In conjunction with the publication of his most recent article on rare maps from the MacLean collection in the April issue of Orientations, Dr. Richard Pegg, director and curator of Asian Art for the MacLean Collection, will present Mapping Qianlong's Empire: Late Eighteenth Century Chinese Maps.

Pegg will discuss several Qianlong period (r. 1736-95) maps in different formats that reveal much about the policies and practices of the Chinese court, the realm, and the world during Qianlong's sixty year reign, during which time the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) doubled the size of the Chinese empire.

Pegg is currently director and curator of Asian Art for the MacLean Collection, a private museum and separate map library, outside Chicago. He received his doctorate in East Asian Art History from Columbia University and his MA and BA in Chinese and Japanese Literature from George Washington University. His current research is focused on later maps of East Asia.

Date: March 21, 6:30-8pm

Venue: China Institute in America, 125 East 65th Street, New York

Website: www.chinainstitute.org

(China Daily 01/18/2013 page23)