Department News
Briefing Session for Summer Internship Programme 2017
The Department of History has organised the Summer Internship Programme for its students since 2000. For the current year, 15 partner organisations in Hong Kong, the Mainland and Taiwan, which include government departments, publishers and museums, offer over 30 intern positions to History full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students (including the MA Programme in Comparative and Public History). The application deadline is 13 March 2017. Please visit https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/intern_application.html or attend the following briefing session to learn more about this programme.
For reservation, please email your name, SID and enrolled programme to vickitsang@arts.cuhk.edu.hk (Subject: Summer Internship Programme 2017) or call Miss Tsang at 3943 7117.
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.
Personalia
Supported by the Lee Hysan Foundation, five visiting Mainland PhD students will be with the Department from the end of January 2017 onwards. During their four-month visit, the scholars will participate in academic activities organised by the Department and the University. The Department would like to extend a warm welcome to Miss LI Xu, Mr. SHAN Yinfei, Mr. XU Peng, Mr. YU Guang and Mr. ZHENG Binbin.
Acting Appointment
Prof. LAI Ming Chiu, Chairman, will be on academic leave from 12 to 16 February 2017. Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai will be the Acting Chairman during Prof. LAI’s absence.
Academic Activities
Recapping the Lecture and Symposium on “Law and Social Control in Comparison: Ancient China, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece” on 18 January 2017
Co-organised by the Centre for the Comparative Study of Antiquity of the Research Institute for the Humanities and the Centre for Chinese History of Department of History, the lecture and symposium on “Law and Social Control in Comparison: Ancient China, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece” was held on 18 January 2017.
Prof. Anthony BARBIERI-LOW, Professor of Early Chinese History of the University of California at Santa Barbara was invited to give a keynote lecture entitled “Family, Cosmology, and Paradisiacal Realms in Han China and New Kingdom Egypt”. Prof. LAI Ming Chiu, Chairman of the Department of History, acted as the moderator. The symposium that followed was a great opportunity for participants to exchange views on law and social control in ancient history.
Recapping the talk “Founders of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and their Relationship with the Colonial Government” delivered by Prof. TING Sun Pao on 21 January 2017
The three-session talk series on “Temples, Charities and Social Control under the Colonial Hong Kong” held at the Hong Kong Museum of History was successfully concluded on 21 January 2017. The third lecture, “Founders of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and their Relationship with the Colonial Government” was delivered by Prof. TING Sun Pao.
Prof. TING stared the talk by introducing the medical and hygiene conditions of the Chinese community under the colonial government in the second half of the 19th century, the establishment and origins of Tung Wah Hospital. He also pointed out the main criteria used by the colonial government in selecting Chinese elites, which included English ability and a Christianity background.
Upcoming Events
An Incipient China World Order: Yazhang and Early China
| Date: | 7 February–30 March 2017 (Closed on Saturdays and Sundays) |
| Time: | 9:00am–6:00pm |
| Venue: | Art Museum East Wing, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK |
Organisers: Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art, CUHK; Department of History, CUHK; Huaituhui; CASS-CUHK Chinese Archaeology Joint Research Base
Sponsor: Professor and Mrs. Cheng Te-k’un Fund for Chinese Art
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 |
| 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
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