“韦伯命题”对儒家资本主义学说的意义有限。儒家资本主义学说过多地依赖韦伯理论,采用单调的对勘比较法建构逻辑,就不免产生过多牵强附会的比附。儒家资本主义学说之所以流行,主要是它迎合了学术思想界一些价值需求,使得这一学说论调多于论证,最终变成一股泡沫化的“思潮”。     

伊拉斯莫新论

在我国,人们对但丁、莎士比亚、马丁·路德比较熟悉。但是对伊拉斯莫却很陌生。即使在文化教育界对他也知之较少。其实,伊拉斯莫在欧美的知名度与上述人是类同的。他曾被人们誉为“西方的明灯”、“人文主义的泰斗”、“文艺复兴的纪念碑”、“科学之王”……。伊拉斯莫在世时,德皇查理五世曾表示要在帝国议会上钦赐他一个固定的席位;英王亨利八世希望他在英国永久居留;法王法兰西斯一世盛邀他访问巴黎,并且要他出任新设立的法国皇家学院院长     

Tibetan Doctoral Graduates to change Tibet

At present,Tibetan PhD's are playing key roles in the advancement of Tibetan culture,medicine,science,technology,economy and society in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). According to survey results recently revealed by the Science and Technology Association of TAR,to date,over 60 Tibetan doctoral graduates are working at the frontier of production and research programs in TAR.The data reveals that an equal number of them are working in natural and social science.About one third of     

Tibetan Doctoral Graduates to change Tibet

At present,Tibetan PhD's are playing key roles in the advancement of Tibetan culture,medicine,science,technology,economy and society in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). According to survey results recently revealed by the Science and Technology Association of TAR,to date,over 60 Tibetan doctoral graduates are working at the frontier of production and research programs in TAR.The data reveals that an equal number of them are working in natural and social science.About one third of