National Library of Estonia
June 13–16


Tuesday March 21 2023

  • 19.24–19.24
    Comprador Networks and Comparative Modernities. Corner Hall (Nurgasaal)

    Building cosmopolitanism: Reconsidering the comprador as contractor in the formation of Shanghai’s lilong
    Nora Boyd, Hunter College


    The 20th-Century Godowns along the Singapore River
    Tan Yuk Hong Ian, University of Hong Kong


    Sugar and the city: The contribution of three Chinese-Indonesian compradors to modern architecture and planning in the Dutch East Indies (1900-1942)
    Pauline K.M. van Roosmalen, TU Delft


    Modernizing Macao, the old-fashion way: Macanese and Chinese entrepreneurship in the colonial city
    Regina Campinho, Universidade de Coimbra / Université de Lorraine