Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Speaker: Dr. Ronald Po (Associate Professor, Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Sciences)

Topic: “Skilled in the Ways of Water, Moving Beneath the Waves”: A Preliminary Study of the Shuimo (Underwater Divers) in the Qing Dynasty

Moderator: Dr. Ren-yuan Li (Associate Research Fellow, IHP, Academia Sinica)

Date: August 14 (Friday), 2026, 3:00–5:00 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 702, 7th Floor, Research Building, IHP, Academia Sinica

Organizer: History Department, IHP, Academia Sinica

Remarks:

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