London School of Economics / CCK-APC Visiting Scholar, CUHK

Organized by CUHK-CCK Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies

Organized by Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies

Organized by the Research Programme for Lingnan Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Ronald Po: The Unnamed Cartographers and Maritime China in the Long Eighteenth Century

Prof. Wang Su enrolled in the School of History at Wuhan University in 1977 and received his master’s degree in 1981. He subsequently worked at the Research Centre of Chinese Ancient Texts and the Research Institute of Chinese Cultural Relics (currently China Academy of Cultural Heritage) under the National Cultural Heritage Administration. Prof. Wang is the Honorary Director of the Institute of Historical Texts and Manuscripts and a Research Fellow at The Palace Museum, Beijing. Additionally, he serves as a Professor and doctoral supervisor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, as well as a committee member of Paleography and Chinese Civilization Inheritance and Development Program. Throughout his distinguished career, Prof. Wang has been widely recognized for his contributions. He was named a National-level Expert in 1992, awarded the Government Special Allowance in 1993, and selected as an Expert by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee in 2005.

Prof. Wang will deliver two public lectures during his visit:

The Public Lecture Series on “Lingnan Culture and the World” 2024—Lingnan: A Literary Landscape, jointly organized by Hong Kong Public Libraries and the Research Programme for Lingnan Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK, presents three distinct thematic lectures. These lectures portray the unique literary landscape in which Lingnan rejuvenated its cultural heritage, established links between the local and global communities, and harmonized the aesthetics of the classical and the vernacular creations. Through these vivid presentations, the series highlights the enduring vitality of the Cantonese language and literature across centuries.

This public lecture series is one of the events of The 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival, and is also part of the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. Lectures will take place at the Lecture Theatre of the Hong Kong Central Library on 27 October, 23 November, and 24 November 2024 respectively.