George Ernest Morrison Lecture Collection.

MORRISON, GEORGE ERNEST.

Published by Australian Institute of Anatomy & Australian National University. 1933- 1990., Canberra., 1933

About this Item

Collection of 27 George Ernest Morrison Lectures. The collection is a broken run from the 2nd lecture in 1933 to the 51st in 1990. All in very good to very good condition in their original card covers. The collection comprises: 2nd Lecture. Eastern Thought with More Particular Reference to Confucius Delivered by William Ah Ket. 3rd Lecture: The History and Development of Chinese Art - James S. MacDonald (Director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales). 4th Lecture: The New Culture Movement in China - W.P. Chen. Consul-General for China in Australia 5th Lecture: Reminiscences of George E. Morrison; and Chinese Abroad - Dr Wu Lien-the 6th Lecture: China To-day With Special Reference to Higher Education - Chun-Jien Pao. Consul-General for The Republic of China. 10th Lecture: The Min Sheng. A Study in Chinese Democracy - Dr W.G. Goddard. President of the China Society of Australia. 11th Lecture: The Chinese Social Structure - Professor D.B. Copland. 13th Lecture: The Revolutionary Tradition in China - Mr C.P. Fitzgerald. Wrappers worn, chipped and soiled but still sound. 17th Lecture: Emperor Kuang-Wu (A.D. 25 -57) and the Northern Barbarians - Hans Bielenstein. Professor and Head of School of Oriental Studies at the Canberra University College. 18th Lecture: The Buddhist Cave-Temples of Yun-Kang & Lung-Men - Leonard B. Cox. Honorary Curator of Oriental Art, National Gallery of Victoria. 20th Lecture: The Narrow Lane. Some Observations on the recluse in traditional Chinese Society. Professor A.R. Davis, Chair of Oriental Studies, University of Sydney. Dr Richard Mason's copy with his signature upper cover. 22nd Lecture: Chinese Landscape - Painting The Golden Age - Chen Chih-Mai. Chinese Ambassador to Australia. 24th Lecture: Problems and Methods in Chinese Linguistics - N.G.D. Malmqvist. Head of Chinese and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, ANU. Upper wrapper little faded in one small area. 27th Lecture: Chinese Foreign Policy - Success or Failure? A.M. Halpern. Research Associate Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. 28th Lecture: Buddha's Word in China - J.W. De Jong. Professor of South Asian and Buddhist Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Asian Studies. 29th Lecture: New Perspectives in Chinese Literature - J.D. Frodsham. Reader in Chinese, ANU. Inscribed to Otto [van der Sprenkel] by Dr Frodsham. 30th Lecture: The Assimilation of the Chinese in Australia - Arthur Huck. Reader in Political Science, University of Melbourne. 31st Lecture: Agriculture: A Key to the Understanding of Chinese Society, Past and Present. Karl A. Wittfogel. Director of the Chinese History Project, University of Washington, Seattle. 32nd Lecture: Prester John and Europe's Discovery of East Asia - I. de Rachewiltz. ANU 34th Lecture: On the Art of Ruling A Big Country. Views of Three Chinese Emperors. Liu Ts'un-Yan. Ex-library with cancelled library stamp last leaf, otherwise very good. 37th Lecture: The Tradition and Prototypes of the China-Watcher - Lo Hui-Min. 39th Lecture: Self-Liberation and Self-Immolation in Modern Chinese Thought - Mark Elvin. 42nd Lecture: Moslem Rebellion in China: A Yunnan Controversy - T'ien Ju-K'ang. 44th Lecture: Control of Publishing in China, Past and Present - Chan Hok-Lam 45th Lecture: The Chinese and Their Revolutions - J.S. Gregory. 47th Lecture: The Chinese Attitude Towards the Past - Pierre Ryckmans. Title page a little foxed. 51st Lecture: Man from the Margin. Cao Cao and the Three Kingdoms - Rafe de Crespigny. "The George Ernest Morrison Lecture series was founded in 1932 by Chinese residents in Australia. It was, in their words, 'to honour for all time the great Australian who rendered valuable service to China.' It is easy to forget now that the lecture series not only commemorated Morrison?well known for his work on China and, among other things, for his acute observations on Japan's imperial ambitions in that country?but also that they were related to Chinese-Australian resistanc. Seller Inventory # 174321

Bibliographic Details

Title: George Ernest Morrison Lecture Collection.

Publisher: Australian Institute of Anatomy & Australian National University. 1933- 1990., Canberra.

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Soft cover