Department News
Application for the Leung Hung Kee Scholarships for Distinguished History Undergraduate Students to Undertake Research Work
Leung Hung Kee Scholarships for Distinguished History Undergraduate Students to Undertake Research Work are now open for application. The application deadline is 15 March 2017. Late or incomplete applications will NOT be considered. For details of the Scholarships and the application form, please download at: https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/internal/ug/Leung_Hung_Kee_Scholarships_for_Hist_Ugs_to_Undertake_Research_Work_1617.pdf
Should you have any questions, please call at 3943 7117 or email to vickitsang@arts.cuhk.edu.hk.
Academic Activities
Recapping the “Staff-Student Consultative Committee Meeting” held on 27 February 2017
Prof. LAI Ming Chiu, Chairman, and Prof. Poo Mu-chou, Division Head, held a Staff-Student Consultative Committee Meeting on 27 February 2017. The Committee is composed of faculty members as well as undergraduate and postgraduate student representatives. It serves as a bridge to strengthen two-way communication between the Department and students.
Recapping the Briefing Session for the Summer Internship Programme 2017 held on 1 March 2017
During the briefing session, Dr. Michael LEE introduced the objectives of the internship programme and provided information regarding the internship institutions.
Recapping the lecture on “Traders and Smugglers: Risks and Rewards of Overseas Trade in Late Ming Dynasty” delivered by Distinguished Visiting Scholar Professor François GIPOULOUX on 1 March 2017
Prof. François GIPOULOUX, Emeritus Research Director of National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, France), was invited by the Department to give two lectures. The first lecture, entitled “Traders and Smugglers: Risks and Rewards of Overseas Trade in Late Ming Dynasty” was held on 1 March 2017.
Maritime trade during the late Ming was characterised by the intermingling of tributary trade, private trade and piracy. The establishment of the ban on maritime trade (haijin 海禁) gave way to a scarcity of goods entering China and to a great profitability of smuggling activities. While the ban on maritime trade never succeeded in eliminating the so called Japanese pirates (woko), it opened the possibilities of huge profits to illegal trade. Fujian’s coast offered many opportunities to smugglers.
Prof. GIPOULOUX reviewed the several interesting records of judicial cases, which are reported by WANG Zaijin, an official in Fujian province. His book, the Yue Juan (越鐫) relates observations and political proposals made by the author between 1610 and 1611. In particular, there are five records of court cases against merchants (and others) trading with Japan at the end of the Ming dynasty. They reveal the complex mechanism of pooling capital and cargoes before venturing for overseas trade. It also describes in a very vivid way the involvement of local administration in a still prohibited trade with Japan.
Upcoming Events
The 30th Ch'ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture
To enhance academic and cultural exchange, New Asia College of the University established the “The Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture” since 1978. This year, Prof. Benjamin A. ELMAN, Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies; Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Princeton University has been invited as the guest speaker of the following three public lectures:
| Date : | 8 March 2017 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 4:00 pm |
| Venue : | LT 2, G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK |
| Topic : | The Restoration of Huang Kan’s Lunyu yishu in Eighteenth Century Japan and China |
| Moderator : | Prof. CHEUNG Hiu Yu Department of History, CUHK |
(This talk is jointly organised by New Asia College and the Department of History, CUHK)
The lectures will be conducted in English. For enquiries, please call at 3943 7609.
Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2016-17
Three distinguished scholars will give lectures on history and business in China and related topics at the Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong in March 2017.
| Date : | 16 March 2017 (Thursday) |
| Time : | 7:00pm–8:30pm |
| Topic : | 清末廣東的賭博及其一些相關問題 |
| Speaker : | Prof. HO Hon Wai Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica |
| Moderator : | Prof. LEUNG Yuen Sang Dean, Faculty of Arts; Director, Institute of Chinese Studies; Director, Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies; Professor of History, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language : | Cantonese |
Owing to family matters, the lecture to be delivered by Prof. Jean-François HUCHET on 21 March 2017 (Tuesday) has been cancelled.
| Date : | 21 March 2017 (Tuesday) |
| Time : | 7:00pm–8:30pm |
| Topic : | China’s Contemporary Economic Development: Continuous Growth without Crisis? |
| Speaker : | Prof. Jean-François HUCHET Vice-Chancellor for International Affairs; Director of the Centre for Asian Studies; Professor (Chinese Economy and Comparative Economics in Asia), National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) |
| Moderator : | Prof. HO Pui Yin Associate Director, Research Institute for the Humanities; Director, Lee Woo Sing Hong Kong History Resource Centre, Shaw College; Director, Leung Po Chuen Research Centre for Hong Kong History and Humanities; Professor and Vice Chair, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language : | English |
| Date : | 23 March 2017 (Thursday) |
| Time : | 7:00pm–8:30pm |
| Topic: | Parallels and No Paradoxes? |
| Speaker : | Prof. PUK Wing Kin Associate Professor, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Moderator : | Prof. LAI Ming Chiu Director, Centre for Chinese History, Department of History; Professor and Chairman, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language : | Cantonese |
Admission is free; reservation is required. To reserve a seat, please
– Register online at www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/Event/2017_HBC/
– Call 3943 7119 / 3943 8541
For more information, please visit
www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/Event/2017_HBC / or www.hkpl.gov.hk
Organisers: Department of History, CUHK; Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, CUHK; MA Programme in Comparative and Public History, Department of History, CUHK; Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department
| Date : | 30 March 2017 (Thursday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm–6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 221A, 2/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 清代鹽商研究的幾個問題 |
| Speaker : | Prof. CHEN Feng School of History, Wuhan University |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 7119 |
Organiser: Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
Co-organisers: Research Centre for Ming-Qing Studies, Research Institute for the Humanities, CUHK; UGC-AoE Scheme: The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society
For teachers and students who have information to share with the Department,
please email your articles in both Chinese and English to chanfiona@cuhk.edu.hk by 4:00pm every Tuesday.