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25 Nov 2013

CUHK Presents the 5th Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History by Prof. Luo ZhitianOpen to the Public

25 Nov 2013
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To enhance academic and cultural exchange, and to promote the study of history, Chung Chi College and New Asia College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have jointly organized the ‘Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History’ since 2007. This year, Prof. Luo Zhitian from the Department of History, Peking University; School of History and Culture, Sichuan University has been invited to deliver the following two public lectures.  Both lectures will be conducted in Putonghua. Members of the public are welcome with details as follows: 

First Lecture

Topic:

A Different Modern China: Rethinking the Greatest Cataclysm in the Last Five Thousand Years

Date:

Saturday, 30 November 2013

Time:

3:00 – 5:00pm

Venue:

Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History, 100 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Moderator:

Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Head of Chung Chi College and Dean of Arts, CUHK

(No reservations for this lecture.)

Second Lecture

Topic:

From Reform to Revolution: Rethinking the Last Ten Years of the Qing Dynasty

Date:

Tuesday, 3 December, 2013

Time:

4:30 – 6:30pm

Venue:

Cho Yiu Hall, G/F, University Administration Building, CUHK

Moderator:

Prof. Yip Hon-ming, Chair and Professor, Department of History, CUHK

(For reservation please email to kelvin@cuhk.edu.hk. Reserved seats would be released 5 minutes before the lecture.)