香港理工大學中國歷史及文化學系

Department of Chinese History and Culture, Faculty of Humanities, PolyU HK The Department of Chinese Culture was established in September 2008.

Its mission is to impart to students the knowledge about the culture of China to help them broaden their intellectual horizon, and reach an integrated understanding of the relationship between self and society, so that they can develop foundations for their future career, improve the quality of their life and become a responsible national and world citizen in this age of globalisation. The Departm

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24/07/2024

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2024年7月8日至12日,清華大學日新書院成功舉辦了第二屆清華大學-香港理工大學-澳門大學本科學術交流營。7月9日上午,交流營開幕式在主樓接待廳舉行,人文學院黨委書記馬銀琴,清華大學副校長楊斌、香港理工大學校董會主席林大輝、澳門大學人文學院院長徐傑,日新書院院長王中忱、副院長顧濤,書院管理中心主任蘇芃等出席。馬銀琴、徐傑、香港理工大學教授韓琦分別作了三場主題演講。7月9日下午起,三校學子分組在三個會場同時開展學術研討會。在研討交流期間,清華大學歷史系副教授董士偉為全體師生做了「長城:以北京為中心」的講座,三校師生前往八達嶺古長城、天安門、頤和園、圓明園等地進行實地研學。7月12日,本次學術交流營圓滿落幕。

09/07/2024

香港理工大學(理大)兩項研究,致力於深入探索人類歷史和個人發展,獲研究資助局的人文學及社會科學傑出學者計劃撥款支持。

這兩個獲資助項目展示了理大在與人類福祉相關的當代和歷史背景研究方面的影響力。由理大中國歷史及文化學系副教授徐啟軒博士帶領的項目,題為「跨越冷戰藩籬:『新中國』與解殖中的大英帝國」,獲得港幣$214,509資助。另一項由理大應用社會科學系副教授陸慧菁博士帶領的項目,題為「環境嚴酷性和不可預測性對個體發展的影響:綜述及元分析」,獲得港幣$305,000的撥款。

徐博士的項目旨在探究1950年代的新中國,在亞洲知名社會活躍分子眼中的形象,提供第二次世界大戰後全球批評帝國主義政治、經濟和文化不平等的思想資源。該研究將利用來自香港、北京、新加坡、印度新德里、英國肯特和倫敦等地區的已發表和檔案資料,追溯中國在與資本主義陣營國家的不密切外交關係中,如何在亞洲建立重要地位。

陸博士的項目旨在重新評估現時研究對環境嚴酷性和不可預測性的定義,探索更適切的測量這兩種環境因素的方法,從而加深公衆對童年環境如何影響個體發展的理解。該研究將針對特定環境因素為制定干預措施和相關政策提供見解,更深遠地為兒童和青少年建設更美好的成長軌跡。

人文學及社會科學傑出學者計劃於2012/13年度成立,旨在為擁有優良研究成果紀錄的人文學和社會科學學科的資深研究員,獲資助項目最長為期12個月。

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我系徐暢同學於2024年港澳和內地高校大學生中華經典誦讀交流展演獲獎
「港澳和內地高校大學生中華經典誦讀交流展演」作為教育部「港澳與內地大中小學師生交流計劃大學生項目」,自2021年起由江蘇師範大學、香港理工大學、和澳門大學聯合舉辦。活動旨在讓港澳和內地更多的青年大學生感受中華文化的魅力,領略其內涵和博大精深,通過誦讀經典,大家可以借鑒先賢的思想和智慧,提升自己的口才與表達能力,加強心智與情感的升華。
「2024年港澳和內地高校大學生中華經典誦讀交流展演」於6月14日在江蘇徐州舉行。活動前期已收到來自內地、香港、澳門三地超過350部參賽作品。經專家初審後,其中19所院校的30部作品入選交流展演。本次決賽共有六個獎項,分別為最佳誦讀作品獎 Best Recitation Work Award時代新風獎 New Trend in New Era Award星火芳華獎 Sparkling Youth Award青年風采獎 Youth of Elegant Demeanor Award最佳視覺表現獎 Best Visual Presentation Award及古韻華彩獎 Colorful Presentation of Classics Award。其中我系學生徐暢憑借朗誦作品《月光下的中國》榮獲最高獎項——「最佳誦讀作品獎」。

28/06/2024

政治承諾與工廠的現實:毛時代早期中國安全生產制度的困境

在二十世紀五六十年代,中國的廠礦企業頻繁發生事故,傷亡率居高不下。多數既往研究認爲,這一現象主要是因爲在黨大力推動工業發展的時期(如一五時期和大躍進),企業爲了達到生產指標而嚴重忽視了安全,同時中國的工會缺乏實際的權力去監管安全政策的實施。本報告通過分析中共的安全生產制度,提出了一種新的解釋。中共在1950年「宜洛礦難」之後,提出了一套以群眾爲基礎的安全生產制度,目的是消除廠礦安全隱患並降低事故率,滿足對工人階級的政治承諾,並進行對資本家的階級鬥爭。因此,在事故發生後,勞動部門通常採取免除工人事故責任的原則,常將責任推給企業領導,這種做法不能有效預防事故的發生。此外,黨的安全教育政策也存在缺陷,因其容易將一些工人,特別是老工人浪漫化爲具有高度安全意識的先進工人階級,將他們視爲新工人在安全生產方面的導師,卻忽視了這些老工人實際上可能更容易發生事故的現實。此外,中國新老工人之間的代溝也阻礙了安全知識和實踐的傳播。

Speaker: 張瑞博士, Douglas College
Date and time: 5/7/2024, 16:30-18:00
Venue: HJ619 and Zoom
Language: Putonghua

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沈麗博士獲頒文物館館友會基金
沈麗博士,在香港中文大學取得博士學位後,現為香港理工大學中國歷史及文化系博士後。專攻中國藝術史、漢藏互動、佛教藝術和歷史語文學。近日,沈麗博士榮獲香港中文大學文物館館友會頒發的The Madeleine Tang Friends Research and Education Fund Award,並代表全體得獎生致謝辭。她説「這些基金不僅能幫助更專註地完成論文,亦能幫助我開拓工作機遇。」

文物館館友會成立於 1981年,旨在通過各類型文化活動,積極推廣中國藝術及文化。多年來,館友會致力支持中大文化及藝術發展,並提供獎學金以嘉獎表現優秀的藝術系同學。

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我系副教授潘律博士日本访学回顾
2024年4、5月份,我系副教授、本科课程主任潘律博士在东京艺术大学毛利嘉孝教授任教的东京艺术大学大学院国際艺术创造研究科/艺术生产专业学系渡过了为期两个月的学术假期。访学期间,潘博士在专注于自身的研究之余,还举行了公开讲座以及放映会等活动。她与位于东京、京都两所艺术院校和北海道大学的老师、学生,以及日本各地的美术馆策展人、艺术家等展开了会面与交流。
4月初,潘博士首先在东京艺术大学举行了名为“Space, Archive, Island : Methodology of Cultural Studies that ‘welcomes all”的讲座(图1)。讲座以文化研究为主线展开,潘博士展示了两个方面的研究成果:一是作为文化研究学者,如何利用一系列历史和当代文本以及相关的批判理论和概念来确定她的研究目标和方法;二是分享了自己的两个研究项目案例,即亚洲艺术档案馆和她与海南岛相关的研究。4月下旬,应日本艺术家荒木悠邀请,潘博士在京都艺术大学给“全球艺术研讨班”的同学们进行了一场关于研究和创作方法的讲座,并放映了她与荒木悠共同执导的作品《倒错的编年史:出入亚洲之旅》(2021)。(图2)
随后,潘律博士前往北海道大学高等研究中心。与负责旅游高等研究中心主任山村高淑和渠蒙教授进行了相关的讨论,为双方今后深化交流、开拓视野打下了基础。(图3)
5月底,潘博士返回东京,在东京艺术大学大学院国际芸术创造研究科和ASAKUSA艺术空间举办了两场名为“(非)连接感:日本与当代亚洲艺术与电影”电影放映会活动。此次活动旨在展现当代亚洲艺术家、电影艺术家的作品与日本的过去及现在之间的微妙联系。
在两场放映会上,日本的观众有机会看到来自中国大陆、香港、台湾和新加坡的活动影像艺术、散文电影、实验电影、虚构短片,以及由日本艺术家共同制作的的作品。这些作品来自于许家维、李继忠、潘律、荒木悠、张子木、何锐安、张曜元、杨宇烨、池添俊、廖沛毅等一众艺术家。通过这些作品,让观众得以窥见社会身份、历史纠葛、现代观念以及日本与邻边国家、地区之间既紧密又疏远的共同主题。(图4-5)
电影放映会分为5月19、26号两场,每场都座无虚席。在后台评论区中,可以看到不少观众的留言:“展映电影精彩绝伦”,“放映与问答环节都设计的很好,收获颇丰”,“问答环节太快结束,还有很多想分享和表达”等等。(图6-7)

13/06/2024

「秦漢歷史與出土簡牘」工作坊

日期:2024年6月22日
地點:香港理工大學N101
語言:普通話
簡介:
本次工作坊聚集十多位中國內地、香港、臺灣、日本、美國和德國的學者,就秦漢歷史與出土簡牘的各種議題進行深入探討。探討問題包括秦漢法律制度以及基層小吏的角色和特點、簡牘時代的書寫、閱讀與文字載體、漢代官吏的升遷和轉任,以及西北、兩湖與重慶等地不同類型遺址的出土簡牘。工作坊將於線上及線下同步進行,有意參加者請預先登記。
與會學者(以姓氏筆劃為序):
柿沼陽平(日本早稲田大学)
唐俊峰(德國海德堡大學)
孫聞博(中國人民大學)
馬增榮(香港理工大學)
高震寰(中央研究院歷史語言研究所)
莊卓燐(日本学習院大学)
郭偉濤(清華大學)
温玉冰(美國布朗大學)
蔡亮(美國聖母諾特丹大學)
魯家亮(武漢大學)
黎明釗(香港中文大學)

12/06/2024

講題:數位視野下文學情境的虛擬呈現
Date:25 June 2024(Tuesday)
Time:18:30-20:00
Venue: N003
Mode: Hybrid(face to face/ZOOM)

印刷術的發明,促進了文獻的流通及知識的傳遞;而數位科技的進步,不僅改變了文獻形態,更直接影響閱讀習慣與教學模式。傳統經典因其用語之古奧,往往使人產生理解上的困難。如何將經典知識順利轉化,令讀者易於連類推想,是吾人必須思索的重要課題。本次講座將從《詩經》文圖關係的探討,到臺灣故宮博物院「筆墨行旅」新媒體藝術的互動,和大家共同思考在數位時代下,如何運用生成式AI更加生動形象地展現文學作品中的情境,並為文本閱讀帶來新的趣味性。

黃智明,元智大學中國語文學系助理教授。元智大學110學年度教師輔導暨服務傑出獎、106 學年度人文類教學傑出獎、104學年度教師輔導暨服務傑出獎、104 學年度教學卓越「創新教學」佳作獎、教育部資訊及科技教育司102學年度第一學期「現代公民核心能力課程計劃」績優計畫。專研詩經學、圖書文獻學。點校有《胡培翬集》、《朱鶴齡集》,編輯有《通志堂經解研究論集》。

05/06/2024

RCCHC「科技、社会与文化」讲座系列 #12 –
人之彼岸的噩梦

日期:2024年6月19日(周三)
时间:16:30 - 18:00
讲者:王斑 教授
斯坦福大学William Haas中国研究讲座教授
地点:理大校园 HJ203 和 Zoom
语言:普通话
讲座详情:https://polyu.hk/ZSXki

31/05/2024

RCCHC "China and the World: Historical Interactions" Talk Series #9 –
Shakespeare in/and Shanghai

Date and Time: 14 June 2024 (Fri), 4:00-5:30pm HKT
14 June 2024 (Fri), 9:00-10:30am BST
Speaker: Dr Anandi Rao
Assistant Professor of South Asian Studies
SOAS, University of London
Venue: P309, PolyU and online via Zoom
Language: English
Event Details: https://polyu.hk/tBJqq

Abstract of the talk:
Based on a chapter I am writing for an edited volume on Women and Shakespeare, this talk brings together a reading of Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights, a novelized adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai, with my experiences as a theatregoer and Shakespeare scholar in 2020s Shanghai. I do this to bring the dynamisms of Shanghai and Shakespeare in conversation with one another. In the first part of the talk, I will focus on the novel, concentrating on its Shanghai-ness and relating it to Shanghai noir. Building on Vanessa Corredera’s arguments I use a postcolonial feminist lens to highlight that Shanghai and Shakespeare are two sides of the same coin. In the second part of the talk, I will focus on my experiences of the immersive Macbeth adaptation Sleep No More, that I went to twice in Shanghai, as well as the exhibition “More on Sleep No More” that commemorated five years of Sleep No More in Shanghai. I combine these two lines of thought to bring together a narrative of Chloe Gong as a woman writing Shakespeare in Shanghai, but also of myself as a woman-identifying scholar, reader, and theatregoer experiencing and writing Shakespeare in Shanghai. While the growing field of Asian Shakespeare studies has focused a lot on performance and translation traditions, this project adds to the field by focusing on feminist auto-ethnography alongside an adaptation in an Asian context.

Speaker’s Short Bio:
Dr Anandi Rao is a lecturer (assistant professor) in South Asian Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her work lies at the intersection of postcolonial studies, gender and sexuality studies, translation studies and Shakespeare studies. Her work has been published in Shakespeare Bulletin, Studies in South Asian Film and Media and South Asian Review. Prior to SOAS, she was a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Shanghai.

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報名參與「清華大學—澳門大學—香港理工大學 三校學術交流營」
日期:2024年7月8日至12日

地點:北京清華大學

費用:HKD1000(包括機票、住宿、基本三餐、旅遊保險)

名額:20人

合資格申請者:香港理工大學全日制本科生(本地生優先)

截止報名日期:2024年6月3日(週一)

隨團老師:韓琦教授、劉繼堯博士、趙詣博士

要求:獲確認參與的同學須根據以下「論文可選領域」,於交流營出發前提交一篇論文(Word 和 PDF 格式;中英文均可,並附摘要),字數不得少於3000字(不包括摘要),並於交流營期間作15分鐘匯報。

論文可選領域:

人類文明的交流互鑒

近代中國:思想、文化與歷史

傳統中國的新闡釋



請根據以下指示填妥報名表格,如有查詢可電郵至[email protected]

21/05/2024

GHKS @ UC Talk Cultural Activism in Hong Kong during the Cold War and the Fiery 70s

Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcOGqqT0uG9Qx5XkdcjYT2NRUmn18Etap
Time:
[Pacific Time] May 30, 2024 5pm
[Hong Kong Time] May 31, 2024 8am

About the Event
Lu Pan, editor of the book The 70's Biweekly: Social Activism and Alternative Cultural Production in 1970s Hong Kong (Hong Kong: HKU Press, 2023) and historian and author of Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War Po-Shek Fu will discuss the importance and impact of cultural activism in Hong Kong during the Cold War and the Fiery 70s.

The 70's Biweekly: Social Activism and Alternative Cultural Production in 1970s Hong Kong

Taking a highly unique independent magazine, The 70s Bi-weekly (《70 年代雙周刊》) as the main thread, this research investigates into an unexplored and largely forgotten story of Hong Kong’s cultural and art production after global student movements in 1968 as well as Hong Kong’s own 1967 riots. This publication represents the making of a dissent space by independent press and activist groups in Hong Kong to challenge the political and cultural dominance of British colonialism and imperialism, the mainstream leftism, and a Hong Kong culture forged largely by capitalistic consumerism and mass entertainment. First published in 1970, The 70s Biweekly stands out from many other independent magazines by its unique blending of the introduction of radical political theories, social activism, and avantgarde art, and local art and literature creations. The 70s crystallizes an important alternative cultural history of Hong Kong and its identity formation in the post-1968 years.

Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War
Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War is the first systematic study of the cultural Cold War in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a key battlefield in Asia’s cultural Cold War during the 1950s-1960s, functioning as a center of fierce competition between Communist China, Nationalist Taiwan, and the United States for the hearts and minds of Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia and around the globe. Central to their propaganda and psychological warfare were the Mandarin cinema and emigre-dominated print media. Drawings from untapped materials from multiple archives, contemporary sources, and numerous interviews with filmmakers, magazine editors, and student activists the book focuses on the Shaw Brothers studio, the US Asia Foundation-sponsored Asia Pictures, and the Chinese Student Weekly, an influential magazine that connected young readers across Asia into a transnational community of democratic yearning and imagined Chineseness.

About the Speakers

Pan Lu
Associate Professor Lu Pan
PAN Lu is Associate Professor at Department of Chinese History and Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Pan is author of three monographs: In-Visible Palimpsest: Memory, Space and Modernity in Berlin and Shanghai (Bern: Peter Lang, 2016), Aestheticizing Public Space: Street Visual Politics in East Asian Cities (Bristol: Intellect, 2015), and Image, Imagination and Imaginarium: Remapping World War II Monuments in Greater China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). She is chief editor of The 70's Biweekly: Social Activism and Alternative Cultural Production in 1970s Hong Kong (Hong Kong: HKU Press, 2023) and The (Im)possibilities of Art Archives: Theories and Experience in/from Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Besides her academic career, she is also an active filmmaker and curator.

Po-Shek Fu
Dr. Po-Shek Fu
Po-Shek Fu is a historian of film and popular culture. Born in Hong Kong, he received his BA from University of Toronto, spent several years in Shanghai at the beginning of the "Reforms and Open Up," before getting his Ph.D. from Stanford. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and Member of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study. His publications include Passivity, Resistance, and Collaboration: Intellectual Choices in Occupied Shanghai, 1937-1945 (Stanford UP, 1993), Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas (Stanford UP, 2003), China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema (U of Illinois Press, 2008), and, most recently, Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War (Oxford UP, 2023). He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

14/05/2024

「理大全港中國歷史論文比賽」以全港高中生為對象,旨在透過專題論文撰寫的研習形式,激發同學對中國歷史與文化不同領域、專題的深度認識與興趣,並讓同學在專家學者指導下體驗與別不同的學習方式,從認知、體驗、學習等方面全方位培養同學對中國歷史與文化的志趣與才識。同時也希望作為一個平台,供有志於中國歷史及文化的年青同學、教育工作者可以聚首一堂。去年的比賽反應熱烈,共三十多間中學數百名師生參與。
本年度比賽以「歷史上的中國與世界」為主題,涵蓋科技史、醫療史、環境史、海洋史、外交史、文化史等不同領域。為勉勵莘莘學子,更提高比賽獎金(冠軍隊伍HK$15,000、亞軍隊伍HK$10,000、季軍隊伍$7,500、殿軍隊伍$5,000),增設創見大獎(得獎隊伍可獲HK$2,000獎金),更多的詳情可參閱比賽專頁 https://events.polyu.edu.hk/secchist2024/home 或附件的海報與比賽章程 。比賽至六月底前接受報名,期間將由專家學者提供一系列工作坊指導。歡迎有興趣的師生透過比賽專頁報名參加5月25日的簡介會瞭解詳情。期待 貴校組織學生參與,共襄盛舉。

香港理工大學中國歷史及文化學系 Department of Chinese History and Culture, Faculty of Humanities, PolyU HK

09/05/2024

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Join us for the PolyU JUPAS Consultation Day on 18 May 2024 (Saturday) from 10am to 1pm. The Consultation Day, specifically designed for HKDSE students, is a one-stop event for attendees to navigate education at PolyU. Visit our consultation counters and join programme information seminars and guided tours, among other activities, to learn about our entrance requirements and plan your choices. Through a sharing panel of AR Seminar, our student ambassadors will share their own interview experience and offer helpful tips on how you can plan your studies at PolyU.

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Don't miss the chance to engage in meaningful conversations with representatives from our faculties, schools, and offices who are eager to discuss the diverse range of programmes and schemes PolyU offers, share valuable admission tips, and address any queries you may have, ensuring you are well-prepared and confident for your academic journey at PolyU.

26/04/2024

Beyond the Wager: Urban Macau through the Lens of Animal Welfare
Catherine S. Chan, Lingnan University

Abstract
As a popular tourist destination, the Macau story is often told through exhilarating stories of gambling, glitz, and glamour. When greyhound racing operated, for a few years in the 1930s and for almost six decades until 2018, Macau’s reputation as a gaming city swelled beyond its borders, though not consistently for positive reasons: competition between gambling options was stiff, the careers of greyhound racers were impacted by the overall gaming economy, and by the second half of the twentieth century, the welfare of the animals within the canidrome came under international scrutiny. Using the sluggishness of social, legal, and institutional developments in animal protection as a point of access, this study digs into issues submerged in the broader picture of a successful gambling city to reconsider the incessant relationship between Macau’s gambling economy and its modern environment and urban culture.

About Catherine
Catherine S. Chan received her PhD from the University of Bristol and is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the department of history, Lingnan University. Her research interests include transimperial networks, global diasporas, and colonial cities. She has published on Luso-Asians, heritage issues, and animal welfare in East and Southeast Asia and is the author of The Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong, A Century of Transimperial Drifting.

Date: 08 May 2024

Time: 10:30 - 12:00

Venue: 302&ZOOM

17/04/2024

Talk – Understanding by Doing: Theorems and Construction Problems in Chinese Translations of Euclid’s Elements

Date: 30 April 2024
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Speaker: Prof. Andrea Bréard
Chair for Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China (Alexander von Humboldt-Professor)
Department of Classical World and Asian Cultures
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Venue: CF303, PolyU
Language: English
Event Details: https://polyu.hk/MbHyO

Abstract of the talk:
In this talk I will analyze how deductive structure and modalities of proof were communicated through language by the translators of Euclid’s Elements into Chinese and framed in new and local conceptual terms. Far from being a literal translation of the original, the Chinese versions reflect how the co-translators, each with their own cultural and philosophical backgrounds, made sense of a canonical text. “Understanding by Doing” in the title of this contribution is not simply a pun to “learning by doing”. Neither Matteo Ricci nor Xu Guangxi was a professional translator and their Chinese Elements (1607) was the first translation of Western mathematical writings in a series to come. “Understanding by Doing” in the title also hints to Gadamer’s point “that the experience (Erfahrung) of meaning that takes place in understanding always includes application” even if “this whole process is verbal” (Gardemer, Truth and Method). Through a close reading and linguistic analysis of key propositions in the Elements and their Chinese translations, I shall question the relevance of the aspect of “application” in understanding: how to detangle this aspect of understanding a text in a foreign language from the constructivist and algorithmic formulation adopted in the stylistic code to translate the logical deduction of theorems and the construction of geometrical objects?

Speaker’s Short Bio:
Andrea Bréard was Professor for History of Science at the Université Paris-Saclay before being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt-Professorship in 2021. Since she holds the Chair for Sinology with a Focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), where she is also Vice-President for Education. Trained as a sinologist and mathematician, she works at the interface between mathematical sciences and sinology, with topics ranging from ancient China to the 21st century. Among her recent publications are a French annotated translation of Li Shanlan’s Duoji bilei 垛積比類 from 1867 (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2023) and her Nine Chapters on Mathematical Modernity: Essays on the Global Historical Entanglements of the Science of Numbers in China (Springer, 2019).

16/04/2024

Research Methods in the Study of Buddhist Art: Case Analyses on the Significance of “Viśvavajra” in the Caisson Ceilings of Dunhuang Mogao Caves

by Dr. SHEN, Li Shella
Time: 6-8 pm | 30 Apr 2024 (Tue)
Venue: CPD-2.58, 2/F, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Conducted in English | Free admission | All are welcome

About the speaker
Dr. SHEN, Li (Shella), is an art historian and Tibetologist currently serving as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chinese History and Culture in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her expertise lies in Chinese art history, Sino-Tibetan interactions, Buddhist Art, and Historical Philology. Shella obtained her B.A and M.Phil. degrees from the School of Chinese Classics in Renmin University of China, and her D.Phil. from the Department of Fine Arts in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. During her academic pursuits in RUC, she cultivated a deep fascination with Sino-Tibetan Buddhist texts and immersed herself in the study of multiple historical languages, including Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Manchu.

Lecture abstract
As one of the pivotal “crossroads of civilizations”, Dunhuang stands as a world-renowned county for its rich historical legacy and extraordinary grotto arts. This lecture introduces diverse approaches employed in Esoteric Buddhist art research, with a central focus on the significant sign “viśvavajra” found in the caisson ceilings of Mogao Caves. The speaker will skillfully guide the audience through an exploration of the distinctions between a sūtra-based image and a maṇḍala, delving into explanations regarding the significance of a “viśvavajra” sign in the caisson ceilings. This exploration will incorporate semiotic theory, field research and the research method of integrating text and image, with illustrative examples primarily drawn from cave 361 and cave 14. It is worth noting that most examples presented are derived from first-hand materials acquired by the speaker in Dunhuang, adding a unique and authentic dimension to the discourse.

Organizer
HKU Centre of Buddhist Studies

Sponsor
Tung Lin Kok Yuen

13/03/2024

中國文化與宗教傑出學者講座系列(2)

和諧共容——雲南的民族與宗教

講者:馬居裡教授
講座日期:3月18日(週一)
講座時間:12:30-14:00
講座平臺: ZOOM

講者簡介:
馬居里,雲南大學民族學與社會學學院教授,博士生導師。 就讀於西南民族學院歷史學和宗教學專業,獲史學學士和哲學碩士學位。 中國宗教學會理事,中國民族學/人類學研究會宗教人類學分委員會副主任委員,雲南省宗教學會副會長,雲南省委統戰部「宗教理論與政策研究雲南省社會科學院基地」。特聘研究員。 主要從事西南少數民族宗教文化研究、少數民族社區建設與能力提升研究。 近年來,出版專著4部,發表學術論文20餘篇,向政府相關部門提供並被採納研究諮詢報告4篇,主持和參與各級各類科研課題10餘項。

08/03/2024

𝐅𝐇 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Frontier Politics and Islamic Teachers Schools: The Selective Law Enforcement in Republican China, 1930s to 1940s
Speaker: Dr CHEN Bin, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Details and Registration: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/.../event/2024/3/fh_chc_20240312/

23/02/2024

中国文化与宗教杰出学者讲座系列(1)

中美建交决策的前因后果

讲者:牛大勇教授
讲座日期:2月29日(週四)
讲座时间:16:30-18:00
讲座地点:理大CF303 & ZOOM

讲者简介:
牛大勇,北京大学历史学系教授、博士。主要研究中国现代史和现代中国与美、英、日等大国关系史。在国内外学术期刊发表论文《英国对华政策与国民革命的危机》、《肯尼迪政府是怎样观察和对待中苏分歧的》等数十篇,出版著作《二十世纪中外互动史论》等十余部。现任北京大学——早稻田大学孔子学院中方院长,北京历史学会副会长。曾任北京大学研究生院常务副院长、北京大学历史学系主任、北京大学高等人文研究院常务副院长、教育部高等学校历史学科教学指导委员会副主任、国际高等教育组织“U21”经理等职。获国家级教学成果一等奖、二等奖、全国优秀社科类畅销书奖、政府特殊津贴等。

23/02/2024

RCCHC「科技、社會與文化」講座系列 #9:
雙妃奇緣:《紅樓夢》與大數據的二重奏

日期:2024年2月29日(週四)
時間:11:00 – 12:30
講者:黃一農 教授
新竹清華大學
特聘講座教授
地點:R407, 理大校園
語言:普通話

活動詳情:https://polyu.hk/zmOwe

講座摘要:
講者最近在利用大數據進行紅學研究時有重大發現,此因文獻中記載曹寅(曹雪芹祖父)的二女先後成為王妃:長女被指婚給平郡王納爾蘇,但次婿卻一直無人考出,現藉由多語種(漢、滿、蒙、藏)的文獻終於揭開此世紀之謎,發現最可能的人選乃後襲任青海親王的羅卜藏丹津,從而得知曹家及其親友們在中國西北疆域的奠定過程以及康熙皇子奪嫡的政治鬥爭當中,曾有非常深的介入,進而可對《紅樓夢》中如何鋪陳元春和探春的故事產生突破性的體悟。

講者簡介:
黃一農教授為美國哥倫比亞大學天文物理博士、新竹清華大學特聘講座教授,曾任人文社會學院院長。他的研究領域遍及科學史、中西文明交流史、明末清初史、術數史、軍事史、海洋探險史、紅學、避諱學與數位人文等。2006年他以自學的成果被選為中研院人文組院士。曾獲授荷蘭萊頓大學首屆「胡適漢學訪問講座教授」、香港大學及香港理工大學榮譽教授、北京清華大學長江學者講座教授、臺北藝術大學關渡講座教授、北京中國科學院名譽研究員、北京中國藝術研究院名譽高級研究員。代表專書有《兩頭蛇:明末清初的第一代天主教徒》《制天命而用:星占、術數與中國古代社會》《二重奏:紅學與清史的對話》《紅樓夢外:曹雪芹〈畫冊〉與〈廢藝齋集稿〉新證》《曹雪芹的家族印記》《紅夷大炮與明清戰爭》《清代避諱舉例:e考據的學術實踐》等。

23/02/2024

RCCHC「科技、社會與文化」講座系列 #9:
雙妃奇緣:《紅樓夢》與大數據的二重奏

日期:2024年2月29日(週四)
時間:11:00 – 12:30
講者:黃一農 教授
新竹清華大學
特聘講座教授
地點:R407, 理大校園
語言:普通話

活動詳情:https://polyu.hk/zmOwe

講座摘要:
講者最近在利用大數據進行紅學研究時有重大發現,此因文獻中記載曹寅(曹雪芹祖父)的二女先後成為王妃:長女被指婚給平郡王納爾蘇,但次婿卻一直無人考出,現藉由多語種(漢、滿、蒙、藏)的文獻終於揭開此世紀之謎,發現最可能的人選乃後襲任青海親王的羅卜藏丹津,從而得知曹家及其親友們在中國西北疆域的奠定過程以及康熙皇子奪嫡的政治鬥爭當中,曾有非常深的介入,進而可對《紅樓夢》中如何鋪陳元春和探春的故事產生突破性的體悟。

講者簡介:
黃一農教授為美國哥倫比亞大學天文物理博士、新竹清華大學特聘講座教授,曾任人文社會學院院長。他的研究領域遍及科學史、中西文明交流史、明末清初史、術數史、軍事史、海洋探險史、紅學、避諱學與數位人文等。2006年他以自學的成果被選為中研院人文組院士。曾獲授荷蘭萊頓大學首屆「胡適漢學訪問講座教授」、香港大學及香港理工大學榮譽教授、北京清華大學長江學者講座教授、臺北藝術大學關渡講座教授、北京中國科學院名譽研究員、北京中國藝術研究院名譽高級研究員。代表專書有《兩頭蛇:明末清初的第一代天主教徒》《制天命而用:星占、術數與中國古代社會》《二重奏:紅學與清史的對話》《紅樓夢外:曹雪芹〈畫冊〉與〈廢藝齋集稿〉新證》《曹雪芹的家族印記》《紅夷大炮與明清戰爭》《清代避諱舉例:e考據的學術實踐》等。

16/02/2024

中国历史文化研究中心专家学者讲论系列(1)

东山法门,尽在秀矣——为神秀的禅法辩诬


讲者:李明书博士
对谈人:王星逸博士
讲座日期:2月23日(周五)
讲座时间:16:30-18:00
讲座地点:理大DE401 & ZOOM

讲座概要:
本次演讲从神秀的思想出发,先介绍其禅法要旨,并通过神会「滑台辩法」对禅宗正统之争,拆解神秀被误解的原因,予以说明澄清。

神秀长期以来一直被视为与惠能持相对的立场,或作为陪衬而出现。其人物形象或禅法思想,常被认为是次一等的存在。例如「看心、看淨」的观点,被神会批评为「法门是渐」;其实此观点是承继自达摩以来的「观心」禅法,并秉承道信、弘忍的「东山法门」。从现存文本可发现,神秀禅法既直接把握根本的心性,也能展开多种多样的修行方法。

此外,正史并无后世所传争夺衣钵、下令追杀惠能等事件;神秀入京为帝师后多次举荐惠能,六祖虽未成行,也可看出二人之间是和睦的。有鉴于此,应给予公平、合理的态度,重新还原神秀面貌。

讲者简介:
李明书,中国台湾人,现任浙江大学哲学学院特聘研究员,台湾大学哲学系博士、博士后,研究方向为佛教哲学、儒家哲学与生命伦理学。现兼职《鹅湖月刊》常务编委、《思想与时代》编辑委员。曾于《哲学研究》、《哲学与文化》等期刊发表论文30余篇,出版《六祖惠能──禅源曹溪》、《神秀禅师──北宗禅之祖》等专著5本,执行国家社科基金后期资助项目1项。

对谈人简介:
王星逸博士是香港理工大学中国历史及文化学系的助理教授,她的研究兴趣是中国佛教、日本佛教、戒律学与寺庙生活、佛教伦理、净土信仰、唯识学、性别研究、佛教美术等。

15/02/2024

香港非遺與嶺南風物——《再現嶺南》新書發佈會

講者:羅樂然博士
主持:劉繼堯博士
講座日期:2月17日(週六)
講座時間:15:00-17:00
講座地點:香港尖沙咀漆咸道南100號香港歷史博物館地下演講廳
名額:80名

講座摘要
不少來自嶺南的傳統工藝、表演藝術,民間習俗,還是飲食文化,今天均已列入香港非物質文化遺產清單或代表作名錄,彰顯著香港的深厚地域文化底蘊。我們將會帶大家一同探索香港非物質文化遺產(非遺)的嶺南風物,揭開這個城市獨特而豐富的文化面紗

主講人簡介
羅樂然,南洋理工大學人文學院哲學博士、香港都會大學人文社會科學院助理教授兼文化及保育旅遊碩士課程主任。現時主要任教科目包括旅遊文化史、非物質文化遺產研究,以及亞洲視野下的保育原則等,個人研究興趣為批判/思辨遺產學以及近代東亞世界的文化互動,相關成果散見於大中華、韓國及英語世界等地的學術刊物。

主持人簡介
劉繼堯,香港浸會大學哲學博士,現為香港理工大學中國歷史及文化學系專任導師,主要任教科目包括中國尚武傳統、儒家與中國文化、中國武術傳統之塑造、民間信仰與數術方技等,個人研究興趣為中國武術史、中國近代思想史,目前關注梁啟超的《中國之武士道》。

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07/02/2024

RCCHC "China and the World: Historical Interactions" Talk Series #7 –
Rethinking China and the Cold War: The Kuomintang, the Philippine Chinese, and Diasporic Anticommunism in the Mid-20th Century

Date: 26 Feb 2024 (Mon)
Time: 16:30 – 18:00
Speaker: Dr KUNG Chien Wen
Assistant Professor of History
National University of Singapore
Venue: BC202, PolyU Campus
Language: English

Event Details: https://polyu.hk/glcMC

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02/02/2024

RCCHC "China and the World: Historical Interactions" Talk Series #6 –
Codes of Modernity: Chinese Scripts in the Global Information Age

Date: 23 Feb 2024 (Fri)
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Speaker: Dr Uluğ Kuzuoğlu
Assistant Professor of History
Washington University in St. Louis
Mode: Online via Zoom
Language: English

Event Details: https://polyu.hk/yHNxB

Abstract of the talk:
In the late nineteenth century, Chinese reformers and revolutionaries believed that there was something fundamentally wrong with the Chinese writing system. The Chinese characters, they argued, were too cumbersome to learn, blocking the channels of communication, obstructing mass literacy, and impeding scientific progress. What had sustained a civilization for more than two millennia was suddenly recast as the root cause of an ongoing cultural su***de. China needed a new script to survive in the modern world.
Codes of Modernity explores the global history of Chinese script reforms—efforts to alphabetize or simplify the writing system—from the 1890s to the 1980s. Examining the material conditions and political economy underlying attempts to modernize scripts, Uluğ Kuzuoğlu argues that these reforms were at the forefront of an emergent information age. Faced with new communications technologies and infrastructures as well as industrial, educational, and bureaucratic pressures for information management, reformers engineered scripts as tools to increase labor efficiency and create alternate political futures.
Kuzuoğlu considers dozens of proposed scripts, including phonetic alphabets, syllabaries, character simplification schemes, latinization, and pinyin. Situating them in a transnational framework, he stretches the geographical boundaries of Chinese script reforms to include American behavioral psychologists, Soviet revolutionaries, and Central Asian typographers, who were all devising new scripts in pursuit of informational efficiency. Codes of Modernity brings these experiments together to offer new ways to understand scripts and rethink the shared experiences of a global information age.

Speaker’s Short Bio:
Dr. Kuzuoğlu is an Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis. He works at the intersection of science and technology studies and media studies to explore the social and political history of information technologies in China and the world. His first monograph, Codes of Modernity: Chinese Scripts in the Global Information Age (New York: Columbia University Press, 2023), examines the political economy of information in China through a history of Chinese script reforms––the effort to alphabetize and simplify the writing system––from the 1890s to the 1980s.

02/02/2024

【新書推薦】《從天書時代到古文運動:北宋前期的政治過程》

張維玲博士,畢業於台灣大學歷史系,曾在哈佛大學東亞系、費正清中心擔任訪問學者。目前擔任香港理工大學中國歷史及文化學系的助理教授。張博士的專長領域為宋代政治文化史以及晚唐至明初的地方社會史,特別關注福建莆陽地區的個案研究。她目前的研究項目,不僅與「南宋士人地方轉向」進行對話,還旨在為「宋元明轉折」課題做出貢獻。

張博士的著作《從天書時代到古文運動:北宋前期的政治過程》以繁體字版本出版後,引起了廣泛關注,並收到多家出版社發出的簡體字版出版邀請。鑑於上海古籍出版社在宋代古文運動領域的高度專業性,張博士最終決定選擇其出版簡體字版。這本書不僅有學術價值,還適合廣大讀者閱讀。書中通過梳理北宋前期的政治過程,分析宋代古文運動的歷史脈絡,從而為讀者展示了天書運動,以及人們較少關注的方面。

全書分為上下兩篇。上篇探討1008至1033年的「天書時代」,分析宋真宗與徐鉉後學如何將漢唐經學、讖綸學融合。下篇則聚焦宋仁宗朝的古文運動,探討其如何在批判「天書時代」的政治文化中誕生。書中指出,天書時代是趙宋君臣對漢唐君主「太平」想像的總結性重組,而其在宋仁宗朝的破產,則意味著士大夫群體對漢唐儒學政治理念的反省甚至放棄。

在自序中,張博士提到,這本書反思了兩個傳統的典範敘事:一是解釋宋真宗朝天書封禪事件的「城下之盟」故事;二是解釋北宋前期古文運動的三階段框架。這兩個敘事並非當代學者的發明,而是在北宋仁宗時便形成。

書中還提到,宋真宗時代的天書、封禪、西祀等作為,並非創新,而是基於漢唐儒家經典的詮釋和對太平盛世的期待。而緊隨其後的古文運動,是真、仁之際,不同士大夫群體對天書時代的反省與批判。「因此,他們批評的也就不僅是針對真宗的天書時代,同時也是對漢唐經典詮釋與政治文化的深刻批判與反省。這些士大夫群體,不僅包含范仲淹及其政治支持者,也包含他們的政敵。拙著之所以給後者較多的關注,是因為他們在仁宗統治前期的重要性,不在范仲淹與歐陽修等人之下。」

張維玲從2016年開始從事地方史的研究,以福建莆陽(介於福州與泉州之間)為研究區域,這是一個誕生了蔡襄、蔡京的地方。目前在《新史學》、《漢學研究》、Journal of Song Yuan Studies等期刊發表了若干篇論文,未來希望能寫成一本英文專書。探究的課題包括地方學術與理學的關係、地方政府與地方士人、地方社會的關係,以及中央政府與地方士人的長期互動。

感謝您對張維玲博士新書《從天書時代到古文運動:北宋前期的政治過程》的關注。本書現已在博客來等網站上架,歡迎選購。

03/01/2024

2024年3月23日至3月24日,香港理工大學中國歷史及文化學系將與臺灣元智⼤學(YZU)中國語文學系共同舉辦中華文化論壇。期待藉由此次學術交流,使兩校師⽣以文會友、互相激勵、共同進步。
本次論壇建議以如下方式進行:

研究生論文分享與競賽(3月23日):兩系研究⽣分別發表論文,並相互評論,提升彼此研究的質量與學術眼界。會中亦將評選出優秀論文若⼲篇,頒發獎項,以資嘉勉。
教師學術交流:兩系教師以論文報告的形式,分享各⾃最新的研究或教學成果,加深彼此的認識,互為借鑒。
香港歷史文化考察(3月24日):由PolyU同學帶領YZU同學們考察香港重要的歷史文化地標,體驗香港風俗,並進⾏簡單的⼼得分享。使同學們在正式的學術交流之外,能在⽇常⽣活中更加認識彼此,並瞭解香港的歷史文化。

是次論壇為研究生學術會議,歡迎本系PhD、MPhil和MA研究⽣積極參與投稿。會議組委會將從所有投稿中挑選八⾄十篇論文,並邀請獲選論文作者參與論壇。有意參與論壇的同學,請於2024年3⽉8⽇或之前把論文郵⾄[email protected]。郵件主題請標明:“2024中華文化論壇報名”。

論文具體要求:
1. 2024年3月8日或之前提交論文報名,郵件主題請標明:“2024中華文化論壇報名”。
2. 論文語言可以是中文或英文。
3. 字數8,000-15,000(含注釋)。
4. 論文題目:需與中國文、史、哲、宗教、藝術有關(中外比較亦可)。
5. 參賽論文須符合學術論文之寫作規範,若有違學術倫理,將喪失參賽資格。
6. 本系將在徵稿截止一周后,發佈本系參會者名單。

優秀論文獎項,獲獎者將得獎狀與獎品:
1. 一等獎,獨家訂製紀念品及獎狀一張。
2. 二等獎,特色紀念品及獎狀一張。
3. 三等獎,紀念品及獎狀一張。

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