ICS 50th Anniversary Celebration Activities
| Oct | Book Donation and Sale Campaign, organised by the Institute of Chinese Studies | | Dec 14–15 | New Interpretations of Ancient Texts: International Conference on Han and Pre-Han Chinese Texts, organised by the D. C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts | | Dec 14–16 | Patronage as a Shaping Force in Chinese Translation History: The Second International Conference on Chinese Translation History, organised by the Research Centre for Translation |
Stephen C. Soong Translation Studies Memorial Awards 2017 Special Mention:
Chu-Ching Tsai (Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University)
"The Reception and Transformation of Detective Fictions in Late Qing and Early Republican (1896–1916) China", in Hsiao-yen Peng ed., The Paradox of Transcultural Movement: From the Late Qing to the Republican Period (Taipei: Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, 2016), pp. 111–146.
There are no winners for the standard awards this year.
Lee Hysan Visiting Scholar Scheme, USC
The USC has admitted the following scholars to the Lee Hysan Visiting Scholar Scheme and provided grants for them to conduct research. All incoming visiting scholars have been invited to give seminars or talks during their stay. For the latest information, please visit the USC website.
| | Name of Scholars | Affiliation | Visit Period | | 1 | Wu Tong | 華東師範大學 | From 13-Sep-2017 to 12-Oct-2017 | | 2 | Jin Zegang | 同濟大學法學院 | From 18-Sep-2017 to 17-Oct-2017 | | 3 | Wu Xiaoling | 南昌大學 | From 22-Sep-2017 to 22-Oct-2017 | | 4 | Yang Zhiyun | 北京科技大學文法學院 | From 10-Nov-2017 to 9-Dec-2017 | | 5 | Fan Hongmin | 鄭州大學公共管理學院 | From 15-Nov-2017 to 10-Dec-2017 |
Oxfam Visiting Scholar Program, USC This project responds to Oxfam's vision of a "World without Poverty" and the strategy of "Bring Oxfam to China, Bring China to Oxfam", and supports the Universities Service Centre for China Studies (USC) by inviting mainland and overseas scholars from the fields of poverty reduction and sustainable social development to discuss possible solutions to social development problems, such as rural poverty, sustainable development, women's rights and children's education, from an academic perspective. The project also aims to increase the Hong Kong public's understanding of contemporary China, and to encourage their participation in anti-poverty campaigns through academic events such as lunch seminars, international forums, film screenings and other events related to Chinese society. All visiting scholars are invited to give seminars or talks during their stay.
| | Name of Scholars | Affiliation | Visit Period | | 1 | Liu Tao | 新南社會發展中心 | From 1-Sep-2017 to 14-Sep-2017 and
From 1-Nov-2017 to 14-Nov-2017 | | 2 | Liu Yangyang | 南京大學社會學院 | From 1-Nov-2017 to 30-Nov-2017 | | 3 | Wang Sheng | 河北省社會科學院 | From 1-Nov-2017 to 30-Nov-2017 |
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