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Lecture at Free University of Berlin

Envisioning an Eurasian Humanities Exchange

30 June 2015

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by Free University of Berlin to give a public lecture on “Envisioning an Eurasian Humanities Exchange”. In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung introduces the evolution of Chinese humanities at home and abroad, sinological studies in Europe and the regional studies heritage, western civilization as represented in China and Asia, and she also envisions a conversation and a common Future.

Lecture by Prof. Richard von Glahn on “Port Polities in 16th–17th Century Maritime East Asia”

17 April 2015

Prof. Richard von Glahn, Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, was invited to give a lecture on the development of maritime port cities in East Asia during 16th to 17th century.

Lecture by Prof. Wong Young-tsu on “民國史研究的方向與命題”

16 April 2015

Prof. Wong Young-tsu, Graduate Institute of History at the National Central University in Taiwan, was invited to give a lecture on the methodology of the studies on Republican Chinese history.

Lecture by Prof. Liu Hsiang Kwang on “卜算文化與心理健康：台灣宋史學者的觀點”

1 April 2015

Prof. Liu Hsiang Kwang, Department of History at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan, was invited to give a lecture on the culture of divination and psychological health in Song Dynasty.

Lecture by Prof. Shen Kuiyi on “Chinese Traditional Painting in Post-war Taiwan”

23 March 2015

Prof. Shen Kuiyi, Department of Visual Arts and Director of Chinese Studies Programme at the University of California, San Diego, was invited to give a lecture on the changing of Chinese traditional painting in post-war Taiwan.

Lecture by Prof. Liu Kuang Neng (National Central University, Taiwan), on “李安《臥虎藏龍》之笛卡爾國度漫遊記” (2 February 2015) and “侯孝賢之《珈琲時光》起自「翻／拍」的三道謎題" (3 February 2015)

2-3 February 2015

Prof. Liu Kuang Neng, retired professor from the Department of French at National Central University in Taiwan, was invited to give a lecture to share the two films by the famous Taiwanese movie directors Ang Lee, and Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Lecture at University of Macau

5 January 2015

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by University of Macau to give a public lecture on “The Relevance of History? Reflections on the Case of Modern Chinese Disciplinarity from the University of Macau （所為何事？從澳大看近代中國歷史學的來龍與去脈）”. In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung introduces the ownership of an ancient civilization--the founding of modern disciplinary humanities with national character, the “Culture Circle of the Han-Chinese Script”--East-Asian Stake-Holders of “Chineseness”, Chinese academic during the Cold War--Hong Kong and Taiwan as alternatives, and the “National” and “Non-national” Chinese Civilization--from Diasporic and Sinological Perspectives.

Lecture at the Department of American Studies, Brown University

The Discovery of American Ginseng: A Case Study in Historical Anthropology and Medical Humanities

1 December 2014

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by the Department of American Studies, Brown University to give a public lecture on “The Discovery of American Ginseng: A Case Study in Historical Anthropology and Medical Humanities”. In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung uses the case of American Ginseng to show how new economic and pharmaceutical (even epistemological) possibilities were thrown open with the coming of the “maritime” age that move across borderlands and tested the frontiers of knowledge and frontiers of trade. She also explains that the case is chosen to help us reflect upon the novel, outlandish character that maritime/global history turns out to be in the longue durée of the unfolding of man-made records.

Lecture at Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University

Chinese History as National Humanities: Views from Taiwan and HK

14 November 2014

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University to give a public lecture on “Chinese History as National Humanities: Views from Taiwan and HK”. In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung accounts for the classical roots of this Chinese humanities in its own terms, gives a succinct institutional history of related disciplinary character in its modern embodiment of the country’s tertiary education and she also cites a few significant debates in that context so as to give people outside that tradition and history a sense of its going-ons in the modern era.

Lecture by Prof. Li Yu-chen, on “The Formation and Crystallization of the Identity of Buddhist Nuns in Post-war Taiwan 受戒施教：戰後台灣比丘尼身份的形式與凝聚”

6 October 2014

Prof. Li Yu-chen, Graduate Institute of Religious Studies at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, was invited to give a lecture on the females vowing as nuns and the formation of community identity of Buddhist nuns in post-war Taiwan.

Lecture by Prof. Lee Cheuk-yin, on “Changing Religious Landscape and Popular Religions in Singapore 宗教景觀的變遷與新加坡的民間信仰”

3 October 2014

Prof. Lee Cheuk-yin, Department of Chinese Studies at National University of Singapore, was invited to give a lecture on the changing religious landscape in Singapore with the faculties and students of CUHK.

Lecture at National Taiwan University

行行重行行：全球視野下之臺灣健康與人文之旅 (And Yet Miles to Go: Taiwan Health and Humanities in Global Perspective)

30 March 2014

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by National Taiwan University to give a public lecture on “行行重行行：全球視野下之臺灣健康與人文之旅 (And Yet Miles to Go: Taiwan Health and Humanities in Global Perspective)”.

Lecture at Free University of Berlin

Compare So As to Connect: The Mirror Effect of Europe and Asia

23 January 2014

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by Free University of Berlin to give a public lecture on “Compare So As to Connect: The Mirror Effect of Europe and Asia”.

Lecture at “Forum for the Asia in the Humanities/Humanities in Asia Initiative”, UCLA

Humanities over the Longue Durée: The Case of Modern China

21 October 2013

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by “Forum for the Asia in the Humanities/Humanities in Asia Initiative”, UCLA to give a public lecture on “Humanities over the Longue Durée: The Case of Modern China”. In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung accounts for the classical roots of this Chinese humanities in its own terms, gives a succinct institutional history of related disciplinary character in its modern embodiment of the country’s tertiary education and she also cites a few significant debates in that context so as to give people outside that tradition and history a sense of its going-ons in the modern era.

Lectures by Prof. Bin Wong and Prof Cao Shuji

26 July 2013

Prof. Bin Wong, Director of the Asian Institute, UCLA, gave a speech on “Contemporary Consequences of Path Dependent Changes in Relations of Political Authority and Religion in China and Europe: A Millennial Perspective on Problems of Political Belongings”. In the lecture, Prof. Wong examined the roles of religion and secular ideas and institutions in creating commitments of political belonging in four world regions—China, Europe, Middle East, the United States by a comparative approach.

Lecture by Prof. Richard von Glahn, on “Song Coin and Monetary Circulation in Maritime East Asia, 1200–1700”

28 June 2013]

Prof. Richard von Glahn presented a lecture on “Song Coin and Monetary Circulation in Maritime East Asia, 1200–1700” at the RIH of CUHK, for a deeper investigation on the monetary and economic factors which had both bought this region together as well as set societies apart from centuries back.

Lecture by Prof. Huang Ko-wu, on “Pneumatology and Intellectual Transformation in Early Modern China: Reconsideration of Science, Religion, and Superstition of Early Republican Chinese Intellectuals”

5 March 2013

In this lecture, Prof. Huang Ko-wu, director of IMH, AS, explained leading intellectuals’ view on pneumatology during the early 20th century, including their ideas on spirits, mental communication and their implications.

Lecture at Washington University, St Louis

18 April 2013

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by The Center for the Humanities, Washington University, St Louis to given a public lecture on the topic “Reflections on Children’s Studies: The Perspective from Chinese History.” Through comparative and discursive approach, Prof. Hsiung introduces the basic source materials, research methods, as well as the multi-disciplinary nature of the study of children and childhood in Chinese history.

Lecture by Prof Chiang Tung-liang [50th Anniversary of CUHK Lecture]

Health Insurance in Taiwan

11 April 2013

Prof Chiang Tung-liang, former Director of the College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, is currently the External Humanities Fellow of our Institute, has been invited to deliver a talk related to Health Insurance in Taiwan (臺灣為什麼會有全民健保？ – 意義與啓示) co-organized by the Taiwan Research Centre and our Institute. In this lecture, Prof Chiang shares his views on Health Insurance in Taiwan, its rationale behind, impact and inspiration. Prof Fok Tai Fai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (PVC) of CUHK, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, also joined the lecture who has actively engaged to share his views on the topic with the speaker and the students.

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Prof Chiang Tung-liang (4th right), PVC Prof Fok Tai Fai (3rd right), RIH Director Prof Hsiung Ping-chen (5th right), History Professor Dr. Poo Mu-chou (5th left) with various visiting scholars and CUHK students. Prof Chiang Tung-liang (front middle), RIH Director Prof Hsiung Ping-chen (front right), Prof Poo Mu-chou (front left) with CUHK students and RIH staffs.  

Lecture by Prof Robert Lee [50th Anniversary of CUHK Lecture]

"Carving History on Our Backs": Violence, Memory and the History of Chinese Workingmen in America

28 March 2013

Prof Robert Lee from the American Studies of the Brown University has been invited to deliver a talk on "Carving History on Our Backs”: Violence, Memory and the History of Chinese Workingmen in America organized by our Institute. In this lecture, Prof Lee shares three "hidden transcripts", a Taoist temple in northern California, a Hongmen initiation catechism, and a scripture dedicated to Guandi to reconstruct a subaltern narrative of social conflict that extended from Guangdong to California in the mid-19th Century. Temple inscriptions, secret society ritual, and the practices of martial arts inscribed a collective memory of violence and shaped an alternative diaspora imaginary. Prof To Wing Kai, a visiting scholar at the Department of History, CUHK, serves as the moderator who also shares his views on the topic with the audience.

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Prof Robert Lee at the lecture Audience composed of CUHK scholars, visiting scholars and CUHK students  

Lecture at Tan Kah Kee College, Xiamen University

中國兒童史的開拓與前景：兼及國際「新人文」之發展

08 March 2013

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, has been invited by Tan Kah Kee College, Xiamen University to give a public lecture on "中國兒童史的開拓與前景：兼及國際「新人文」之發展". In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung does not only share her own decades of research experience and future research plan in Childhood History with the faculties and students of Xiamen University, she also makes an illustrious address on the global development of humanities subjects.

Lecture by Dr Huang Ko-wu [50th Anniversary of CUHK Lecture]

靈學與近代中國的知識轉型:民初知識分子對科學、宗教與迷信的再思考

05 March 2013

Dr Huang Ko-wu, Director of Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica has been invited to deliver a talk on靈學與近代中國的知識轉型:民初知識分子對科學、宗教與迷信的再思co-organized by our Institute and the Department of History, CUHK. In this lecture, Dr Huang raises discussions on pneumatology including spirits, mental communication etc., process of knowledge transfer of contemporary China and secularization.

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Dr Huang Ko-wu with CUHK scholars and students at the lecture. Dr Huang Ko-wu (front middle right), RIH Director Prof Hsiung Ping-chen (front middle left), History Professors Dr. Poo Mu-chou (front right) and Dr. Chiu Peng-sheng (front left) with CUHK students.  

Lecture by Prof Hsiung Ping-chen at University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA)

Regional Logic vs Global Humanities: Where to and from Here?

30 Nov 2012

Our Director, Prof Hsiung Ping-chen, was also invited by the Asia Institute of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the UCLA Dean of Humanities to give a lecture at the "Asia inthe Humanities/Humanities in Asia Inaugural Lecture" which brings together scholars from the fields of history, literature, religion, and the arts working across time periods and Asian spaces to develop new frames of research and pedagogy. Presenting on "Regional Logic vs Global Humanities: Where to and from Here?", Prof Hsiung tries to examine the disciplinarity of regional studies vs interdisciplinary humanities from the 19th Century until recently and to invite opportunities for deepening collaboration.

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Lecture by Prof Hsiung Ping-chen at University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA)

Compassion and Charitable Activities in Late Imperial China: Two Examples

13 Nov 2012

Our Director, Prof Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by Prof Bin Wong, the Director of the Asia Institute and a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to give a lecture on the topic "Compassion and Charitable Activities in Late Imperial China: Two Examples".

Keynote Speech at Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU)

健康﹑人文﹑千古巡禮：中國幼科之例

25 Oct 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited to give a keynote speech at the Joint Symposium on Medicine and History on "健康﹑人文﹑千古巡禮：中國幼科之例." Prof. Hsiung traces the history of Chinese pediatrics and explains how it had developed quickly during late imperial China.

Lecture at Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU)

驀然回首

24 Oct 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the College of Medicine to give a lecture on "驀然回首" to all the students in the College of Medicine (6 departments). Not only reviewing her past experience in medical humanities, Prof. Hsiung points out the new path for the reformation of medical education.

Lecture at Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU)

生醫路上之會友與輔仁

24 Oct 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the School of Medicine to give a lecture on "生醫路上之會友與輔仁" to their students. By referring to the history of Fu-Jen, Prof Hsiung explains the roots and current syllabus of medical humanities in FJCU. Then, she introduces the current development of medical humanities in western universities.

Lecture at Brown University

Saving the Children: Pediatrics in Late Imperial China and Its Public Health Implication

15 Oct 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the Research Center for the Humanities and the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University to give a lecture on “Saving the Children: Pediatrics in Late Imperial China and Its Public Health Implication.” With reference to texts and graphics of Chinese pediatrics and newborn care, Prof. Hsiung examines the development and popularization of children’s care in late imperial China.

Lecture at Nanjing University (NJU)

童年史新探：嬰戲與幼醫

29 Jun 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at NJU to give a lecture on "童年史新探：嬰戲與幼醫." Prof. Hsiung introduces the new paths of studies in Chinese Childhood History with two examples – 1) the paintings of playing children and 2) the case of Dr. Hsü Yü-ho, a local pediatrician in Hui-chou during Ch'ien-lung period (Ch'ing Dynasty).

Lecture by Prof Hsiung Ping-chen
at The University of Hong Kong

The Humanitarian Implications of Chinese Childhood History

22 May 2012

In May, our Director, Prof Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the Center for Humanities and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong to give a lecture at the "Child Health and Humanitarian Emergencies" Conference. The conference aimed at connecting the current practices of children protection/childhood with the historical perspectives and humanitarian concern. It also evaluated how child health and "humanitarian" intervention were elaborated; and the way both helped shape the modern definitions of "childhood". Presenting on "The Humanitarian Implications of Chinese Childhood History", Prof Hsiung shared her insightful views on the concepts of humanistic concern in child health in the early-modern time.

Keynote Speech at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)

The Convergence of Parted Paths

19 May 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited to give a keynote speech at "全國公私立醫學校院－醫學系學制改革與課程規劃研討會" on "The Convergence of Parted Paths." Prof. Hsiung shares her own experience on Medical Humanities with the representatives of the medical colleges in Taiwan universities and uses it as an example to explain how we could cross the border of arts and sciences.

Lecture at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)

"驚知己於千古"

18 May 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the Medical College at National Cheng Kung University to give a lecture on "驚知己於千古." In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung shares her own research result on the formation and development of traditional Chinese pediatrics with the medical students in NCKU.

Concluding Address at the University of Oregon

Is China the "Area" or the "Global Context"? Perspective from Hong Kong and Taiwan

12 May 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the University of Oregon to give the concluding address at the University of Oregon Asian Studies Program 70th Anniversary Conference on "Is China the "Area" or the "Global Context"? Perspective from Hong Kong and Taiwan." Responding to the presentation of Prof. Prasenjit Duara’s keynote speech, Prof. Hsiung expounds the future development of Asia and Area Studies by sharing her experience in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Lecture by Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen at University of Washington, Seattle

The Power of Voiceless: Further Thoughts on the Studies of Chinese Childhood History

07 May 2012

Our Director, Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, was invited by the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Department of History at the University of Washington, Seattle to give a lecture on “The Power of Voiceless: Further Thoughts on the Studies of Chinese Childhood History.” In this lecture, Prof. Hsiung reviews the current studies on Chinese Childhood History and shares her own research experience on “cricket” as related to Chinese Childhood History.

Lecture by Prof Michael Steinberg

Provincializing European Opera

19 March 2012

In mid-March, Prof Michael Steinberg from the Brown University was invited to launch a lecture titled "Provincializing European Opera" at our University. The lecture examined a selected series of celebrated European operas in their respective significance in historical, cultural and political evolution. Prof Steinberg's galvanizing inter-disciplinary study of the western opera was delivered with the wish to illuminate the study of Chinese opera at our University. The event also featured Kunqu performances which initiated a cultural exchange of the art of the West and the East at CUHK, with the interest to develop possibly a summer program in comparative operatic musicology, with potential support from the CCK Foundation.

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Lecture by Professor Wang Ayling:
Mission and Vision

The Role of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation in an Age of Globalization / "Canonicity" and "Modernity": New Horizons for the Development of the Contemporary Taiwan Beijing Opera and Its Cultural Significance

15 March 2012

As the Vice- President of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, and the Research Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy of the Academic Sinica, Prof Wang Ayling was invited to conduct a lecture at our University on "Mission and Vision: The Role of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation in an Age of Globalization" and ""Canonicity" and "Modernity": New Horizons for the Development of the Contemporary Taiwan Beijing Opera and Its Cultural Significance (「經典性」與「現代性」──論當代臺灣京劇發展之美學新視野與其文化意涵)" in March. The lecture received positive feedback from our audience, especially the MA in Cultural Management students. The Institute had benefited from Prof Wang not only her insightful view on tradition Chinese opera, but also her expertise in literature critique and theory.

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「劉勰《文心雕龍》之文學本質論及其玄學基礎」講座

14 March 2012

Specializing in literature critique and aesthetics, Prof Tai Ching-hsien from the National Sun Yat-Sen University gave a lecture on 「劉勰《文心雕龍》之文學本質論及其玄學基礎」 "Liu Xie's Aesthetics of Literature and Its Philosophical Foundation" at our University in March. Our faculty members and students had benefited enormously from his scholarship and academic insights on Chinese literature. At the same time, academic exchange between the National Sun-Yat Sen University and CUHK had been facilitated.

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「觀音信仰與漢傳佛教」講座

10 March 2012

To nurture the study of Humanist Humanities and Buddhism at CUHK, Prof Yu Chun-fang from the Columbia University was invited to give two talks, namely "A Study of Contemporary Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan" and "觀音信仰與漢傳佛教" in March. Prof Yu is a famed scholar in the history of Chinese Buddhist thoughts and institutions, as well as Buddhists rituals and practice. Her preeminent methodology in the study of contemporary religious practice had undoubtedly invigorated the study of culture and religion of our fellow scholars.

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Talks on Buddhism
by Professor Yu Chun-fang

Passing the Light - A Study of Contemporary Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan

6 March 2012

Lecture by Prof Maria Zlateva

Teaching Grammar in Context - The Case of Pedagogical Grammars

6 March 2012

Jointly invited by the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language, the English Language Teaching Unit and RIH, Prof Maria Zlateva, a scholar from the Boston University, conducted a lecture titled "Teaching Grammar in Context: The Case for Pedagogical Grammars" in March. The lecture discussed the role of Pedagogical Grammar (PG) in language teaching in various academic settings, using the experiences of an applied linguist, L2 language teacher, teacher educator, and program administrator. Definitions and conceptualizations of PG were reviewed in order to demystify the still evolving notion of PG and to establish a working base that encompassed content, pedagogy, and learning perspectives. Fresh orientations to the system of grammar (such as Functional Grammar, Action Grammar, Relevance Theory) were presented to show how applied linguistics research could inform grammar teaching to develop an account of language that reflected the way people actually learn and use it. This led to the rationale for teaching grammar in context, using a task-based approach which aimed to cultivate linguistic accuracy along with meaningful and appropriate use of grammar structures. The presentation provided examples of classroom practices and ended with a summary of implications for curricular design, teacher training, and further research.

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Lecture by Prof Rosemary O'Day

Matchmaking and moneymaking in a Patronage Society: the First Duke and Duchess of Chandos, c.1712-1735

28 February 2012

To strength the academic network of CUHK with universities in UK in the study of Humanities, Prof Rosemary O'Day from the Open University, UK was invited to conduct a lecture titled "Matchmaking and Moneymaking in a Patronage Society" at our University in February. In the lecture, Prof O'Day demonstrated her caliber in investigating the intriguing relationship between marriage and money making in Gregorian England, which enacted a paragon not only for CUHK, but also Humanities research in domestic and social history.

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Lecture by Prof Robert Gurval

Marriage, Family and Sexuality in the Age of Augustus

23 February 2012

With the aims to promote interest and encourage students to engage in more serious studies of Western Classical culture, RIH sponsored the Center for the Comparative Study of Antiquity to invite Prof Robert Gurval, an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of California (UCLA), to lead a lecture titled "Marriage, Family and Sexuality in the Age of Augustus" at the University. The lecture not only shed light on the study of Antiquity from the gender perspective, but also facilitated academic exchange between UCLA and CUHK.

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