Department News
Congratulations to the Recipients of Distinguished Awards and Scholarships 2021-22
Congratulations to History students who have won various awards and scholarships through their outstanding performance during the academic year 2021-22. Let’s share the joy with the awardees listed below.
Course Enrolments
Students who wish to change their 2022-23 First Term course enrolments are reminded to do so via the CUSIS during the following specified add/drop periods:
Undergraduate programme: Between 8:30pm on 13 September 2022 and 8:30pm on 19 September 2022
Postgraduate programmes: Between 10am on 5 September 2022 and 5:30pm on 19 September 2022
Academic Activities
Recapping the “Academic Counselling for New Students of the Undergraduate Programme” conducted on 23 August 2022
Over 60 new History students joined the Academic Counselling Session organized by the Department of History on 23 August 2022 to gain a better understanding of the Undergraduate Programme offered by the Department.
The Academic Counselling was hosted by Prof. TSE Wai Kit Wicky, with the welcome speech delivered by Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai, Department Chairman. Teaching members of the Department provided information on programme features, study schemes, and course selection requirements. The Department’s senior undergraduate students were also invited to share their fruitful experience of university life.
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Recapping the “Orientation Workshop for the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History” conducted on 3 September 2022
The Orientation Workshop for the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History was conducted on 3 September 2022. Over 80 new students attended the workshop. At the workshop, the Department’s teaching staffs provided students with information on programme features, study schemes and courses offered. Representatives of the M.A. Programme Alumni Association also gave an introduction on the alumni association and shared their learning experience with new students, enabling them to learn more about the fruitful university life. Students were keen to take the opportunity to meet and exchange views with the teaching staffs and academic advisors.
Upcoming Events
World History Seminar (2022-23)
| Date: | 15 September 2022 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 5:00pm-6:30pm |
| Venue: | Conducted online via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 990 8868 4183) |
| Topic: | Polemics and Confessionalization: The Case of Christian Church History |
| Speaker: | Dr. Stefan BAUER Department of History, King’s College London |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 22 September 2022 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 12:00nn-1:30pm |
| Venue: | Conducted online via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 990 8868 4183) |
| Topic: | The Great Escape: How the Fall of the Roman Empire Made the Modern World Possible |
| Speaker: | Prof. Walter SCHEIDEL Departments of Classics and History, Stanford University |
| Language: | English |
Organisers: Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, CUHK
Enquiry: 3943 8541
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 Monday.
