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Comic Book Hero? A Graphic Novel To Introduce Adam Smith to Chinese Audiences Event

poster
Time:
13:00 - 13:40
Date:
26 May 2022
Venue:
on line

Event details

Confucius Institute Lunchtime Webinar - Talk 4

In 2010 Chinese premier Wen Jiabao surprised but also confused viewers when he mentioned on CNN that he kept a copy of Adam Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiments" (TMS, 1759) on his bedside table.

Since that time Chinese interest in Smith's thought has if anything increased. In this talk Dr Jonathan Conlin (History) will explain how, together with the artist Edward Luper, he is producing a graphic novel version of TMS, aimed at Chinese readers.

What are the challenges involved in presenting the eighteenth-century Scottish thinker's ideas in visual form?

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Speaker information

Dr Jonathan Conlin ,Senior Lecturer in Modern History University of Southampton

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