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2014年12月17日

The China Studies Programme and the Advanced Institute for Contemporary China Studies of HKBU co-organised the 2nd Young Scholars’ Conference on China Studies from 15 to 16 December, during which more than 60 young scholars and researchers from around the world had the opportunity to explore and discuss the new directions for China Studies.   

Three renowned scholars were invited to speak at the conference. Professor Hans van de Ven of the University of Cambridge and Professor Andrew Bonnell of the University of Queensland, Australia delivered keynote speeches on “Outsourcing Empire: The Founding of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service” and “ALLTAGSGESCHICHTE: The history of everyday life in Germany: From ‘new social history from below’ to cultural history to…?” respectively. Professor Liu Shi-yung of the Institute of Taiwanese History of Academia Sinica, Taiwan delivered the closing remarks on “History of Taiwan, China and Asian Studies”.   

A total of 16 panels were held and the topics included Studies in Politics and International Relations, Social Changes in 21st Century China, Religion Studies in Modern China, Hong Kong in Politico-Economic Context, Opportunities of Higher Education in 21st Century China and Reshaping the Historical Images of Imperial China, etc.   

The conference was co-sponsored by the School of Humanities, School of Social Sciences and Institute of Education of Tsinghua University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Queensland, Office of the Deputy President (Research and Technology) of National University of Singapore, Office of the Provost/Vice-President for Academic and Student Life of Central Washington University, and the Institute of Taiwanese History of Academia Sinica, Taiwan.