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Professor Zhang Guangda to speak in “Frontier and Ethnicity” public forum

15 Nov 2014

 

The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will present the “Frontier and Ethnicity” public forum on November 18 (Tuesday) and “The Contributions of Émmanuel-Édouard Chavannes towards Chinese Traditional Historiography and the Transformation of European Sinology” public lecture on November 19 (Wednesday). Professor Zhang Guangda, HKU Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities, and Chair Professor of National Chengchi University, Taipei, will be the main speaker. Professor Zhang, a renowned historian, will be engaged in a dialogue to share his views with staff and students on November 20 (Thursday).

In the forum “Frontier and Ethnicity”, the speakers will discuss the deeply seated complexities in the nexus between frontier and ethnicity. In the public lecture, Professor Zhang will discuss the contributions of Émmanuel-Édouard Chavannes, whose greatest contribution was essentially the establishment of a positivist paradigm within Sinology. He had transformed the discipline more effectively than his contemporaries and led Sinology on the path of modern science.

Details of the events:

“Frontier and Ethnicity” Public Forum
Date: November 18, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, HKU
Language: Putonghua
Registration: www.hkihss.hku.hk/zgdforum

Speakers:

• Prof. Zhang Guangda, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, HKU; Chair Professor, National Chengchi University; Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 
• Prof. Wang Ming-ke, Academician and Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
• Prof. Ding Yizhuang, Research Fellow, Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 
• Prof. Rong Xinjiang, Professor, History Department; Director, Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History, Peking University; Chang Jiang Distinguished Professor, Ministry of Education
• Prof. Helen Siu, Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKU; Professor of Anthropology, Yale University 

“The Contributions of Émmanuel-Édouard Chavannes towards Chinese Traditional Historiography and the Transformation of European Sinology” Public Lecture
Date: November 19, 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU
Language: Putonghua
Registration: www.hkihss.hku.hk/zgdlecture

Dialogue with Professor Zhang Guangde
Date: November 20, 2014 (Thursday)
Time: 2pm
Venue: Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, HKU
Registration: www.hkihss.hku.hk/zgdrpg

For arrangement of interviews with Professor Zhang and other enquiries, please contact: Ms. Hilson Ng (Tel: (852) 3917 5011 Email: ihss@hku.hk).