Department News
Term 2, 2015–16 commences today. Students who wish to change their course enrolment for Term 2 are reminded to do so via the CUSIS during the following specified add/drop periods:
Undergraduate programmes: Between 8:30 pm on 18 January 2016 and 8:30 pm on 24 January 2016
Postgraduate programmes: Between 10:00 am on 11 January 2016 and 5:30 pm on 25 January 2016
Personalia
We extend our welcome to Dr. YUNG Kai Chung, Kenneth, who has joined the Department of History as Postdoctoral Fellow with effect from 11 January 2016.
Dr. YUNG Kai Chung, Kenneth, graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his MPhil degree from the University of Hong Kong and PhD degree in History from the University of Sydney. Before joining the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he was an Instructor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. YUNG teaches HIST 4700B Topic Studies in Public History in Term 2.
Upcoming Events
Lecture Series on “The Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage in Guangdong and Hong Kong”
The lecture series is co-organised by the MA Programme in Comparative and Public History, Department of History, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Museum of History. The following lectures will be held on Saturdays in January and February 2016 at the Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History:
| Date : | 16 January 2016 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Topic : | Cangdong Village: An NGO Project of Sustainable Cultural Heritage Conservation |
| Speaker : | Prof. TAN Jinhua Associate Professor, Architecture Department, Wuyi University |
| Language : | Cantonese |
| Date : | 30 January 2016 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Topic : | Harmonious but Different: The Interaction in Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage between Hong Kong and the Mainland |
| Speaker : | Prof. CHAU Hing Wah Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History, CUHK |
| Language : | Cantonese |
| Date : | 13 February 2016 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Topic: | Recycling Heritage: The Relationship between Villagers and the Government in Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage |
| Speaker : | Prof. LIU Zhiwei Professor, Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University |
| Language : | Cantonese |
No reservation is needed. Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis. For enquiry, please call 3943 8659.
| Date : | 20 January 2016 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm – 6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 220, 2/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | State and Environment in China’s First Empire: A Political Ecology of Qin |
| Speaker : | Dr. Brian LANDER Environmental Fellow Harvard University Centre for the Environment |
| Language : | English |
| 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.