This contribution outlines the main circumstances surrounding the introduction of modern psychiatry in Late Qing China. It focuses on the case of the American missionary John Glasgow Kerr (1824–1901) and the pioneering establishment of China’s first lunatic asylum, the John Kerr Refuge for the Insane. The presentation will address the following research questions: What challenges arose in founding this institution? How did linguistic issues influence its development and its reception among the Chinese population?
The Reception of Modern Psychiatry in Late Qing China: The Case of John Glasgow Kerr / De Monte, Viola. - (2025). (Intervento presentato al convegno Second international workshop on East Asian materials stored in Italy and Fourteenth Italian-Japanese-Chinese Researchers Seminar on Language and Cultural Exchanges tenutosi a Rome, Italy).
The Reception of Modern Psychiatry in Late Qing China: The Case of John Glasgow Kerr
Viola De Monte
2025
Abstract
This contribution outlines the main circumstances surrounding the introduction of modern psychiatry in Late Qing China. It focuses on the case of the American missionary John Glasgow Kerr (1824–1901) and the pioneering establishment of China’s first lunatic asylum, the John Kerr Refuge for the Insane. The presentation will address the following research questions: What challenges arose in founding this institution? How did linguistic issues influence its development and its reception among the Chinese population?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
