Personalia
Acting Appointment
Prof. YIP Hon Ming, Department Chair, will be away between 25 and 28 October 2015 to conduct research. Prof. LAI Ming Chiu will be the Acting Chair during Prof. Yip’s academic leave.
Academic Activities
Recapping the academic seminar “從出土秦簡看郡縣制的形成及其發展” conducted by Prof. YANG Zhenhong on 9 October 2015.
Prof. YANG Zhenhong, Associate Director of Bamboo and Silk Documents Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was invited by the Department and the Centre for Chinese History to present a lecture to the Department’s postgraduate students.
Qin Bamboo Texts excavated in the past few decades, such as Shuihudi Qin Bamboo Slips and Liye Bamboo and Wooden Texts, recorded the law and official documents of the Qin dynasty. Prof. YANG revisited the formation and development of Prefecture-County System through analysing the evolution of the meaning of “邦” and “内史” in the bamboo texts and exploring the process from Enfeoffment System to Prefecture-County System.
Upcoming Events
Lecture Series in Asian Studies
| Date : | 23 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 10:30am – 12:00noon |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Diaspora and Diplomacy: China, Indonesia and the Cold War, 1945–1967 |
| Speaker : | Dr. ZHOU Taomo School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University |
| Date : | 23 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 2:30am – 4:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Crafting a Model: Nation-building at County Level in Republican China, 1929-1949 |
| Speaker : | Dr. Venus VIANA School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University |
| Date : | 23 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 4:30am – 6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Recent Approaches to Family History in Southeast Asia: A Case Study on Indonesia 1900–1945 |
| Speaker : | Prof. Akiko SUGIYAMA Department of History, University of Macau |
The lectures will be conducted in English. For enquiry, please call 3943 7119.
| Date : | 30 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 2:30pm – 4:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 食之無味：“二戰” 後的全球食物政制和我們的日常生活 |
| Speaker : | Mr. JIANG Hongda Department of History, CUHK |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 7119 |
以內在互動與外來影響為討論中心 (1949–1969)
| Date : | 30 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm – 6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 冷戰時代的中國自由思想傳統： 以內在互動與外來影響為討論中心 (1949–1969) |
| Speaker : | Dr. YUNG Kai Chung Kenneth Department of Chinese Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Language : | Cantonese |
| Enquiry : | 3943 7119 |
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.