Beginning with music, through the emergence of lyric poetry, and culminating in the literati brush-and-ink landscapes of the Southern Song, something happened, something Kao Yu-kung calls Chinese lyric aesthetic. What is at issue for us here is the nature and character of this happening. I begin with a characterization of the fundamental orientation of Chinese thinkers (as contrasted with that of Indo-European thinkers), then turn briefly to the thought of Confucius and of Zhuangzi to expose the intellectual and existential roots of the lyric tradition. The lyric tradition itself is explicated as a working out of the Zhuangzian ideal of resonating, mirroring things as they are. Since our conception of Chinese lyric aesthetic can seem surprising, somehow unanticipated, the discussion concludes with an account of why this conception has for so long gone unremarked, an account that brings us full circle, back to the fundamental orientation of Chinese thinkers with which we began.
 

Speaker 
Prof. Danielle Macbeth
Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College

Online
No registration is required
Meeting ID: 956 1038 5029
Link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/95610385029

Face-to-Face
Register by 15 Nov 2023
Link: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13677752

Professor Edwin Leung is our distinguished alumnus, who graduated from the Department of History in 1972 with outstanding academic excellence. He obtained his master’s degree (1974) and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1978). Professor Leung is an international scholar and Professor Emeritus, who has over 40 years of teaching experience in history, politics and international relations, with a focus on Asia at Seton Hall University, U.S.A. Professor Leung also maintains close ties with his alma mater, CUHK, enthusiastically participating in many university activities. He was honoured as United College’s Distinguished Alumni in its Jubilee celebration.

In this lecture, theming on “West Meets East: Reflections of 50 years on my American Journey in Academia and Cultures”, Professor Leung will share his experiences and wisdom with all of us. We are inviting all CUHK members, especially our Faculty students and alumni, to join us in this enriching lecture.

Don't miss the opportunity and let us celebrate the 60th Anniversary of CUHK Arts together!

Details:

Date: 1 December, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm (Tea reception will start at 4:00pm at the Courtyard of ICS)
Venue: L1, G/F, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), CUHK
Topic: West Meets East: Reflections of 50 years on my American Journey in Academia and Cultures (To be conducted in English)
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13677652
Deadline: 26 November 2023 (Sunday)
Enquiries: arts@cuhk.edu.hk

Bio of Dr. Edwin Pak-wah Leung

• Graduate of CUHK History in 1972
• Over 40 years of teaching experience, former Chairperson of Department of Asian Studies at Seton Hall University, USA since 2002
• Elllis Island Medal of Honor, 2007
• Provost's Faculty Scholarship Awards: Book publication (2005 and 2006)
• CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book winner (1992)
• Published over 30 books
• Appointed Guest Professor of Wuhan University, one of the Top 10 Universities in China
• Served as Visiting Professor of Peking University, Zhejiang University, The University of Hong Kong, Columbia University
• Honoured as United College’s Distinguished Alumni in its Jubilee celebration

瀋陽故宮創建於後金天命十年（1625），是清太祖努爾哈赤、太宗皇太極締造的清早期皇家宮殿，至今已有400年歷史。目前它是除北京故宮外中國僅存的皇家宮殿建築群之一，為第一批全國重點文物保護單位，是著名的世界文化遺產。其管理者瀋陽故宮博物院，則為國家一級博物館。

明末1583年，努爾哈赤於遼東建州左衛起兵，開始統一散亂的女真各部。歷經30餘年艱苦搏殺，統一了女真諸部，1616年建立後金政權，並很快佔據明朝遼東之地；1625年，努爾哈赤遷都瀋陽，營建瀋陽故宮和汗宮。其後皇太極在盛京皇宮（瀋陽故宮）經營近20年，他對內仿效中原封建體制，向外繼續征戰拓展，基本征服了蒙古諸部、北方其他少數民族與朝鮮國，控制了整個東北地區。1644年，清軍揮師入關，定鼎中原，建立起統一、多民族的中央政權。而後經順、康、雍、乾數朝拓展，確立了古代中國的最後疆域與版圖，實現了各民族和諧發展的「大一統」格局。而這一切，與關外紫禁城——瀋陽故宮均有著密不可分的關係。

瀋陽故宮的興建，使瀋陽這個遼東小城晉級為國家級歷史文化名城，更因它是大清王朝的龍興之地，滿、蒙、漢八旗旗人的故鄉而蜚聲海內外。清中期康熙、乾隆、嘉慶、道光諸帝東巡，則為瀋陽故宮帶來豐富的清宮文物寶藏。

瀋陽故宮是如何肇建的？它所典藏的清宮皇家珍寶都有哪些？讓我們通過本次介紹，來找到其中的答案。

 

講者
李理 先生（瀋陽故宮博物院原副院長、研究館員）
1963年生，1985年畢業於遼寧大學歷史系歷史專業，畢業後在瀋陽故宮博物院工作至今，曾任瀋陽故宮博物院副院長，研究館員，現任瀋陽市文史研究館研究員，中國博物館協會漆器琺瑯器專業委員會副會長，遼寧省歷史學會副會長。
多年從事清史、清代宮廷史、滿族歷史與文化及清朝宮廷文物等研究工作，特別在清代宮廷繪畫方面有較系統的研究。迄今發表歷史研究、文物研究論文150餘篇，出版學術專著10餘部、合著40餘部，較具影響的有《清宮侍衛》《清代官制與服飾》《數字清史》《白山黑水滿洲風：滿族民俗研究》、《紫氣東來：瀋陽故宮博物院院藏繪畫研究》等，參與編撰國家出版基金支助專案《清朝前史》《清宮圖典》《瀋陽故宮博物院院藏精品大系》《新編滿族大辭典》等（均為執行副主編或分卷主編）。在大陸和臺灣地區清史界、清宮文物研究領域具有一定影響。

海上絲綢之路是古代各國人民通過海洋交流融通、互利合作的貿易和文化交往路線。根據貿易貨品的不同，海上絲路又被稱為陶瓷之路、香料之路、茶葉之路、白銀之路……。

1987年，在廣州通往南海海上交通主航道上發現一艘南宋時期的沉船，後被命名為「南海I號」，此後三十餘年的打撈、發掘和研究工作取得巨大成果，2019年被評為全國十大考古新發現，2021年又被評為「百年百大考古發現」。 近年來，我們根據「南海I號」、南越國宮署遺址、佛山南海奇石窯和文頭嶺、香港宋皇台聖山遺址等出土的醬釉罐，通過多學科綜合研究，不僅實證「南海I號」曾來過廣州，最後從廣州港離岸，還揭示了中國生產的美酒也是海上絲綢之路的重要商品之一，為講好海上絲綢之路的大灣區故事和中國故事提供了新的實物資料。
 

講者
李灶新先生（南越王博物院副院長）
李灶新，1998年中山大學考古學專業畢業，文物博物研究館員，現任南越王博物院副院長。自1998年以來主要參與南越國宮苑曲流石渠遺址、南越國宮署遺址（原兒童公園）的考古發掘、研究與保護展示，南越王宮博物館建設及廣州海絲申遺等工作。在南越國史、廣州城市考古和古代陶瓷等方面有較深的研究，主持完成的《南越宮苑遺址1995、1997年考古發掘報告》獲2008～2009年度廣州市哲學社會科學優秀成果一等獎，主編《南越國宮署遺址與海上絲綢之路》、《南越國宮署遺址出土銅錢選錄》、《南越國宮署遺址出土瓦當選錄》等，發表《宋代廣州公使酒庫考》等相關研究論文30餘篇。

Can material objects be regarded, at least sometimes, as making up the self? Several philosophers of cognitive science have recently answered “yes” to this question. Sometimes, this view is phrased in terms of “self-extension”: the self extends over (at least a few) objects. Those who defend this view argue that the self should be understood as a narrative self, and that objects constitute such a narrative self as autobiographical objects. I sympathise with the view that the self can extend to include material objects. I think, however, that the narrative-autobiographical account needs to be supplemented by an understanding of selfhood as sedimented (a notion that comes from phenomenology); and that, accordingly, objects should be regarded as constituting the self also tacitly or prereflectively. I also point out that the self, whether narrated or not, is constituted not only by “autobiographical” objects that, as such, refer only or primarily to the past; it also involves objects of the present and of the future.
 

Speaker 
Prof. Giovanna Colombetti
Professor of Philosophy, University of Exeter
Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, CUHK

Joining the Seminar face-to-face:
Limited seats for face-to-face seminar. Registrations will be handled on a first come, first served basis.
Register by 9 November 2023: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13677471

Joining the Seminar online:
No registration is required.
Link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/97384715608
Meeting ID: 973 8471 5608

Join us for this 90-minute session, during which Prof. James ST. ANDRÉ of the Department of Translation and Prof. Tongle SUN of the Department of English will share their strategies for giving effective virtual and in-person research talks and poster presentations. The session will consist of a 60-minute presentation by Profs. St.André and Sun, followed by a 30-minute Q & A. All are welcome!

The Henan bank protest, the Evergrande crisis, and the perennial local government debt issue in China all point to one thing: there’s something wrong with the country’s banking system and Beijing needs to fix it. In particular, it needs to better regulate the numerous small banks that are now so intimately intertwined with much of China’s economic challenges. Beijing is working on it but it’s hard to do. This talk explains why. First, the exponential proliferation of small banks in the past three decades is hardly a natural phenomenon of economic development; it is the outcome of a grand historical central-local bargain that's difficult for current leaders to upend. Second, and relatedly, many small banks have become crucial pillars of local economic development. Tight regulation and excessive punishment will therefore hurt local growth further in this difficult time. Beijing will have to juggle.
 

Speaker 
Prof. LIU, Yao Adam
Prof. LIU is a political scientist trained at Stanford University, though he doesn't believe in disciplinary and methodological boundaries. He studies Chinese politics and political economy. His dissertation, "Building Markets within Authoritarian Institutions: The Political Economy of Banking Development in China," won the 2020 BRICS Economic Research Award.

Language processing (both comprehension and production) is characterized by variability among speakers. This variability is usually caused by individual differences in domain-specific skills and domain-general cognitive functions. In this talk, I will report on two separate studies which show which cognitive functions could significantly influence language processing.
For the first study, I report data from Cantonese Le Petit Prince naturalistic database which consists of EEG, fMRI as well as behavioural data on older Cantonese speakers. I will present some EEG findings showing which cognitive functions and linguistic skills influence language comprehension using N400 as an index. 
For the second study, I report behavioural data from the mega study at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. The data reported here comes from a test battery consisting of 31 tests that measure individual differences in general cognitive functions and language processing skills. Here I will talk about how different levels of language production (word, phrase, and sentence) are affected by domain-specific and domain-general factors.
 

Speaker 
Prof. Mohammad Momenian of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Mohammad Momenian is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Momenian has a PhD in Neurolinguistics. He has two main research strands. One is to look into how language-specific properties have an effect on the neural representation and processing of languages in the brain. The other, more recent, strand focuses on the role of individual differences in modifying age-related decline in language comprehension in the older population. He employs different neuroimaging modalities such as EEG and fMRI along with ecologically valid behavioural measurements for both of his research strands. Using a multi-dimensional approach, he endeavours to present a thorough picture of the language and brain across the lifespan amid diverse populations.

公開講座與作家對談
葛亮教授（香港浸會大學教授、作家）
侯磊先生（《北京文學》編輯、作家）

Speaker 
Prof. Bell Yung
Emeritus Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA