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
Lectures by Distinguished Visiting Scholar Professor François GIPOULOUX
Prof. François GIPOULOUX, Emeritus Research Director of National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, France), has been invited by the Department to give the following two lectures:
| Date : | 1 March 2017 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 10:00am–11:30am |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Traders and Smugglers: Risks and Rewards of Overseas Trade in Late Ming Dynasty |
| Date : | 3 March 2017 (Friday) |
| Time : | 10:00am–11:30am |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Late Ming Chinese Cartography: Economic and Geopolitical Dimensions |
The lectures will be conducted in English. For enquiries, please call 3943 8541.
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 |
Owing to family matters, the lecture to be delivered by Prof. Jean-François HUCHET on 21 March 2017 (Tuesday) has been cancelled.
| 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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please email your articles in both Chinese and English to chanfiona@cuhk.edu.hk by 4:00pm every Tuesday.