To enhance cultural exchange and academic research, the “Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History” has been organised since 2007. This year, we are honoured to have invited Professor Wang Ming-ke, Guest Chair Professor of History at Peking University and Academician of Academia Sinica, to deliver the following two lectures in November:

1st Lecture
Topic: A New Perspective on the Origins of Chinese Civilisation: A Human-Ecological Approach
Moderator: Professor Lam Weng-cheong, Associate Professor, Department of History and Department of Anthropology, CUHK
Date: 15 November 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History
(This lecture is co-organised with Hong Kong Museum of History)
Seats: 139 seats^#, allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Audience will be admitted 15 minutes before the lecture starts.
^# Some seats are reserved for New Asia College students.

2nd Lecture
Topic: The Human Ecology of Civilisation and Historical Memory
Moderator: Professor He Xi, Associate Professor, Department of History, CUHK
Date: 17 November 2025 (Monday)
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Cho Yiu Conference Hall, G/F, University Administration Building, CUHK

All lectures will be conducted in Mandarin.
Participation in person or via Zoom online is also welcome.
(A Zoom link will be sent to registrants by email before the event)

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Freda Hui (Tel: 3943-3739; Email: fredahui@cuhk.edu.hk), College Office, New Asia College.