Congratulations to the Graduates of the 2020-21 M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History!

The group photo-taking session for the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History was held at the Lady Shaw Building Rooftop Garden on 5 November 2021, with the presence of faculty members and graduates. Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai, Chairman of the Department, and Prof. HE Xi, the M.A. Programme Director, were invited to present the Scholarship awards to Ms. CHAN Yu Christy, Mr. JIAO Zongye, and Mr. LIU Shixuan as encouragement for their pursuit of academic excellence.

Recapping the “Further Study Sharing Session 2021-22” held on 5 November 2021

Further Study Sharing Session of the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History was successfully held on 5 November 2021. Prof. HE Xi, the Programme Director, illustrated the key points on applying the M.Phil. Programme of the Department of History to around 30 current M.A. Programme students. Two M.Phil. and Ph.D. students of our Department were also invited to share their application experience in the sharing session.

Recapping the Academic Seminar “鴉片戰爭再詮釋” conducted by Prof. LUK Chi Hung Gary on 5 November 2021

In the Graduate Seminar on 5 November, Prof Gary LUK gave a lecture titled “Reinterpreting the Opium War,” in which he shared with postgraduate students his research on the Opium War (1839-1842), which used the analytical frameworks of “frontier” and “borderland” to reinterpret the nature of the war and its significance in Qing frontier history, British imperial and colonial history as well as Asian maritime history. Using primary materials gathered from archives in Hong Kong, China, the UK and North America, he explained how the clashes between the Qing sea frontier and the British wartime frontier ushered in a new era of the Chinese junk trade, piracy, and Chinese-foreign cooperation in what he conceptualizes as the “littoral borderlands.” Departing from the perspectives of diplomacy, trade and economics, Prof LUK studied the bottom-up, social perspective of how ordinary people lived and thrived during the Opium war. He then shared his research on the Chinese accommodation of foreigners in the lower section of the Pearl River delta during the Opium War and the region’s social ecology in late imperial times. Lastly, he talked about his own research experience, encouraging students to find new angles and materials to reinterpret old topics, visit archives and libraries and conduct field work overseas and broaden their scope by reading widely, venturing outside their academic disciplines and using their imagination to find new ideas.

Recapping the Academic Seminar “傳統律法在現代法庭：影響《大清律例》財產繼承原則的幾個案例” conducted by Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai on 6 November 2021

Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai, Chairman of the Department, was invited by the Centre for Chinese History to deliver a lecture entitled “傳統律法在現代法庭：影響《大清律例》財產繼承原則的幾個案例” on 6 November 2021.

Prof. CHEUNG introduced the inheritance right in both the Qing Code and modern law. He then used some cases to show how the court used these codes on the cases concerning inheritance right. At the end of the lecture, Prof. CHEUNG discussed the interpretation of the Qing Code in these cases with the audience.

Recapping the “Information Seminar for the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History” held on 6 November 2021

Information Seminar for the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History was successfully held on 6 November 2021. Prof. HE Xi, the Programme Director, introduced our M.A. Programme to around 20 prospective students. Audience took this opportunity to know more about the details of the Programme.

Workshops for the Final-Year RPg Students 2021-22

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