Professor Leung Yuen-sang received his BA and MPhil degrees at CUHK in 1972 and 1974 respectively. In 1980, he earned his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He then lectured at the National University of Singapore and the California State University. He rejoined CUHK in 1992, serving in the Department of History as professor. In the late 1990s, at Professor Leung’s initiative, the Department of History at CUHK took the lead in introducing public history and established the first public history course in Hong Kong that emphasised the integration of historical knowledge, theory and practice. Professor Leung is currently an Honorary Fellow of Chung Chi College, Emeritus Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture in the Institute of Chinese Studies at CUHK.

Apart from his teaching and research work, Professor Leung also made significant contributions in the academic management at the University. He had served as a member of the CUHK Council, a member of the Senate, Head of Chung Chi College, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Director of the Research Institute for the Humanities, Chairman of the Department of History and more.

Professor Leung has been connected with the Faculty ever since his undergraduate studies. Upon taking office as Dean, he remarked, “Apart from teaching students to appreciate the beauty of literature, the Faculty of Arts strives to cultivate a humanistic spirit among students, encouraging them to develop an awareness of civic responsibilities and a care for the world. The Faculty also values the traditions of both Chinese and western cultures, emphasising integration and innovation of different cultural perspectives. It is our mission to cultivate society’s future leaders who are knowledgeable in their subjects and moral in character.”

Professor Leung’s research interests cover modern Chinese history, Confucianism and Christianity in China, overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and America, as well as urban history and city culture of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. He is a prolific writer and has served on the editorial boards of various journals. His publications include Young J. Allen: His Careers and the Wan Guo Gongbao (林樂知在華事業與萬國公報)(The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1978), Confucianism and the Chinese Community in Early Singapore (宣尼浮海到南洲：儒家思想與早期新加坡華人社會史料彙編)(The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1995), The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-90 (Singapore University Press and University of Hawaii Press, 1990, and Chinese translation in 2003), The Cross-Shaped-Lotus: Christianity and Chinese History and Cultures (十字蓮花：基督教與中國歷史文化論集)(Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion & Culture, 2004), The Chinese Community in Singapore (新加坡華人社會史論) (Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore and Global Publishing, 2006), The Chinese-Christian Encounter (基督教與中國)(Taipei: Cosmic Light, 2006), The Legitimation of New Orders: Case Studies in World History (The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, edited volume, 2007), Shanghai in the Late Qing (晚清上海：一個城巿的歷史記憶)(The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press 2009), Marginal Men and Peripheral Cultures (邊沿與之間) (Joint Publishing HK 2010). In addition to academic publications, Professor Leung has also published his own collection of essays Shi Yu Ji (施榆集)(Xiang Jiang Press Co.1998) and has edited a series of historical documents on Chinese Christian Universities (1997-1999).