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HighlightsCongratulationstoOurColleagues!
Fourofourcolleagueswonhighlycompetitivegrantsduringthe2014/15GeneralResearchFundexercise.
TheResearchGrantsCouncilawardedHKD627,340toDr.JiLi(ResearchAssistantProfessor)for
her twoyear project Making Religion,Making Local Society: The
Social History of aCatholic Village in Northeast China. Dr. Li will
focus on the formation, negotiation andcontinuity of the Catholic
identity under imperialism, republicanism, colonialism
andcommunismfromthe19thto20thcentury.ThroughexaminingthemultigenerationalhistoryofaparticularcommunityinNortheastChina,shewillexploreissuesofreligiousidentity,localelites,statebuilding,aswellasChristianityandlocalizationinmodernChina.
TheCouncilalsoawardedDr.OiyanLiu(ResearchAssistantProfessor)HKD217,550forherprojectChinasSoutheastAsia:Territory,People,andCivilizationinthelateColonialEra.Thisstudywillexaminehow
theChinesecentralstate,governmentsandelitesofSouthernChina,andSoutheastAsianChinese
(particularly those
fromBritishandDutchpossessions)viewedSoutheastAsiaduringitslastdecadesofWesterncolonialrule.Focusingontheearly20th
century, this study attempts to look at how European colonialism
helped
(re)shapeChinesenotionsofterritoryandpeopleinSoutheastAsia.
Dr.GonaloSantos(AssistantProfessor)wasawardedHKD414,340forhistwoyearprojectTechnology,
charitablebenefaction, andhumanitarian aid in
contemporaryChina.Thisprojectwill explore the rise of
humanitarianism in 21st century China as a late
capitalisttechnologyofethicalimagination.Theapproachadoptedwillbeethnographic.Researchwillfocus
on the activities of twomajor nongovernmental organizations
including a leadingonline charityplatform and an international
service cluboperating in the regionof SouthChina. Particular
attentionwill be given to the relationship between ethical
subjectivities,technological
infrastructures,andpoliticaleconomy.Theoretically, theproject joins
recentefforts in the humanities and social sciences to emphasize
the increasing importance ofethical regimesof charitable giving in
the formationof contemporary subjects and in
thelegitimationofmountingsocialinequalities.
Dr.IzumiNakayama(HonoraryAssistantProfessor)receivedHKD328,620forherthreeyearprojectBePolite,BeHealthy,
Be Feminine: Gender, Body Culture, Etiquette, and Health in modern
Japan. In this historical
andethnographicstudy,Dr.NakayamawillexaminetheJapanesefemalebodyasadepositoryofritualsanddisciplinedacts
and how it embodies and is shaped by specific historical and
cultural ideals. She plans to trace
itstransformationsfromthelate19thto21stcentury,seekingtobetterunderstandthecomplexinteractionsbetweengenderednotionsofpropriety,physicalacts,andhealthintheformationofanidealizedJapanesefemaleidentity.
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FeaturedNewsUrban Studies and the China Experience Advanced
Training Program on InterAsian Urbanity:ConnectionsandComparisons :
(August1824,2014,HKU)
ThefinaleventofathreeyearcollaborationwiththeHarvardYenchingInstituteandEastChinaNormalUniversity(ECNU)
was held in Hong Kong this summer. During the sevenday program, 20
graduate students and youngscholarsfrommainlandChina,
India,Taiwan,Japan,EuropeandtheUnitedStatestookpart inaseriesof
lecturesgivenbyrenownedscholars,includingYoutienHsing(UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley),AngelaLeung(HKU),PeterRowe(HarvardUniversity),HelenSiu(YaleUniversity),EricTagliacozzo(CornellUniversity),ZhangJishun(ECNU),andChingMaybo(SunYatsenUniversity).Inadditiontoengaging
indiscussionsfromvariousdisciplinaryperspectives,participantstookpartinpresentations,citywalksaroundHongKongandthescreeningofadocumentaryfilm.Uponcompletionoftheprogram,asmallnumberofoutstandingindividualswillbeselectedtospendayearinresidencyasavisitingscholarattheHarvardYenchingInstituteinCambridge,Massachusetts.
Clockwise,fromtop:Groupphotooflecturers,traineesandauditors;ForumonThehardwareofconnections,20thcenturychairedbyProf.ElizabethPerry;ParticipantsattheHongKongZoologicalandBotanicalGardensononeofthecitywalks;and,Prof.EricTagliacozzoandProf.ChingMayboduringforumonTheflowofgoods,people,knowledgeandculturalmeanings,historicalandcontemporary
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AdrianJamesWright(4yearPhD)obtainedhisBachelorsdegreeinClassicsin2005andMastersdegree
in Japanese Studies in 2008, both from Oxford University. Adrian is
interested in
thedevelopmentofJapaneserobotictechnologyandthesocialimplicationsforageingpopulationsinEastAsia
andbeyond.His researchwillbe supervisedbyDr. IzumiNakayama
andDr.GonaloSantos.
Fabian Valentin Winiger (4year PhD) received his Bachelors
degree in Sociology and MassCommunication from the University of
Canterbury in 2011, and subsequently completed hisMastersdegree
inMedicalAnthropologyatOxfordUniversity
in2013.FabiansplannedtopicofresearchisBody,SubjectivityandTransnationalNewReligiousMovements.Dr.DavidA.PalmerwillsupervisehisresearchwithDr.GonaloSantos.
Liu Xiaomeng () (4year PhD) has studied history at Nankai
University since 2008.
HeobtainedhisBachelorsdegreein2011andcompletedhisMastersdegreethissummer.Xiaomengis
interested in the history ofmedicine. His proposed doctoral project
EssentialMedicine
forHousehold:TransitionsofMedicalConsumptionCulturefromLateImperialtoModernChinawillbesupervisedbyProf.AngelaLeungandDr.IzumiNakayama.
PostgraduateProgramsIntroducingOurNewCohort
Weare thrilledabout thenewgroupofpostgraduatestudentsarrivingat
the Institute
for20142015,particularlybecauseallthreeofthePhDcandidateshavebeenawardedfundingbytheResearchGrantsCouncil(RGC)ofHongKongthroughtheprestigiousHongKongPhDFellowshipScheme.Wewouldliketoextendourwarmestwelcometothefiveoutstandingstudentsjoiningusthisfall:
CollaborationHumanities,SocialSciencesandMedicineinAsia
Wearedelighted toannounceanew, twoyearcollaborationwith
theHarvardYenching Institute, the
InstituteofMedicalHumanitiesandCenterforHistoryofMedicineatPekingUniversity,andtheKeyResearchInstituteofSocialHistoryofChinaatNankaiUniversity.Thisprogramaimsto
introducetoAsianstudentsnewtheories,themesandapproaches in the
specific field of humanities andmedicine in themodern period.
Trainingworkshopswill beorganizedwhereparticipants are invited to
reflectupon the complex anduniquenexusbetweenmodernity
andmedicinebothasknowledgeandasan
institution.Twobroadthemeshavebeen
identified:circulationofmedicalknowledge/practices past and present
and indigenous medical knowledge and biomedicine: interaction
andaccommodation in Asian societies. The collaboration will give
experts of various disciplines in the field
theopportunitytointeractwithgraduatestudentsandyoungscholarsthroughlectures,andseminars.ThefirsteventofthecollaborationwillbeheldinJuly2015.
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RyanXinXie()(MPhil)completedherBachelorsdegreeinHistoryatSunYatsenUniversityin
Guangzhou in 2006 and went on to pursuing graduate studies in
History at Jean
MoulinUniversityLyon3,receivingaMastersdegreein2009.Ryanisinterestedinculturalanthropology,andwill
be supervised by Dr. Gonalo Santos and Prof. Helen Siu. The
tentative topic of herresearchisMr.ZandHisGlobalEmpire.
Samuel K. Leigh (MPhil) earned his Bachelors degree in Social
Anthropology from
BrunelUniversityin2012.Currently,heiscompletingaMastersdegreeinVisual,MaterialandMuseumAnthropology
at Oxford University. Samuels proposed project Reshaping
Shangrila:Reconstructing identity online among the Tibetan
diasporawill be supervised
byDr.GonaloSantosandDr.DavidA.Palmer.SamuelwillcommencehisstudiesattheInstituteinJanuary2015.
DelegationinTaipei(June2528,2014)
AgroupledbyProf.AngelaLeungwenttoTaipeithisJunetopromote
postgraduate research programs offered by theInstitute in 201516.
Two information sessions were heldwith the generous assistance of
the Research Centre forHumanities and Social Science, Academia
Sinica and theDepartment of Sociology, National Taiwan University.
Thesessionswereattendedbystudentsandyoung facultywithmany showing
great interest through feedback
andenquiries.Inadditiontoinformationsessions,meetingswithpartnerinstitutionsinTaipeiwerealsoheld.
MeetingwithProf.ChuYunhan(middle),PresidentoftheChiangChingkuoFoundationforInternationalScholarlyExchange
InstitutionalEnhancementSchemeandLeeHysanHKIHSSFellowshipThe
Institute received a generousdonation from the LeeHysan Foundation
in2013 to establish the
InstitutionalEnhancementSchemetohelpnurtureHKUstudents.ThethreeyearschemewillenabletheInstitutetoinviteworldrenownedscholarstovisittheUniversityforuptoasemester.Alsoestablishedaspartofthescheme,theLeeHysanHKIHSSFellowshipwillgiveourstudentstheopportunityforacademicexchangeoverseas.
WearepleasedtohaveProf.FrancescaBray,ProfessorofSocialAnthropologyattheUniversityofEdinburgh,visittheInstitutethisfall.ShewillteachaseminarcoursealongwithDr.GonaloSantos,andspeakonMenplough,womenweave:JosephNeedham,feminismandthehistoryofscienceandtechnologyinChinaattheNinthJosephNeedhamMemorialLecture.Also,asthefirstrecipientoftheLeeHysanHKIHSSFellowship,ourpostgraduatestudentPeterKwaiHinTamisspendingasemesteratColumbiaUniversitythisfalltoworkunderthementorshipofProf.DorothyKo.
The Institute is looking forward to hosting Prof. RonnieHsia
Pochia, Edwin Earle Sparks Professor ofHistory
atPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,nextspring.
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Publications
DeborahS.Davis&SaraL.Friedman(eds.),Wives,Husbands,andLovers:Marriageand
Sexuality inHongKong, Taiwan,andUrbanChina,
StanfordUniversityPress,2014.
Chronicling transformations inperceptionandpracticeof sexual
relationshipsandmarriageacrossvariousurbansettings
inChina,HongKong,andTaiwan,Profs.DeborahS.DavisandSaraL.Friedman
investigatehowthemaritalrulesofthegamehavechangedsubstantiallysince
the 1980s. In examining the unprecedented changes manifest in law
and
popularexpectationsforromanticbondsandthecreationofnewfamilies,thebookchallenges
longheldassumptions thatmarriage is theuniversallypreferred status
forallmenandwomen,thatextramaritalsexualityisincompatiblewithmarriage,orthatmarriagenecessarilyunitesamanandawoman.Italsoillustratesthewiderangeofpotentialfuturesformarriage,sexuality,and
family across these Asian societies. The chapters in this
volumewere produced frompapers presented at the
InternationalWorkshop onMarriage in Cosmopolitan China coorganized
by the Institute, with contributions from Dr. Jun Zhang (Research
AssistantProfessor,HKIHSS)andDr.PetulaS.Y.Ho
(HKUSocialWorkandSocialAdministration),andthebookprojectispartiallysponsoredbytheInstituteaswell.
PaulA. Cohen,History and PopularMemory: The Power of Story
inMoments ofCrisis,ColumbiaUniversityPress,2014.
Inhislatestbook,Prof.PaulA.Cohen,VisitingScholarattheInstitute,exploresthefascinatinginterplay
between history and popular memory. Highlighting the frequently
neglecteddistinctionbetweenboth,heexamineshowstorytellingbecomesapowerfultoolforshapingpopular
sentiment inmomentsofcrisis.Thebook compares countriesof
radicallydifferentcultural, religious,and
socialcharacterworldwide,allofwhichexperienced severecrises inthe
twentieth century,anddemonstrates theunifyingand restorativepowerof
compellingstory,evenwhenithasbeenseriouslydistortedbymythorpoliticalmanipulation.Intheend,Prof.Cohensuggeststhatgiventhenearuniversalnatureofthisphenomenon,the
interplaybetweenstoryandhistorymaywellberooted
incertainhumanpropensitiesthattranscendcultural difference. Prof.
Cohen had presented this project at the Institutes
ChinaInterdisciplinaryLunchtimeSeminarSeriesonJanuary17,2012.
UpcomingActivitiesConferences
InternationalConferenceonTextandContext:RedemptiveSocietiesandNewReligiousMovements
inModernandContemporaryChinaandSoutheastAsia(November89,2014,HKU)Redemptivesocietiesreferstoawaveofuniversalistandsyncretisticreligiousmovementsthatappearedinearly20thcenturyChinaandVietnamandcontinuetoexpand
inavarietyofAsiancontexts.Surroundingthistopic,theconference will
bring together scholars from Germany, Canada, Japan, France, Brunei
Darussalam,
Singapore,mainlandChinaandTaiwan.TheconferenceisaninitiativeorganizedundertheRethinkingSpiritualityandReligioninAsiaCluster.
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DistinguishedLectures
The first talk of the 20142015 Distinguished Lecture Serieswill
take place on October 24, 2014. The
InstituteannounceswithgreatdelightthatProf.RichardWong,ChairofEconomicsandPhilipWongKennedyWongProfessorinPoliticalEconomyattheUniversityofHongKong,willspeakatthisevent.
Prof.Wong isanHonoraryProfessorat the InstituteandaPrincipal
Investigatorof theHubs,Mobilitiesand theAsianUrbanCluster.
InternationalConferenceonFoodandHealth(December1617,2014,HKU)SixpanelsessionshavebeenplannedforthetwodayeventjointlyorganizedbytheInstituteandtheAsianSocietyfortheHistoryofMedicine
(ASHM). They are, namely (1) food as a source ofpoison; (2) food as
a sourceofhealing; (3)milk andhealth; (4)food, nutrition, and
nation; (5) food as a part of the study ofmedicine; and, (6)
themovement of food. Participants
includescholarsfromHongKong,Taiwan,China,Singapore,Japan,Korea,India,
the United States, Germany, and France. Prof. FrancescaBray,
Professor of Social Anthropology from University
ofEdinburgh,willbetheconferenceskeynotespeaker.
PublicLecturesandSeminars
TwinEventsPresentedbyProf.AndrewKipnis(September1011,2014,HKU)Prof.AndrewKipnis,Anthropology,AustralianNationalUniversity,willvisitHKU
inSeptember1011,2014.HewillgivearesearchseminaronUrbanizationandTransformationsofFamilyandGenderinShandongattheInstituteonSeptember10andwillspeakonTheHistoryofaChineseConglomerate
inThreeRegistersattheContemporaryChinaStudiesPublicLectureattheFacultyofSocialSciencesonSeptember11,cosponsoredbytheInstitute.
Roundtable Seminar on Comparing Indian and Chinese Philosophy
andReligion:ReflectionandProspectus(September16,2014,HKU)This
seminarwillbeheld to celebrate
thepublicationofBrahmanandDao:ComparativeStudiesof
IndianandChinesePhilosophyandReligion,editedbyIthamar Theodor and
Yao Zhihua (Lexington,2014). Itwillbe chairedbyDr.David A. Palmer,
Honorary Associate Professor of the Institute. Panelistsinclude
Prof. Yao Zhihua, CUHK Philosophy; Prof. Huang Yong,
CUHKPhilosophy;Dr. IthamarTheodor,UniversityofHaifaAsian
studies;andVen.Dr.GuangXing,HKUBuddhistStudies.ThisisthefirsteventoftheRethinkingSpiritualityandReligioninAsiaCluster.
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DepartmentalSeminarSeries
TheseriesreturnsthisNovemberwiththoughtprovokingpresentations.Welookforwardtotheseupcomingtalks:
November12:
DutchForeignAsiansandthe(re)definitionofthecolonialsubjectbyDr.OiyanLiu,HKIHSSNovember26:
ReincarnationinAfricabyProf.A.F.Robertson,TheUniversityofEdinburgh
LunchtimeSeriesonInterdisciplinaryStudies
Dr.LawrenceZhangandDr.JunZhangwillcoordinatetheseriesin20142015,andwehaveanexcitingrosterforthefallsemester:
September16: Prof.JosephBosco,CUHKAnthropologySeptember30:
Dr.HuangYu,CUHKAnthropologyOctober21:
Prof.LingMinhua,CUHKCentreforChinaStudiesNovember4:
Dr.WangAihe,HKUChineseNovember18:
Dr.CourtneyFung,HKUPoliticsandPublicAdministrationDecember2:
Prof.CameronCampbell,HKUSTSocialScienceDecember16:
Dr.FlorianKnothe,HKUUniversityMuseumandArtGallery
ContemporaryChineseDocumentarySeries
MeettheDirector:Harvest()byDirectorGuoJing()andMyHimalayanVulture()byDirectorsTashiSangeandZhouJie()(September26,2014,HKU)
The first sessionof
the20142015ContemporaryChineseDocumentarySeriespresents two
storiesofTibet fromdifferentperspectives.
InHarvest,filmmakerGuoJinggoestoXidangvillageatthefoothillsofKawageboSnowMountaintotellthestoryofvillagersduringharvestonasummerday.Seeingthefilmmaker,womenofthevillageflocktowardsthecamera.Theyshowoldphotographs,putonfestivecostumes,andposeforpictures.Inaninstant,GuoscameralensnotonlyservedasatooltoobserveTibetanlifebutbecameanobjectwithwhichthevillagersplayedabout.
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On the other hand, filmmakers Tashi Sange and Zhou Jie explore
the secret behind the dramatic decline in thenumber of Himalayan
Vultures in Qinghai province. By doing so, they have offered a
local perspective on
thedisappearanceofacreaturewhoseexistenceiscloselyrelatedtotheTibetantraditionofcelestialburialandplaysanimportantroleinmaintainingecologicalbalanceofthepastoralgrasslands.
Digital technologyplays a key role inbothdocumentaries. It
connects locals andoutsiders and enables them
tocommunicatewitheachotherbeyond language.Theoutcomeof
thisencounter is thecreationofanewmethodknown as village video.
Through this, locals and outsiders are able to work together to
document changes
inenvironmentandcultureaswellasestablishnewindigenousknowledgesystemsbyactionresearch.
AdiscussionsessionwithDr.GuoandProf.MaJianxiong,AssociateProfessorinChineseAnthropologyattheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnologywillfollowthescreening.
RecentActivitiesConferenceonEcologiesofUrbanisminAsiaII:Cities,Towns,andthePlacesofNature(June912,2014,HKU)
Heldover fourdays in June, EcologiesofUrbanism inAsia
II:Cities,Towns, and thePlacesofNaturewas
thesecondconferenceorganizedbytheEnvironmentalSustainabilityandPoliticalEcologyCluster.31participantsfromvarioustopinstitutionsinHongKong,India,EuropeandNorthAmericatookpartinpanelsessionsorganizedaroundfivethemes:(1)TheCultivatedCity;(2)ConservationintheCity;(3)BuildingandDwellingintheCity;(4)TheWorkofWaterintheCity;and,(5)CityandTechnology.
Inadditiontotheintensivediscussions,participantswentonwalkingtoursinbothHongKongandMacau.Throughthesefieldtrips,theywereabletogainabetterunderstandingofthehistoricaldevelopmentofurbanspacesintheregionandinvestigatelocalecologicalsustainabilityissues.
Anticlockwise:Participantsduringtheconferenceproceedings;ConferenceconvenersProf.K.Sivaramakrishnan(left),Prof.AnneRademacher(right)withProf.HelenSiu;and,Prof.CheungSuiWai(foreground)ofCUHKHistoryguidingconferenceparticipantsonafieldtripinFundaoOriente,Macau
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AdvancedSummerTrainingWorkshoponHistoricalAnthropology()(July1728,SingaporeandMalaysia)
Jointlyorganizedby the Institute and Sun YatsenUniversity,
the11thAdvanced
SummerTrainingWorkshoponHistoricalAnthropologygathered22scholarsandstudentswhotravelledtoSingaporeandMalaysiato
learnmoreaboutoverseasChinese societies.Fieldworkwas conducted
inanumberof locations,
includingMalacca,Penang,Perak,andPortKlang,withintensivediscussionsfollowingeachsession.
DistinguishedLectures
TheInstitutewasprivilegedtohostthreeDistinguishedLecturesthisspring:
StarWarsvs.Seopyeonje:TheImagesofScienceandTechnologyinSouthKorea(March4,2014)Prof.KimDongWon,Presidentof
theD.KimFoundation for theHistoryofScienceandTechnology,drewa
largeaudiencewithhisprovocativelectureonthepopularimageofscienceandtechnologyinSouthKoreaanditslinktothecrisisinscienceandtechnologythatbeganinthelate1990s.
Clockwise:GroupphototakenatStPaulsChurchinMalacca;StatueofaSikhguardattheentranceofLeongSanTongKhooKongsiinPenang;OriginatorsoftheAdvancedSummerTrainingWorkshoponHistoricalAnthropologyProf.ChenChunsheng,Prof.DavidFaure,Prof.HelenSiuandProf.LiuZhiweiinSingapore;and,participantsatKuanYinTeng,oneoftheoldestChinesetemplesinPenang
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The Role of the ERC (European Research Council) in Funding
Research in the Humanities and Social
SciencesDomaininEurope(May20,2014)Duringahighlyinformativesession,Prof.AlainPeyraube,FoundingMemberoftheScientificCounciloftheEuropeanResearch
Council (ERC), generously shared with the audience the European
research funding landscape, ERC'sobjectivesandfundingcriteria.
NewNetworksofKnowledge:HowtoAchieveBenefitsfortheIndividualandSocietyatLarge(May21,2014)Prof.MilenaicFuchs,ChairoftheScientificReviewGroupfortheHumanitiesoftheEuropeanScienceFoundation,reflectedupon
the challenges tomultidisciplinaryor transdisciplinaryapproaches to
researchandways to
reappossiblesynergybetweenempiricalandorientationalknowledge.
Fromleft:Prof.KimDongWon,Prof.MilenaicFuchs,andProf.AlainPeyraube
PublicLectures
LifeinNorthKoreafromTwoPerspectives:forOrdinaryNorthKoreansandforExpatriatesWorkingThere(May7,2014)Based
on five years of experience as head of the Swiss Agency for
Development andCooperation in Pyongyang, Ms. Katharina Zellweger
(Stanford University) presented aninsightful lecture about life in
North Korea for ordinary North Koreans as well as
forexpatriates.
TheBodyAnatomicandtheBodyPoliticinModernChina(May26,2014)Dr.David
Luesink (UniversityofPittsburgh) ledan interestingdiscussionon the
changes inChineseperceptions andunderstandingof thehumanbody and
anatomyduring the
early20thcentury,demonstratingthatintellectualhistoryofmodernChinaisnotdetachablefromthehistoryofscienceandmedicine.
DepartmentalSeminarSeries
In April, the Departmental Seminar Series continuedwith Dr. Jun
Zhangs talk Driving towardModernity: TheMaking of Urban Middle
Class in the Age of Automobility in South China. Through looking at
automobileconsumption,Dr.ZhangexploredthemakingandmeaningofclassincontemporaryChina.
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Then, in June, itwasDr.MaxHirshspresentation NowEveryoneCan
Fly:Emerging Infrastructuresof LowCostAviation in the Contemporary
Southeast Asian City. Dr. Hirsh shared anecdotes from fieldwork
conducted inBangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and illustrated how
lowcost aviation networks reshaped both social
andspatialdynamicsofcontemporarySoutheastAsiancities.Healsousedairportdesignasameansto
investigatethedisconnectbetweenstatesandurbanplanners.
Fromleft:Dr.MaxHirshandDr.JunZhangdiscussingabouttheirrespectiveresearchduringthedepartmentalseminar
LunchtimeSeriesonInterdisciplinaryChinaStudiesThe spring session
of our Lunchtime Series concluded with four talks. First was The
Great Retreat and
ItsDiscontents:ReexaminingCulturalRevolutionMassPoliticsinSouthCentralChinagivenbyProf.WuYichengfromtheUniversityofTorontoinMarch.InApril,Prof.LorettaKimofHKBUHistorypresentedThePenisasMightyastheSword:
Documentary and Literary Views of Hailana, followed by Ride the
Wind with Mozarts
JupiterSymphony:Music,Aesthetics,andtheSublimeinChineseModernitybyDr.JoysHoiYanCheungofCUHKMusic.Dr.GonaloSantosattheInstitutewrappedupthesemesterwithDoflushtoiletshavepolitics?.
Toprow(fromleft):Prof.WuYichengandProf.LorettaKimBottomrow(fromleft):Dr.JoysHoiYanCheungandDr.GonaloSantos
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IfcolleagueshavenewstosharewiththeInstitute,[email protected]&FurtherInformation:Address:HongKongInstitutefortheHumanitiesandSocialSciences,Room101,MayHall,TheUniversityofHongKong,PokfulamRoad,HongKongTel:(852)39175011(General)/(852)39175772(PostgraduateStudies)Email:[email protected](General)/[email protected](PostgraduateStudies)Homepage:www.hkihss.hku.hk
PersonaliaSin WaiKin Distinguished Visiting Professor
intheHumanities
Prof.ZhangGuangda,DepartmentofHistory,NationalChengchiUniversity,November1622,2014.
Prof. Ronnie Hsia Pochia, Department of
History,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,JanuarytoApril2015.
Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow inHumanities
Professor David Derwei Wang, Department of
EastAsianLanguagesandCivilizations,HarvardUniversity,July2014toDecember2015.
VisitingProfessors
Prof. Francesca Bray, School of Social and PoliticalScience,
University of Edinburgh, November to midDecember2014.
InstitutesNewsDocumentingtheOralHistoryofOverseasChineseinCuba
SinceNovember2012,Dr.LouieKinShuen(HonoraryResearchAssociate)hasbeenrecordinganddocumentingtheoralhistoryofsurvivingoverseasChinesestilllivinginCubatoday.The20monthresearchprojectfundedbytheLeeHysanFoundation
concluded recently.And throughhis fieldwork invarious
locationsaroundCuba,Dr.
Louiehasbuiltupanarchivethatincludesinterviewtranscripts,photographs,aswellasvoiceandvideorecordings.
Dr.Louiehasinadditionproduceda157pagewrittenreportthatisavailableforviewingontheInstituteswebsite(www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/research_training/cuba/index.html).Plansareunderwaytomakethisvaluablerepositoryofinformationavailabletostudentsaswellasscholarlycommunityalike.AbookmanuscriptisalsotobepublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress,HongKongin2015.
Moreonourwebsite
OurwebsitespagesonResearchandTrainingnowoffermore
informationonournewresearchclusters,Science,Technology,andMedicine
inAsianSocieties,Hubs,MobilitiesandtheAsianUrban,andRethinkingSpiritualityand
Religion in Asia, as well as on our upcoming collaborative
projects. To visit, simply follow this
link:www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/research_training/overview/index.html
HonoraryAppointments
Prof. Ronnie Hsia Pochia, Department of
History,PennsylvaniaStateUniversityhasbeenappointedasan Honorary
Professor of the Institute with
effectfromSeptember2014.Prof.HsiawillalsobevisitingtheUniversityduringtheperiodbetweenJanuaryandMay2015.
StaffAppointments
Ms.EmilyLai,OfficeAttendant,fromAugust2014.
StaffDepartures
Ms. KwokMay Ling,OfficeAttendant andMs.MilinWong, Clerical
Assistant retired from the
InstitutefromJuly1,2014.Wewishthemgreatdaysahead
inthenextchapteroftheirlives.
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(Common) (1.0) ] /OtherNamespaces [ > /FormElements false
/GenerateStructure false /IncludeBookmarks false /IncludeHyperlinks
false /IncludeInteractive false /IncludeLayers false
/IncludeProfiles false /MultimediaHandling /UseObjectSettings
/Namespace [ (Adobe) (CreativeSuite) (2.0) ]
/PDFXOutputIntentProfileSelector /DocumentCMYK /PreserveEditing
true /UntaggedCMYKHandling /LeaveUntagged /UntaggedRGBHandling
/UseDocumentProfile /UseDocumentBleed false >> ]>>
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