To enhance cultural exchange and academic research, the “Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History” has been organised since 2007. This year, we are honoured to have invited Professor Michael PUETT, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University, to deliver the following two lectures in early November:

2nd Lecture

Topic: “Culture and History: Yu Ying-shih, Weber, and Approaches to Comparative History”

Moderator: Professor PUK Wing Kin, Department of History, CUHK

Date: 5 November 2023 (Sunday)

Time: 3:00pm

Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History (139 seats, allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Audience will be admitted 15 minutes before the lecture starts.)

All lectures will be conducted in English. Participation in person or online via Zoom is welcome. Please complete the online registration form at https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13673179.

Meanwhile, there is a display of publications by Professor Michael PUETT at G/F, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library from 16 October to 9 November 2023.

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Angela Lee, College Office, New Asia College (Tel: 3943-1585; Email: angelaswlee@cuhk.edu.hk).

The student exchange programmes for 2024/25 is open for application from Tuesday, 24 October to Friday, 10 November 2023. Interested students are required to submit their online applications through the College website. Late application will NOT be accepted. Available exchange programmes include:

1. Prague University of Economics and Business
2. Bocconi University, Italy
3. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
4. University of Groningen, The Netherlands
5. University of Leeds, UK
6. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
7. Occidental College, USA
8. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
9. University of Washington, USA
10. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
11. University of Rochester, USA
12. Boston College, USA
13. University of Toronto (Mississauga), Canada
14. University of Alberta, Canada
15. The University of New South Wales, Australia
16. RMIT Univeristy, Australia
17. Asia University, Japan
18. Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
19. Soka University, Japan
20. Ewha Womans University, Korea (for both male and female students)
21. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
22. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
23. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
24. University System of Taiwan (Central University, Chengchi University, Tsing Hua University, Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
25. Beijing Normal University, China
26. Nanjing University, China
27. Peking University, China
28. Tsinghua University, China

Students should go through the details of the exchange programmes before submitting the online application. Selection interview will be scheduled in mid/late November 2023.

https://www.na.cuhk.edu.hk/college-life/overseas-experience/one-year-one-semester-exchange-programmes/

For further enquiries, please contact Mr. Jack Wong of the Dean of Students’ Office (Tel: 3943-1690; Email: jackwong@cuhk.edu.hk) or Miss Angela Leung (Tel: 3943-9589; Email: angelaleung@cuhk.edu.hk).