2023 No.1
Academic Reflection: 東漢長沙郡臨湘縣的地方社會──以長沙五一廣場出土簡牘為中心*
黎明釗
香港中文大學中國文化研究所亞太漢學中心名譽高級研究員
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News: Lingnan Culture Studies Research Paper Competition 2022 Award Winners
The award winners of the Lingnan Culture Studies Research Paper Competition 2022, organisedby the Research Programme for Lingnan Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK, are officially announced. The Competition aims to promote international academic research on Lingnan culture, as well as to encourage local and overseas doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows who are aspiring to conduct in-depth research in the field. The competition received up to 50 research papers, which are subject to assessment by the selection committee.

Congratulations to the award winners: Click here

The award ceremony will be broadcast on Zoom on 20 April 2023, we are honoured to invite Prof. Ching May Bo, Head and Professor of the Department of Chinese and History of the City University of Hong Kong, as the keynote speaker to deliver a talk on an interesting topic “The Lychee is ‘hot’ and the Star Fruit tastes subtle: multiple interpretations of Lingnan local products”.

Lingnan Culture Studies Research Paper Competition 2022 Award Ceremony – Online registration: Click here
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News: Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies 2023 Call for Paper Proposals – The Digital Turn and Chinese Studies: Data, Method and Meaning
Co-organised by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies and the Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Ninth Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies will be held on 7–8 September 2023. With the theme of The Digital Turn and Chinese Studies: Data, Method and Meaning, the Forum is now open for abstract submissions to gather young scholars across the globe to explore how the advancement and application of digital technology is transforming the various sub-fields of Chinese Studies and informing new research avenues into China's past and present.
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News: ICS Chinese Culture Series – Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
This Workshop is a foundational class in Chinese calligraphy. The Workshop focuses on two styles of calligraphy, namely “kaishu” and “xingshu”. A series of 10 workshops were conducted from September 2022 to January 2023, to enable 16 participants to master the two styles.

Dr. Chan Kwun Nam, Phil, Associate Curator (Painting and Calligraphy), introduced calligraphy classics to lay the foundation for understanding the inheritance of Chinese calligraphy to deepen students’ understanding of calligraphy and cultivate interest in Chinese culture.
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News: Fai Chun Writing for the Chinese New Year 2023
On January 18, 2023, the Chinese Culture Research Institute held a “Fai Chun Writing for the Chinese New Year 2023” in the courtyard of the institute. Dr. Chan Kwun Nam, Phil, the instructor of the “ICS Chinese Culture Series – Chinese Calligraphy Workshop”, and a group of students were invited to write Fai Chun for CUHK students and faculty, attracting more than 200 participants, with a continuous flow of people queuing up. The festive atmosphere was strong on that day, and the institute also prepared a gift box of New Year’s food for the participants. They wrote auspicious words and returned home happily. On the day of the event, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of CUHK's founding, Dr. Chan spontaneously wrote a congratulatory couplet to celebrate the anniversary.
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News: The Lantern Festival Concert – Music for CM Li and You
The Lantern Festival Concert - Music for CM Li and You was successfully held on 2 February 2023, featuring local Chinese musicians. The performances attracted over 50 audiences to celebrate the Lantern Festival in ICS Courtyard.
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News: Welcoming & Sharing Session – Professor Paola Calanca, the New Head of EFEO Centre Hong Kong
The “Welcoming & Sharing Session – Professor Paola Calanca” was organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies on 6 March 2023 (Wednesday) at the Activities Room, 2/F, Art Museum East Wing. It is ICS’s honour to invite Professor Paola Calanca, new Head of École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Centre Hong Kong to introduce the history of the EFEO and herself.
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News: ICS Luncheon 2023 Prof. Li Chen – Financialisation, developmental state, and the corporate restructuring of China’s state-owned enterprise sector
On 9 March 2023, ICS Luncheon invited Prof. Li Chen as the speaker to deliver a talk on China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and their reformation.

 
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Event Report: Linguistics Seminars, T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
The following seminars were organised by the T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre:
  • 韻律語法理論和語體語法理論的近年發展──以核心結構和句調變異為例 (in Chinese)
  • What Moves Where? On the Flexible Ordering of Chinese Modals and the Nature of Head Movement
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New Publication: Journal of Chinese Studies
Number 76 (January 2023)

The latest issue of the Journal of Chinese Studies (no.76) has just been published by Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Included in this issue are three academic articles, fifteen book reviews and spans 239 pages.
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New Publication: Twenty-First Century Bimonthly
Issue 195 (February 2023)

At the beginning of the new year, most economists and investment institutions make predictions on the outlook of China’s economy. Behind those statistics, more concern should be given to the direction of China’s economic transition in the post-pandemic era. Under the topic “The Prospect of China’s Economic Transition” of “The Twenty-First Century Review”, two articles of different analytical approaches are presented, aiming at initiating further discussions.
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New Publication: Current Research in Chinese Linguistics
Volume 102, Number 1

Current Research in Chinese Linguistics (Volume 102, Number 1) has been released. There are eight articles in this issue.
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New Publication: Studies in Chinese Linguistics
Volume 43, Number 2

Studies in Chinese Linguistics (Volume 43, Number 2) has been released. There are three articles in this issue.
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New Publication: A Complete Collection of Stele Inscriptions in Hong Kong Temples: Historical Records with Images, 1274–2021 (in Chinese, 3 volumes)
Lai Chi Tim

Complete Collection of Stele Inscriptions in Hong Kong Temples: Historical Records with Images, 1274–2021 (in Chinese, 3 volumes) is a comprehensive collection of stele inscriptions from existing Chinese temples (excluding Buddhist and Daoist monasteries in general, apart from a few exceptions) in Hong Kong, covering the Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories, and the outlying islands. A total of 455 inscriptions are featured, arranged according to the 130 temples in which the steles are located.
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New Publication:《一純萬歲寄遙思──饒宗頤紀念文集》 (in Chinese)
鄭會欣 主編

饒宗頤教授是中國文化的一個符號。饒公不僅在學術界被公認為導夫先路的國學大師,他還利用香港的有利環境及個人聲望,四處籌集資金,多次在香港召開國際會議,成立研究中心,並邀請大批內地學者訪問香港,有力地促進了兩地的學術交流和發展。
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Event Report: Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture
  • The 4th Chen Kai-wen Lecture on Modern Chinese History:「蔣介石的功過是非」
  • The 4th Chen Kai-wen Lecture on Modern Chinese History – Symposium:「社會改良與社會革命:國共競爭下的道路選擇」
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Event Highlight: Research Programme for Lingnam Culture
  • Lingnan Culture Studies Research Paper Competition 2022 Award Ceremony
    Prof. Ching May Bo: “The Lychee is ‘hot’ and the Star Fruit tastes subtle: multiple interpretations of Lingnan local products”
  • Research Programme for Lingnam Culture Public Lecture Series 2023
    Prof. Ye Jia:「從華英字典到廣東報刊:鄺其照的雙語世界」
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Event Highlight: T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
The Ninth Inter-Regional Forum on Dialectal Grammar
3–4 June 2023
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Editorial Board Committee
Editor : Lai Chi-tim
Members : Heung Ting-ting   Chu Man-ling   Wang Cheng
Academic Reflection: 東漢長沙郡臨湘縣的地方社會──以長沙五一廣場出土簡牘為中心*
News: Lingnan Culture Studies Research Paper Competition 2022 Award Winners
News: Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies 2023 Call for Paper Proposals – The Digital Turn and Chinese Studies: Data, Method and Meaning
News: ICS Chinese Culture Series – Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
News: Fai Chun Writing for the Chinese New Year 2023
News: The Lantern Festival Concert – Music for CM Li and You
News: Welcoming & Sharing Session – Professor Paola Calanca, the New Head of EFEO Centre Hong Kong
News: ICS Luncheon 2023 Prof. Li Chen – Financialisation, developmental state, and the corporate restructuring of China’s state-owned enterprise sector
Event Report: Linguistics Seminars, T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
New Publication: Journal of Chinese Studies
New Publication: Twenty-First Century Bimonthly
New Publication: Current Research in Chinese Linguistics
New Publication: Studies in Chinese Linguistics
New Publication: A Complete Collection of Stele Inscriptions in Hong Kong Temples: Historical Records with Images, 1274–2021 (in Chinese, 3 volumes)
New Publication:《一純萬歲寄遙思──饒宗頤紀念文集》 (in Chinese)
Event Report: Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture
Event Highlight: Research Programme for Lingnam Culture
Event Highlight: T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
Editorial Board Committee
 
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