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Acting Appointment

Prof. LAI Ming Chiu, Department Chairman, will be on academic leave from 9 to 12 October 2017. During his absence, Prof. HO Pui Yin will serve as the Acting Chair.

 


Academic Activities

Recapping the academic seminar “跨文化比較研究:以宗教為例” conducted by Prof. POO Mu-chou on 29 September 2017

Prof. POO Mu-chou illustrated the significance and method of comparative history in research, and clarified some principles of religious studies. During the seminar, he demonstrated the use of comparative studies by comparing the Ushabtis, funerary figurines used in Ancient Egyptian, with the Han lead tomb figures (Qianren鉛人), in order to show the similarity of the usage of funerary figurines, and the differences between ancient Chinese society and Egyptian society in terms of their views of afterlife.

 


Upcoming Events

Academic Seminar

13 October 2017 (Friday)
The Fate of a Medieval Minority: Religious Law and Greek Cultural Identity in Southern Italy (11th-13th Centuries)
Date : 13 October 2017 (Friday)
Time : 10:30am–12:15pm
Venue : Room 306, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK
Topic : The Fate of a Medieval Minority: Religious Law and Greek Cultural Identity in Southern Italy (11th-13th Centuries)
Speaker : Mr. James MORTON
Department of History,
University of California, Berkeley
Language : English
Enquiry : 3943 8541

 


Academic Seminar

13 October 2017 (Friday)
A Light in the Mine: Science, Industry, and Enlightenment in Siberia
Date : 13 October 2017 (Friday)
Time : 4:30pm–6:15pm
Venue : Room 304, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK
Topic : A Light in the Mine: Science, Industry, and Enlightenment in Siberia
Speaker : Dr. Anna GRABER
Department of History,
Nazarbayev University
Language : English
Enquiry : 3943 8541

 


Academic Seminar

20 October 2017 (Friday)
國共黨爭中的工人與幫會——以20世紀二三十年代的上海為中心
Date : 20 October 2017 (Friday)
Time : 4:30pm–6:15pm
Venue : Room 304, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK
Topic : 國共黨爭中的工人與幫會——以20世紀二三十年代的上海為中心
Speaker : Dr. TIAN Ming
Taiyuan University of Technology
Language : Putonghua
Enquiry : 3943 8541

 


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.

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