The Center launches its inaugural Global China Humanities Lecture Series in February 2021. We invite internationally renowned scholars and young, first-book authors to discuss their latest works on topics ranging from Cold War history, diaspora studies, global medicine to literature.
香港科技大學全球中國中心舉辦全新的人文講座系列。我們邀請國際知名的學者、剛推出首本著作的年青學人來探討冷戰史、離散研究、全球醫療史、文學史等等課題。
每次講座先由講者演講50-60分鐘，隨後有30分鐘的問答時間。講座免費，公眾人士均可報名參與，惟必須先報名。講座將以中文或英文進行。
Each online lecture will begin with a 50 to 60-minute presentation, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. The series is free and open to the public. Participants must register before each event. Seminars are conducted in either English or Chinese.
Maoism: A Global History
Prof. Julia Lovell 藍詩玲教授 (Birkbeck, University of London)
10th February 2021 (Wed) 19:00 (HK), 11:00 (London)
Language: English
毛澤東宣佈「一邊倒」：建國前後中共與美、蘇關係的變化
Prof. Shen Zhihua 沈志華教授 (華東師範大學歷史系)
日期：17th February 2021 (Wed) 19:00 (HK)
Language 語言: Chinese 中文
Global Medicine in Chinese East Asia, 1937-1970
Prof. Wayne Soon 孫世倫教授 (Vassar College)
27th February 2021 (Sat) 9:00 (HK), 26th February 2021 (Fri) 20:00 (EST)
Language: English
Rosy Fantasies: Edgar Snow, John Service, Joseph Stilwell, and their China Perceptions
Dr.Lü Xun 呂迅 (Associate Research Fellow,Institute of Modern History,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
1st March 2021 (Mon) 16:30 (HK)
Language: English
二戰後中共勝利的蘇聯因素
Prof. Yang Kuisong 楊奎松教授 (華東師範大學歷史系)
日期：8th March 2021 (Mon) 16:30 (HK)
Language 語言: Chinese 中文
Smuggling and State Power in Modern China
Prof. Philip Thai 蔡駿治教授 (Northeastern University)
20th March 2021 (Sat) 9:00 (HK), 19th March 2021 (Fri) 21:00 (EDT)
Language: English
被劫持的戰爭：志願軍戰俘、台灣與朝鮮停戰談判
Prof. David Cheng Chang 常成教授 (香港科技大學人文學部副教授)
Discussant: Prof. Shen Zhihua 沈志華教授 (華東師範大學歷史系)
日期：22nd March 2021 (Mon) 16:30 (HK)
Language 語言: Chinese 中文
From Batallón Colombia to Sixty-nine Ex-POWs: The Unforeseen Impact of Latin America in the Korean War
Leonardo Barbosa (HKUST)
Discussant: Dr. Adam Cathcart (University of Leeds)
24th March 2021 (Wed) 19:00 (HK)
Language: English
Global Healing: Medical Humanities, Chinese Literature, and the World
Prof. Karen Thornber (Harvard)
7th April 2021 (Wed) 09:00 (HK), 6th April 2021 (Tue) 21:00 (EDT)
Language: English
The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority
Prof. Madeline Hsu 徐元音教授 (University of Texas at Austin)
17th April 2021 (Sat) 09:00 (HK), 16th April 2021 (Fri) 20:00 (Austin)
Language: English
The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform, 1969-1984
Prof. Arne Westad 文安立教授 (Yale)
19th April 2021 (Mon) 09:00 (HK), 18th April 2021 (Sun) 21:00 (EDT)
Language: English
The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan
Prof. Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang 楊孟軒教授 ( University of Missouri-Columbia)
26th April 2021 (Mon) 10:00 (HK), 25th April 2021 (Sun) 21:00 (CDT)
Language: English
Paving The Road Away From Reconciliation: The Anatomy Of Injustice In Post-WWII Japanese War Crimes Trials
Prof. Barak Kushner 顧若鵬教授 ( Cambridge)
4th May 2021 (Mon) 16:00 (HK), 0900 (Cambridge)
Language: English
從「驚天動地」到「寂天寞地」：陳寅恪、唐君毅與隱微寫作
Prof. David Der-wei Wang 王德威教授 (Harvard)
24th May 2021 (Mon) 09:00 (HK), 23rd May 2021 (Sun) 21:00 (EDT)
Language 語言: Chinese 中文
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