河流社会：旧问题，新思路——莱茵河与长江的比较研究
River Societies: Old Problems, NewSolutions
A ComparativeReflection on the Rhine and theYangtze Rivers
Rotterdam &Leiden, 22 to 25 May 2019
The Yangtze andthe Rhine: A historical conference
After a firstmeeting in Shanghai in October 2017, we found that we have similar academicinterests, as both rivers have and had similar problems. Nonetheless, comparingaspects of the history of the two rivers and the ports at their estuaries isnot as easy as thought. Therefore, in this second conference, we try to find away to come to a better understanding of these aspects along both rivers bymaking sessions on a number of topics:
1. Economic/business aspects
2. Labour/Social History
3. Cultural/religious aspects
4. Political/juridical aspects
5. Environmentalaspects
Day 1 – Thursday May23, Erasmus University Rotterdam
(Woudenstein Campus,Mandeville Building Room T 3-21)
09:00 Official opening. Short openings word byMs. Kristel Baele, Chair of the Board of Erasmus University and Dr. MengQingyu, Education Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, The Hague
9:15-12:15Morning session: Economic aspects of River societies:
a) Shipping, barging and adapting the channel to the needs of shipping
b) Traders and their contacts along the river
c) Competition withother modes of transport:
Presentations by:
l Prof. Wang Zhenzhong (Fudan University,Shanghai) 王振忠：明清徽商与长江流域的木材贸易Huizhou Merchants andTimber Trade in the Yangtze River Valley in the Late Imperial Period
l Prof. RalfBanken (Goethe University Frankfurt) Trade and traders along the Rhine
l Prof. Chen Yao(Xiamen University, Amoy) 陈瑶: 河流脉动：长江中游的木帆船与市场网络(1550-1850)River Stringing Markets: Junks and Markets Networking in the Middle YangtzeRiver, 1550-1850
l Prof. HeinKlemann (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Competition between Dutch skippers andGerman ship owners and the transition to steam
l Prof. Fan Jinmin(Nanjing University, Nanjin) 范金民：明清运河运输市场的考察A Study of theTransportation Market along the Grand Canal during the Ming-Qing Period
13:30-17:00 Afternoon session: Labour and Social History of River societies
a) Social and cultural integration along theriver
b) Child labour and labour of women inbarging
c) Living on the water
Presentations by:
l Xu Guanmian MA (Victor) 徐冠冕 .(Leiden University) Colonial products on the Chinese market
l Dr. Tamira T.J.Combrink (University of Amsterdam) Colonial products and markets along theRhine
l Prof. MarlouSchrover (Leiden University) German migrants in Rotterdam and Rotterdambusiness
l Prof. FengXianliang (Fudan University, Shanghai) 冯贤亮：城乡之间：晚明江南士人的移居、定居及其社会网Between city andcountry: migration, settlement and social network of literati in the south oflower Yangtze river during the late Ming dynasty
Day 2 – Friday May24, Leiden University
(Gravensteen,Pieterskerkhof 6)
09:00-12:00 Morning session: Political/juridicalaspects of river societies
a) Modern market relations and its institutions
b) Dike building,river regulation, water management or canalization
Presentations by:
l Dr. Nils Disco (Technical UniversityTwente): Regulation of transnational rivers (Maas, Rhine and Scheldt).
l Prof. Wu Tao (Sun Yat-sen University,Zhuhai) 吴滔: 华洋杂处下的西津渡: 19世纪京口江岸区域的社会秩序Xijin Ferry under a mixed society of Chineseand Foreigners: the social order of riverbank area of Jingkou in the 19th century
l Dr. Joep Schenk (Utrecht University)Political regulation of International Rivers.
14:00-15:00Keynote Lecture:
l Prof. Petra van Dam (Free University ofAmsterdam), Amphibious cultures along rivers: coping with flooding in theorganic period.
15:30-17:30Afternoon Session: Cultural and religious aspects of the river
a) Religions or nationalistic river cults and their impact
b) Songs, poems andpaintings about the river and its messages
Presentations by:
l Dr. Pia Nordblom (Johannes GutenbergUniversity Mainz) Rhine romanticism and tourism since the end of 18th century.
l Prof. Ben Wubs (Erasmus University Rotterdam)and Prof. Werner Plumpe (Goethe University Frankfurt) Weber, Protestant ethicsand capitalism along the Rhine
l Prof. Leonard Blussé (Leiden University)The use of leeboards on Chinese and Dutch sailing vessels
l Prof. Wang Jian (Shanghai Academy of SocialSciences, Shanghai) 王健:棉业、海运与元末以来江南地区的黄道婆信仰Cotton Industry,Maritime Transportation and Huang Daopo Belief in Lower Yangtze Region sinceLate Yuan Dynasty
Day3 – Saturday May 25, Maritime Museum Rotterdam
(Verolmezaal,Leuvenhaven 1, Rotterdam)
10:00-13:00Morning session: Environmental aspects of human use of rivers
a)River regulation and its consequences:
b)Global heating and the river
Presentationsby:
l Prof. Christoph Bernhardt(Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space) The River as a resourceand a threat. Environmental problems and water management along the Rhine inthe 19th and 20th century.
l Prof. Xie Shi (Sun Yat-senUniversity, Guangzhou) 谢湜:17世纪江南基层水利的社会与政治语境Astudy of local water conservancy in social and political context in seventeenthcentury lower Yangtze Delta
l Dr. Nobert Kriedel (Central Commission forthe Navigation of the Rhine), Low water levels on the Rhine in 2018 and theirimpact on the inland navigation industry and on industrial production inGermany
l Prof. Yu Xinzhong (Nankai University,Tianjin) 余新忠：清代长江流域城市水环境问题研究A Study on Urban WaterEnvironmental Problems of the Yangtze River Valley in the Qing Dynasty.
