Keith Knapp, professor in the Department of History at The Citadel, United States, has been invited to visit the IHP from May 23 to June 2 and will hold a lecture on the morning of May 27 titled “From Rockstars to Wallflowers: The Transformation of Bears on Spirit Jars (魂瓶).”
Prof. Knapp specializes in the moral and religious values held by people of early medieval China, including a focus on filial children, and in the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern dynasties. In addition to several well-regarded monographs, he is a co-editor of Cambridge History of China, Volume Two: The Six Dynasties 220–589 (2019). For more information on Prof. Knapp, please visit: https://www.citadel.edu/history/faculty-staff/keith-knapp-ph-d/