Academic Activities
Recapping “The Joseph Needham Symposium on Early Cultural and Scientific Transmission across Eurasia with China” held on 26 –27 March 2018 at Cho Yiu Conference Hall, CUHK
More than 20 scholars from the USA, UK, Singapore, Japan, Mainland China and Hong Kong were invited to present papers or act as moderators in the two-day symposium. Prof. Benjamin W. WAH, Provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of CUHK, was invited to officiate the opening ceremony and deliver the keynote speech.
The symposium focused on prehistory through the third century of the first millennium, demonstrating the diversity of cultures in China and other parts of Eurasia that was connected by scientific and cultural exchanges. The range of exchanges span from “Agriculture and Crops”, “Archaeology”, “Metallurgy”, “Cultural Transmission” to “Astronomy”. The symposium was satisfactorily concluded subsequent to fruitful exchange among participants.
Upcoming Events
Jao Tsung-I Visiting Professor Public Lecture 2018, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. GE Zhaoguang of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies and the Department of History, Fudan University, has been invited by the Institute of Chinese Studies and the Centre for Chinese History, Department of History to serve as the keynote speaker of Jao Tsung-I Visiting Professor Public Lecture 2018. Details are as follows:
| Date : | 9 April 2018 (Monday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm–6:00pm (Tea Reception starts at 3:45pm; Memorial for Professor Jao Tsung-I starts at 4:00pm) |
| Venue : | Cho Yiu Conference Hall G/F, University Administrative Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 想像天下帝國？——以（傳）李公麟《萬方職貢圖》為中心 |
| Date : | 11 April 2018 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm–6:00pm (Tea Reception starts at 4:00pm) |
| Venue : | Room G24, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 面向真的世界——以15–17 世紀的三幅地圖為例討論明代的世界知識 |
| Date : | 12 April 2018 (Thursday) |
| Time : | 1:00pm–2:00pm (Tea Reception starts at 12:30pm) |
| Venue : | Activities Room, 2/F Art Museum East Wing Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK |
| Topic : | 如何化生為熟——從清代各種《苗蠻圖》說到中國民族史研究中的難題 |
The lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. For enquiries, please call 3943 1710.
Organiser: Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK
Co-organiser: Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
Workshops for the First-Year RPg Students 2017–18
Date: 13 April 2018 (Friday)
Time: 9:30am–12:30pm
Venue: Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
Moderator: CHEUNG Ka Lok
| Speaker | Topic | Language |
| HO Chung Hang Vincent |
Golden Age: Adolescence and Nation in Republican China | English |
| LAI Yan | 發現與塑造：民國時期廣東地區女童的初等教育 | Putonghua |
| MA Xiaofei | 漢代歲時活動研究 | Putonghua |
| LAU Tin Long | 郡縣制度的一個側面——從秦漢的「道」作考察 | Cantonese |
Date: 13 April 2018 (Friday)
Time: 2:30pm–5:30pm
Venue: Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
Moderator: WANG Jiayao
| Speaker | Topic | Language |
| Claudia Isabelle MONTERO |
The Role of History and Culture Towards Development, Control and Protection of Built Heritage: The Case of Manila, Philippines | English |
| HO Siu Ping Sammantha |
Confrontation between the North and the South: Prosopography of Scholars at Peking University and National Southeast University in Pre-war China | English |
| CHEUNG Ka Lok | Town Planning of New Kowloon and Colonial Governance of Hong Kong (1898–1941) | English |
| ZHENG Weian | 珠江三角洲的「香港風」與反「香港風」宣傳教育 (1949–1978) | Putonghua |
| HUANG Xinyu | 民國上海城市居民用水研究 | Putonghua |
Date: 20 April 2018 (Friday)
Time: 9:30am–12:30pm
Venue: Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
Moderator: CHEUNG Ka Lok
| Speaker | Topic | Language |
| TSE Nga Yin | 兩周賵賻現象再研究 | Putonghua |
| HO Chun Him | 晚商都邑性質再探討 | Putonghua |
| CHEUNG Chi Wai | 是敵？是友？──基督教青年會與中國共產革命(1937–1957) | Putonghua |
| CHEUNG Laura | Expanding the British Empire in China: British Commercial Interests and the International Context, 1870–1914 | Putonghua |
| TIAN Fang | 公局、紳商與公司——清末民初山西的礦權糾紛與地方影響 | Putonghua |
| WANG Jiayao | 作為地方傳統的瑤老制——清到民國粵北排瑤社會初探 | Putonghua |
Date: 20 April 2018 (Friday)
Time: 2:30pm–5:30pm
Venue: Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
Moderator: WANG Jiayao
| Speaker | Topic | Language |
| KAN Xuqiang | 自治與共謀：晚清重慶地方政府的財政與行政 | Putonghua |
| MA Chaoran | 重審國家與社會之間：圍繞清代法律制度的研究討論 | Putonghua |
| ZHOU Shuzhe | 明清集體行動的研究回顧 | Putonghua |
| HUANG Yawen | 順莊法之後的稅收與地方社會 | Putonghua |
| LIU Yichen | 度支的規則：十六世紀財政體制的演變 | Putonghua |
For enquiry, please call 3943 8541.
Lecture Series on Historical Anthropology
Prof. ZHANG Peiguo of the School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, has been invited by the Department to present the following lectures:
| Date : | 18 April 2018 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 10:30am–12:15pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 清代紳權的二重支配 |
| Date : | 19 April 2018 (Thursday) |
| Time : | 10:30am–12:15pm |
| Venue : | Room 220, 2/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 「贏利」抑或「保護」——清末民初嘉定縣地方善舉的轉型 |
The lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. For enquiries, please call 3943 7198.
Organiser: Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
Sponsor: Faculty of Arts, CUHK
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