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.
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
Workshop on “Asian Humanities and their Global Contexts”
Co-organised by the Taiwan Research Centre of the Research Institute for the Humanities and the Centre for Chinese History of the Department of History, the workshop is to be held on 13 February 2017. Details are as follows:
| Topic : | East Asia and the Professional Landscapes of Global History |
| Speaker : | Prof. Dominic SACHSENMAIER Göttingen University |
| Topic : | Understanding Concepts in Global Context: The Case of the “Chinese Renaissance” in the 20th Century |
| Speaker : | Prof. ZHANG Ke Fudan University |
| Moderator : | Prof. HO Pui Yin |
| Topic : | East Asia as a Global Memory Space |
| Speaker : | Prof. LIM Jie-Hyun Sogang University |
| Topic : | Debates on the Concept of “Global Civil Society” in Europe |
| Speaker : | Dr. Flora FERATI- SACHSENMAIER Göttingen University |
| Moderator : | Prof. Ian MORLEY |
The workshop is conducted in English. For enquiry, please call at 3943 1694 or email to yitao.kong@gmail.com.
Organiser: Taiwan Research Centre, Research Institute for the Humanities, CUHK
Co-organiser: Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
Sponsor: “Focusing on Taiwan: Health, Peace, Memory” Project
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 : | 3 March 2017 (Friday) |
| Time : | 11:30 am |
| Venue : | Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK |
| Topic : | A Late Chosŏn Korean Polymath—Kim Chŏng-hŭi (1786–1856) and Qing Dynasty Qianlong-Jiaqing Era Scholarship |
| Moderator : | Prof. WONG Nai Ching Head, New Asia College, CUHK |
| Date : | 4 March 2017 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm |
| Venue : | Lecture Theatre, G/F, Hong Kong Central Library |
| Topic : | The Great Reversal: China, Korea, and Japan in the Early Modern World, 1590s to 1890s |
| Moderator : | Prof. LEUNG Yuen Sang Dean, Faculty of Arts; Professor of History, CUHK |
(This talk is jointly organised by New Asia College, CUHK and the Hong Kong Central Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department)
| 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 |
| 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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