Academic Activities
Recapping the academic seminar “Mapping Land in the Ming-Qing Period” conducted by Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai on 16 October 2015.
Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai’s detailed review on the research of Fish Scale Registers and Yellow Books revealed that there was never an actual national land survey executed in Ming-Ching period. Advanced tools or skills such as triangle measurement, was never applied in land survey to achieve accuracy and efficiency. Although land was closely related to taxation, land data were often the result of voluntary negotiations or struggles between landlords and local officials. His talk inspired the reconsideration of land survey and management in modern China and Asian colonies.
Upcoming Events
| 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 |
| Date : | 6 November 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm – 6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 304, 3/F Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 都市歷史的視覺重構：圖像、想像和中國城市文化研究 |
| Speaker : | Prof. WANG Di Department of History, University of Macau |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
Organiser: Department of History, CUHK
Sponsor: Research Institute for the Humanities, CUHK
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