Submission period: 1 August 2023 – 31 December 2023

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

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 Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies 2023, co-organized by the CCK Asia-Pacific Centre for China Studies and the Institute of Chinese Studies, was held in person on 7–9 September 2023 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). In addition to the discussants and participants, the Forum drew an audience of approximately 65 people, including CUHK faculty, students, alumni, and the public.

Professor Edward L. Shaughnessy

The “Jao Tsung-I Visiting Professorship Scheme” has resumed this year after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. ICS is delighted to welcome Prof. Edward L. Shaughnessy, Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Distinguished Service Professor in Early Chinese Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations of the University of Chicago, as the Jao Tsung-I Visiting Professor 2023. He will visit the Institute for a month.

The University Chinese programme under the four-year university curriculum has beenimplemented for ten years since 2012, with each institution successfully implementing the new curriculum and accumulating rich experience. The “new normal” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence are posing great challenges to the teaching of Chinese language courses in local universities. In light of this, the Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at CUHK, in collaboration with the T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of the Institute of Chinese Studies, organised the Fifth Forum on University Chinese on 7 August 2023, with the theme of “Retrospect and Prospect”.

The Second Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Postgraduate Forum on Chinese Studies: Theoretical Forefront and Practical Explorations in Chinese Linguistics

“The Second Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Postgraduate Forum on Chinese Studies: Theoretical Forefront and Practical Explorations in Chinese Linguistics” organized by the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at CUHK and co-organized by the School of Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Normal University, the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at University of Macau and the T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of the Institute of Chinese Studies at CUHK will be held on 17–18 November 2023 at CUHK. For the details of the Forum, please visit 

https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/clrc/pgforum/.

The Research Programme for Lingnan Culture of the Institute of Chinese Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is pleased to announce the International Conference on Lingnan Culture and the World, which aims to bring together scholars from different academic disciplines around the world to explore, promote, and develop issues and research in the field of Lingnan culture. The Conference will be held on 23–25 November 2023 in a hybrid format via online broadcasting and in person at CUHK, with 29 invited scholars presenting their research. Online registration is now open.