ISCSD Book Talk on The Art of Fate Calculation Now Available on YouTube
We are pleased to announce that the recording of our ISCSD Book Talk, featuring Stéphanie Homola’s influential work The Art of Fate Calculation: Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng, has been published on our YouTube channel. In this event, Prof. Homola (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) offers a comprehensive ethnographic study of divination […]
Tristan Brown and Fengshui in Qing China Recording Online
We are delighted to announce that the recording of the first ISCSD Book Talk of 2025 is now available on our YouTube channel! This engaging event featured Professor Tristan Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), presenting his groundbreaking book, Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (Princeton University Press, 2023), which […]
ISCSD Book Talk with Professor Vincent Goossaert
We are delighted to announce that the recording of our ISCSD Book Talk on December 18, 2024, is now available on the ISCSD YouTube channel. In this event, Professor Vincent Goossaert (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) presented his influential book, Making the Gods Speak: The Ritual Production of Revelation in Chinese Religious History (Harvard […]
Recording of ISCSD Book Talk on The Other Yijing Now Available
The International Society of the Critical Study of Divination (ISCSD) is pleased to announce that the recording of our recent book talk, held on November 20, 2024, is now available on our YouTube channel. This engaging event featured a presentation of The Other Yijing: The Book of Changes in Chinese History, Politics, and Everyday Life […]
ISCSD 2nd Book Talk: Edward Shaughnessy on the Zhou Changes
Dear Colleagues and Friends, The International Society for the Critical Study of Divination (ISCSD) is excited to announce the second ISCSD Book Talk series, featuring Prof. Edward Shaughnessy’s book on the Zhou Changes. Event Details: Date: July 17, 2024 Time: 15:00 CEST Zoom Meeting Link: https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/4654629354?pwd=TDB1NkxGbDRqSTB0TlpNNnZHcWV4QT09&omn=62988233517 Meeting ID: 688 6513 5838 Passcode: 124008 No prior […]
Book Talk: Spirit-Writing in Chinese History and Society
We are delighted to have Elena Valussi and Matthias Schumann, along with some contributors to their edited volume on spirit-writing, as our speakers for the first session of the series. They will discuss their book, Communicating with the Gods: Spirit-Writing in Chinese History and Society, published by Brill in 2023. Event Details: Date: June 26, 2024 Time: 15:00 […]
Announcing the Launch of the ISCSD Book Talk Series
Dear Colleagues and Friends, The International Society for the Critical Study of Divination (ISCSD) is excited to announce the launch of the ISCSD Book Talk series. The ISCSD Book Talk aims to spotlight the outstanding contributions of authors and editors within the “Prognostication in History” Book Series, published by Brill. Each month, we will host […]
