CUHK 60th Anniversary cum The 35th Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

College Head Professor Sun-On Chan (right) presenting a souvenir to speaker Professor Martin Kern (left)

First Lecture: Rethinking Authorship in Early China; speaker Professor Martin Kern (left) and moderator Professor Nicholas Chan (right)

Second Lecture: The Voice of the Historian in Early China; speaker Professor Martin Kern (right) and moderator Professor Wicky Tse (left)

Third Lecture: The Shijing in the Warring States: Evidence from Newly Discovered Manuscripts; speaker Professor Martin Kern (left) and moderator Professor Kenneth Cheung (right)

Welcoming Dinner

[May 2024 issue]

The “Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture” is organised to enhance academic and cultural exchanges. Invited speakers in the past years are all distinguished scholars in different fields of Chinese culture. Since 2013, the lecture series has been endowed by the “Mr. Chan Chi-sun Chinese Culture Fund”.

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the lecture series, and as one of the CUHK 60th Anniversary events, the College was honoured to have invited Professor Martin Kern, Joanna and Greg ’84 P13 P18 Zeluck Professor in Asian Studies, Princeton University as our speaker. Professor Kern delivered three public lectures to College students, staff and the general public between late February and early March.

The three lectures included the first lecture jointly organised with the CUHK Department of Chinese Language and Literature on 28 February at Cho Yiu Conference Hall with Professor Nicholas Chan of the Department as the moderator; the second lecture jointly organised with the CUHK Department of History on 1 March at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall with Professor Wicky Tse of the Department as the moderator; and the third lecture jointly organised with the CUHK Department of Chinese Language and Literature and Hong Kong Public Libraries on 2 March at Hong Kong Central Library with Professor Kenneth Cheung of the Department as the moderator. The three lectures attracted more than 1,500 local and overseas audiences to participate both online and offline.