Department News
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 2019. 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.pdf
Should you have any questions, please call at 3943 7117 or email to vickitsang@cuhk.edu.hk.
Upcoming Events
Chiu Chin Yin Fund Visiting Scholar: Public Lectures by Prof. Hsing I-Tien
Prof. HSING I-Tien, Academician of Academia Sinica, has been invited by the Department to give the following two public lectures:
| Date: | 4 March 2019 (Monday) |
| Time: | 4:30pm-6:00pm (Tea reception starts at 4:00pm) |
| Venue: | G24, G/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Date: | 8 March 2019 (Friday) |
| Time: | 4:30pm-6:00pm (Tea reception starts at 4:00pm) |
| Venue: | G24, G/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
The lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. For enquiries, please call 3943 8541.
Organisers: Department of History, CUHK; Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
Sponsors: Chiu Chin Yin Fund; Faculty of Arts, CUHK
Lecture Series by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Scholars
| Date : | 6 March 2019 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm-5:30pm |
| Venue : | G24, G/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 漢代簡牘中的契約文書 |
| Speaker : | Prof. WU Wenling Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8725 |
Please register online at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oalc/cass_2019
Organiser: Office of Academic Link (China), CUHK
Co-organiser: Department of History, CUHK
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 9 March 2019 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00pm-5:00pm |
| Venue : | Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
| Topic : | 戰前香港三行工匠與三行工會 |
| Speaker : | Prof. HO Pui Yin Department of History, CUHK |
| Language : | Cantonese |
| Enquiry : | 3943 5796 |
Organisers: Department of History, CUHK; Leung Po Chuen Research Centre for Hong Kong History and Humanities, Research Institute for the Humanities, CUHK; Antiquities and Monuments Office
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 13 March 2019 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 2:30pm-4:15pm |
| Venue : | Room 208, 2/F, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 中國國家博物館藏與商周史事相關青銅器擷萃 |
| Speaker : | Dr. TIAN Shuai National Museum of China |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 13 March 2019 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm-6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 論清史的編纂歷史 |
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Speaker : |
Prof. WANG Jingsong Research Institute of History and Culture Peking University |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 14 March 2019 (Thursday) |
| Time : | 2:00pm-3:30pm |
| Venue : | Room 101, 1/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 10-15世紀歐亞大陸東部的錢幣流通 |
| Speaker : | Prof. Toshihiko MIYAKE College of Humanities, Shukutoku University |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 18 March 2019 (Monday) |
| Time : | 6:30pm-8:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 402, 4/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK |
| Topic : | Decolonization and the Making of New Shanghai, 1949-1976 |
| Speaker : | Dr. Jonathan HOWLETT Department of History, University of York |
| Language : | English |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8659 |
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 22 March 2019 (Friday) |
| Time : | 2:30pm-4:00pm |
| Venue : | G24, G/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Political Meritocracy in Early Modern Europe, or Why Matteo Ricci thought China was a Utopia |
| Speaker : | Prof. James HANKINS Department of History, Harvard University |
| Language : | English |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2018–19
Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2018-19 will be held in March 2019. Professor Jean-François HUCHET, Professor of Economics and Vice-President for Research of National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisation (INALCO), has been invited as the guest speaker to deliver two public lectures.
| Date: | 21 March 2019 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:00pm–8:30pm |
| Venue: | Lecture Theatre G/F, Hong Kong Central Library 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong |
| Moderator: | Prof. David FAURE Wei Lun Research Professor of History Department of History, CUHK |
| Date: | 22 March 2019 (Friday) |
| Time: | 5:00pm–6:30pm |
| Venue: | Cho Yiu Conference Hall G/F, University Administrative Building, CUHK |
| Moderator: | Prof. HO Pui Yin Vice Chair and Professor Department of History, CUHK |
Lectures will be conducted in English.
Admission is free; reservation is required. To reserve a seat, please
– Register online at www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/Event/2019_HBC/
– Call at 3943 8541
For more information, please visit www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/Event/2019_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
Sponsor: Eminence History Department Fund, CUHK
Academic Seminar
| Date : | 23 March 2019 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 2:00pm-3:30pm |
| Venue : | Room 405, 4/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK |
| Topic : | 清朝新界土地的律例與習慣 |
| Speaker : | Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai Department of History, CUHK |
| Language : | Cantonese |
| Enquiry : | 3943 5796 |
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.
