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          Prof.  Gordon Mathews's book Ghetto at the  Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong has been translated into  Chinese by our alumna Nicole Yang, which was recently published as 《世界中心的貧民窟:香港重慶大廈》. It has become one of the best sellers in Hong  Kong. About the book…           
          
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         Prof. Gordon Mathews and Prof. Sea-ling Cheng joined hundreds of asylum  seekers and torture claimants protesting against what is deemed unjust  screening procedures of UNHCR and the government. Prof Mathews diagnoses the  problems of the current system in the article Open and Shut Cases, written for  South China Morning Post. More…
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        Conference Proceedings of  the International Conference on Foodways and Heritage were published.  Some complimentary copies are available at the Department now. If you want to  get one, please email to anthropology@cuhk.edu.hk  | 
      
      
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          Field Trip: Cultural  Inheritors of Japan 
        In late March, the cherry blossom season, Prof. Sidney Cheung led a  group of 20 students to Nagoya, Japan to learn about the preservation of  traditional Japanese culture, in particular, the role of cultural inheritors. Our  student Allie Kwong shares her experiences of the trip. More…  | 
      
      
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          Friday Seminar Series  
        The department  invites renowned and emerging scholars to deliver lectures on a wide range of  anthropological topics. The seminars are open to the public and you are welcome  to join. You can find information of the upcoming seminars or read reviews of  the previous ones under the tag "seminar" on our  blog.  | 
      
      
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          Postgraduate Student Forum 
        The department has successfully held the 5th Annual  Postgraduate Student Forum in January. For the past few years, students from  Harvard, Columbia University, LSE, SOAS, and many other renowned anthropology  programmes presented their research in the Forum. More…  | 
      
      
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          Call for Papers: The 6th Annual CUHK Anthropology Postgraduate Student Forum 
            Asia in the World: New Horizons in Asian AnthropologyNew Anthropology
        As Asia continues to become a major actor on the world stage, this   year's forum hopes to explore the vast range of diversity in cultures   and languages that are represented by over 4.3 billion people in a land   mass that covers almost 1/3 of the earth’s land surface. The Department   of Anthropology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong,   invites graduate students in Asia and elsewhere to present their current   research at the Postgraduate Student Forum on 17-18 Jan 2014. The deadline for abstract submission is 30 October 2013. For more information, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/PGSF6.   | 
      
      
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         ZHU Jiangang (Ph.D.  2002) is now a professor of Anthropology in the School of Sociology and  Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University. Most of his research  focuses  on civil society and philanthropy  in  China. He founded the Institute for Civil Society (ICS)  at the Sun Yat-sen University in 2003 and was also one of the co-founders of  the Guangdong Harmony Foundation (GHF) in 2009. In April 2011, ZHU established  the Center on Philanthropy (COP) in SYSU, and now he is the executive Dean of  the newly updated  School of  Philanthropic Studies (SOP), SYSU. His recent book is Between  State and Families . (contact email: zhujg"at"mail.sysu.edu.cn)
           
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         ZHU Yujing (Ph.D. '11) is now an assistant professor of anthropology at  East China Normal University (Shanghai). "I am so glad that more and more  students are becoming   interested in anthropology. My colleagues and I attempt  to  deliver anthropology not as a kind of exotic experience , but as  a way of for students to think  about   their  future. My new project is about the  relationship between folk finance and morality. " (contact email: jachiezhu"at"hotmail.com) 
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         YANG Yang (B.A. '09 and M.Phil. '11) is currently working in AECOM as  assistant environmental consultant. " I  enjoy  doing fieldwork  in whatever career I choose. Neither the industry nor the company  defines you unless you let  it. To combine   study and work  gives a more 'holistic' understanding  to life." Outside work, she  continues her past research on African traders in Guangzhou with Prof. Gordon  Mathews. She has published a chapter  in the  edited volume Economic  Globalization From Below and China-Africa: Merging Relations. She also translated  Gordon's book Ghetto at  the Center of the World into Chinese, which was published in  early 2013. (contact email: bonicole"at"gmail.com) 
          
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         TSUI Cheuk Yin (BSSC '95 and M.Phil '97) is an author and has   written over 20 books. His novel “The Cantonese Opera   Murders”(《神功戲殺人事件》) just won the second prize of the 10th Dr Book Chart   (書叢榜)in 2012-2013.  This novel was inspired by his knowledge of   Anthropology which has successfully drawn the young readers’ attention   and stimulated their reading interests.  In addition, he also teaches writing skills and about publishing to
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         TAN Xilin (M.Phil. '11) has worked as a journalist for Southern  Metropolis Daily, Nanfang Media Group. Two of her reports were nominated for  Nandu News Award (2012). "Anthropology has really broadened my insights, which  has  helped my reporting .  It   has also  taught  me how to deal with different people. Both in work and in  life, anthropology has colored my world. " (contact email:  tanxilin"at"gmail.com) 
        
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         Chris LIN Ge (MA '10) After  graduation he joined the Bank of East Asia as Management Trainee, and now holds  the title of Officer, Asset & Liability Management. "Being able to see through the politics and understand how  some people make strategic friends, play victim, and join the club is, perhaps,  the most valuable corporate survival skill." (contact email: chrislin0703"at"gmail.com)
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