Recapping the academic seminar “Visual Reconstruction of Urban History: Image, Imagination and Chinese Urban Cultural Study” conducted by Prof. WANG Di on 6 November 2015.

Prof. WANG Di, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of History, University of Macau, was invited by the Department and the Research Institute for the Humanities to present a lecture to the Department’s postgraduate students.

Prof. WANG demonstrated the modernisation process in urban change and public sphere of Chengdu from Late Ching to the Republican era through visual materials such as photographs, comics and folk art paintings. He further discussed how historical concepts and methodology, personal experiences and historical sources contributed and confined the reconstruction of the history of a city. Though personal sentiment and experience may contribute to the reconstruction of historical context, they should be employed under the restriction of historical methodology and the researcher should be aware of the limitation of the use of specific historical sources and narratives.

 

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MA in Comparative and Public History Graduation Celebration Lunch 2015

The Master’s Degree Graduation Ceremony will be held on 20 November 2015 (Friday). To mark this memorable day, a buffet lunch and a group photo taking session will be arranged. Staff, students, graduates and alumni of the MA Programme are cordially invited to join in the occasion.

Please contact Ms. Mavis WONG of the M.A. Programme Office at 3943 8659 for details and registration.

 

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Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History 2015

To enhance academic and cultural exchange, Chung Chi College, New Asia College and the Department of History of the University joined hands in 2007 to establish the “Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History”. This year, Professor YEH Wen-hsin, Richard H. and Laurie C. Morrison Chair Professor of History Department, University of California at Berkeley has been invited as the guest speaker of the following two public lectures:

The lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. For enquiries, please call at 3943 7610 or email to wanda@cuhk.edu.hk.

 

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please email your articles in both Chinese and English to chanfiona@cuhk.edu.hk by 4:00pm every Tuesday.