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Call for Applications – M.Phil. & Ph.D. Programmes

The Department of History invites applications for its M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes for the 2025-26 intake.

Application Deadlines
Main Round: 1 December 2024
Clearing Round: 31 December 2024

For further information on the admission requirements and application procedures, click on the programme profiles listed below.

M.Phil. Programme in History
Ph.D. Programme in History

 


Academic Activities

Recapping the “Graduate Seminar on Historiography” on 21 September 2024

On 21 September 2024, Dr. CHUNG Yan Hon Michael from the Department of History, Emory University and Dr. WANG Yongxi from the Department of Chinese Literature, Hong Kong Chu Hai College, were invited to deliver lectures on their learning and research experiences to the students of Graduate Seminar on Historiography.

Dr. CHUNG shared with students his experiences of developing an interest and conducting research in the field of military history, presented methods of learning Manchu and utilizing databases to organize materials. Dr. WANG reviewed his learning experience and shared insights from his fieldwork in the Guanzhong Plain. He also provided suggestions to students on conducting fieldwork, searching inscriptions, collecting archival materials and writing theses.

During the Q&A session, the speakers responded to students’ questions about methods of understanding regional societies and skills of interpreting military archival materials. The lectures ended with a lively discussion.

 


Upcoming Events

Chiu Chin Yin Visiting Scholar Lecture: Public Lectures by Prof. Huang Ko-Wu

Prof. HUANG Ko-Wu, Distinguished Research Fellow of Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, has been invited by the Department to serve as the 14th Chiu Chin Yin Visiting Scholar and give the following public lectures:

2 October 2024 (Wednesday)
Second Lecture
歷史的真實與虛無 (二):中外學界有關「晚清中國」的討論
Date: 2 October 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30pm-6:00pm
Venue: LT 6, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK (YIA LT6)
4 October 2024 (Friday)
Third Lecture
1950-60年代港台自由主義興衰:以《自由人》與《自由中國》為例
Date: 4 October 2024 (Friday)
Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm
Venue: LT 4, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK (LSK LT4)

All lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. All are welcome.
For enquiries, please call 3943 8541.

Organisers: Department of History, CUHK; Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
Sponsor: Chiu Chin Yin Fund

 


World History Seminar (2024-25)

8 October 2024 (Tuesday)
The King’s High Court: The Early Parliaments of Henry VIII, 1510–1523
Date: 8 October 2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm
Venue: Conducted online via ZOOM (Webinar ID: 982 9976 4121)
Topic: The King’s High Court: The Early Parliaments of Henry VIII, 1510–1523
Speaker: Prof. Jonathon MCGOVERN
College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University
Language: English

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

 


 

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