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Recapping the CUHK Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions on 21 October 2023

CUHK held its Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions on 21 October 2023. The Department of History held an exhibition booth on the G/F of Esther Lee Building. Four academic counselling sessions and two chat room sessions were provided. The occasion offered a great opportunity for secondary students, teachers, and parents to understand more about CUHK and the Department, as well as to obtain the latest information on the Department’s BA programme such as admission criteria, curriculum, learning experience, and university life. The entire floor was filled with participants eagerly seeking information.

 


Upcoming Events

World History Seminar (2023-24)

1 November 2023 (Wednesday)
Company Politics: Commerce, Scandal, and French Visions of Indian Empire in the Revolutionary Era
Date: 1 November 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Venue: Conducted online via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 990 8868 4183)
Topic: Company Politics: Commerce, Scandal, and French Visions of Indian Empire in the Revolutionary Era
Speaker: Prof. Elizabeth CROSS
Department of History, Georgetown University
Language: English
8 November 2023 (Wednesday)
Chess and Skin Colour in the Global Middle Ages
Date: 8 November 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm
Venue: Conducted online via ZOOM (Meeting ID: 990 8868 4183)
Topic: Chess and Skin Colour in the Global Middle Ages
Speaker: Dr. Krisztina ILKO
University of Cambridge
Language: English

Organisers: Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, CUHK
Enquiry: 3943 8541

 


 

Interdisciplinary Reading Group on Changsha Wuyi Square Documents

Thanks for the generous sponsorship from the Research Institute for the Humanities at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a group of doctoral and master’s students from the Departments of History, and Chinese Language and Literature have formed the “Interdisciplinary Reading Group on Changsha Wuyi Square Documents”. They will organise a series of reading sessions throughout the 2023-24 academic year. Each session will invite scholars from around the world who are engaged in the study of excavated documents to share their research insights, aiming to broaden the research perspectives of the reading group members. The details of upcoming session are as follows:

1 November 2023 (Wednesday)
The Governance of Districts during the Eastern Han Dynasty: Evidence from the Wuyi Square Manuscripts
Date: 1 November 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Venue: Room 401, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK (YIA 401)
Topic: The Governance of Districts during the Eastern Han Dynasty: Evidence from the Wuyi Square Manuscripts
Speaker: Dr. TONG Chun Fung
Postdoctoral Researcher, Heidelberg University
Language: Putonghua & Cantonese

For any inquiries, please contact the organisers, Mr. CHAN Wai (wchan@link.cuhk.edu.hk) or Mr. HO Kwok Shing (hokwokshing@link.cuhk.edu.hk).
For more information on the reading group and its schedule, please visit http://bit.ly/44D1TXM.

 


 

Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History 2023/24

To enhance academic and cultural exchange, Chung Chi College, New Asia College and the Department of History of the University joined hands in 2007 to establish the “Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History”. This year, Professor Michael PUETT, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University, has been invited as the guest speaker of the following two public lectures:

2 November 2023 (Thursday)
First Lecture
Comparative Approaches to the Study of Chinese Intellectual History: Reflections on the Work of Yu Ying-shih
Date: 2 November 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 4:00pm
Venue: Cho Yiu Hall, G/F, University Administration Building, CUHK
Topic: Comparative Approaches to the Study of Chinese Intellectual History: Reflections on the Work of Yu Ying-shih
Moderator: Prof. CHEUNG Hiu Yu
Department of History, CUHK
5 November 2023 (Sunday)
Second Lecture
Culture and History: Yu Ying-shih, Weber, and Approaches to Comparative History
Date: 5 November 2023 (Sunday)
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History
Topic: Culture and History: Yu Ying-shih, Weber, and Approaches to Comparative History
Moderator: Prof. PUK Wing Kin
Department of History, CUHK

All lectures will be conducted in English. Participation in person or online via ZOOM is welcome.
For registration, please complete the online registration form.
For enquiries, please call at 3943 1585.

 


Further Study Sharing Session 2023-24

10 November 2023 (Friday)
Date: 10 November 2023 (Friday)
Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm
Venue: Room 220, 2/F, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. HE Xi
Language: Putonghua
Enquiry: 3943 8659

 


 

Online Information Seminar for the M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History cum Academic Talk

11 November 2023 (Saturday)
從生活的小品到社會經濟史
Date: 11 November 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00am-10:30am – Information Seminar
10:30am-11:45am – Academic Talk
Venue: Conducted online via ZOOM/Voov Meeting
Speaker: Prof. David FAURE
Topic: 從生活的小品到社會經濟史
Language: Putonghua

Please click here for online registration.
For enquiries, please call at 3943 8659.

 


 

CUHK History Day 2023

11 November 2023 (Saturday)
Date: 11 November 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00am-12:00nn
Venue: G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Language: Cantonese

Please click here for details and online registration.
For enquiries, please call at 3943 5488.

 


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.

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