Department News
Term 2, 2015–16 commences today. Students who wish to change their course enrolment for Term 2 are reminded to do so via the CUSIS during the following specified add/drop periods:
Undergraduate programmes: Between 8:30 pm on 18 January 2016 and 8:30 pm on 24 January 2016
Postgraduate programmes: Between 10:00 am on 11 January 2016 and 5:30 pm on 25 January 2016
Personalia
Prof. HO Hon Wai has been appointed as Visiting Professor for Term 2, 2015–16. During the term, he will teach HIST6012/7012 Selected Themes in Modern Chinese History: Socio-Economic Issues in Late-Qing-Early-Republican China.
Prof. HO received his PhD degree from Australian National University. He specialises in the study of modern Chinese socio-economic history. He was previously a Research Fellow (1998–2015) and is now an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.
Upcoming Events
Lecture Series on “The Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage in Guangdong and Hong Kong”
The lecture series is co-organised by the MA Programme in Comparative and Public History, Department of History, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Museum of History. The following lectures will be held on Saturdays in January and February 2016 at the Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History:
| Date : | 30 January 2016 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Topic : | Harmonious but Different: The Interaction in Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage between Hong Kong and the Mainland |
| Speaker : | Prof. CHAU Hing Wah Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History, CUHK |
| Language : | Cantonese |
| Date : | 13 February 2016 (Saturday) |
| Time : | 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
| Topic: | Recycling Heritage: The Relationship between Villagers and the Government in Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage |
| Speaker : | Prof. LIU Zhiwei Professor, Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University |
| Language : | Cantonese |
No reservation is needed. Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis. For enquiry, please call 3943 8659.
| Date : | 20 January 2016 (Wednesday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm – 6:00pm |
| Venue : | Room 220, 2/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | State and Environment in China’s First Empire: A Political Ecology of Qin |
| Speaker : | Dr. Brian LANDER Environmental Fellow Harvard University Centre for the Environment |
| Language : | English |
| Enquiry : | 3943 7119 |
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.
