“Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture” was established since 1978. A distinguished scholar will be invited to deliver a series of public lectures exploring topics on Chinese history and culture. The Ch’ien Mu Lecture will be held in March/ April each year. Starting from 2013, the lecture series is endowed by the Mr. Chan Chi-sun Chinese Culture Fund.
| Past Speakers | ||
| Year | Speaker | University |
| 1978/79 | Prof. Ch’ien Mu | Founder of New Asia College |
| 1979/80 | Prof. Joseph Needham | The University of Cambridge, UK |
| 1981/82 | Prof. Ogawa, Tamaki | Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1982/83 | Prof. Wm. Theodore De Bary | Columbia University, USA |
| 1983/84 | Prof. Zhu Guang-qian | Peking University, Mainland China |
| 1984/85 | Prof. Chan Wing-tsit | Chatham College, USA |
| 1985/86 | Prof. Yang Lien-sheng | Harvard University, USA |
| 1986/87 | Prof. Yu Ying-shih | Yale University, USA |
| 1988/89 | Prof. Liu Kwang-ching | University of California, Davis, USA |
| 1989/90 | Prof. Tu Wei-ming | Harvard University, USA |
| 1991/92 | Prof. Hsu Cho-yun | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| 1993/94 | Prof. Yen Keng-wang | Fellow of Academia Sinica and New Asia Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies and Research |
| 1994/95 | Prof. Thomas A. Metzger | Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA |
| 1995/96 | Prof. Chang Hao | Ohio State University, USA |
| 1996/97 | Prof. Tang Yijie | Peking University |
| 2002/03 | Prof. Donald J. Munro | University of Michigan, USA |
| 2003/04 | Prof. Wen C. Fong | Princeton University, USA |
| 2004/05 | Prof. Liu Shu-hsien | Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica |
| 2005/06 | Prof. Wang Meng | Ocean University of China, Mainland China |
| 2006/07 | Prof. Liu Ts’un-yan | The Australian National University, Australia |
| 2007/08 | Prof. Roger T. Ames | University of Hawaii, USA |
| 2008/09 | Prof. James C. Y. Watt | Brooke Russell Astor Chairman, Dept. of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA |
| 2009/10 | Prof. Bell Yung | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| 2010/11 | Prof. Lao Sze-kwang | Huafan University, Taiwan |
| 2011/12 | Prof. Fu Shen | Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| 2012/13 | Prof. Philip Sun Shu-yue | New Asia College Alumnus, Founder of the Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2013/14 | Prof. Peter K. Bol | Vice Provost for Advances in Learning and Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, USA |
| 2014/15 | Prof. Yu Kwang-chung | Professor Emeritus of Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan |
| 2015/16 | Prof. Hung-nin Samuel Cheung | Professor Emeritus of University of California, Berkeley, USA Emeritus Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2016/17 | Prof. Benjamin A. Elman | Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies; Professor of East Asian Studies & History, Princeton University, USA |
| 2017/18 | Prof. Liu Xiaogan | Professor, Founding and Honorary Director, the Research Center for Chinese Philosophy and Culture, Department of Philosophy, CUHK Distinguished Professor, School of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University 1st talk video 2nd talk video 3rd talk video |
| 2018/19 | Prof. Li Wai-yee | Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, USA 1st talk video 2nd talk video 3rd talk video |
| 2021/22 | Prof. Leung Yuen Sang | Emeritus Professor, Research Professor of Department of History; Director of Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies; Former Head of Chung Chi College; Former Dean of Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Booklet 1st talk video 2nd talk video 3rd talk video |
| 2022/23 | Prof. Nicolas Standaert | Professor of Sinology, University of Leuven, Belgium Booklet 1st talk video 2nd talk video 3rd talk video |
| 2023/24 | Prof. Martin Kern | Joanna and Greg ’84 P13 P18 Zeluck Professor in Asian Studies, Princeton University Booklet 1st talk video 2nd talk video 3rd talk video |
| 2024/25 | Prof. Alan K.L. Chan | J.S. Lee Professor of Chinese Culture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Booklet 1st talk video 2nd talk video 3rd talk video |
