[Upcoming Seminar] Gender, Power and Heterosexual Practices Among Young South Africans

Gender, Power and Heterosexual Practices Among Young South Africans

Speaker: Tamara SHEFER

(Senior Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa)

Time: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Venue: Room 115, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK

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Recent high profile cases of alleged sexual harassment at South African universities have brought a renewed national focus to the challenges of gender inequalities and gender-based violence in higher education. This paper elaborates on key themes emerging from a study with a group of students at one of the local campuses, including: the construction of campus as a sexualised space; the continued reproduction of binaristic gendered expectations of male and female sexualities in the negotiation of heterosex; normative practices of transactional sex which articulate a range of power inequalities; and the pervasiveness of coercive, violent, non-equitable and unsafe sexual practices and relationships. The paper argues for the imperative of engaging with young people in higher education within a more nuanced framework of intervention that accounts for the multiple, intersecting and complex dynamics of gender norms and heterosexual practices.

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME

Feel free to bring your box lunch or sandwich to eat during the talk

[Upcoming Seminar] Stories of Ceramics: New Insights on the Cultural Contacts and Technological Innovations between China and Angkor, Cambodia during the 9-14th Centuries

Stories of Ceramics: New Insights on the Cultural Contacts and Technological Innovations between China and Angkor, Cambodia during the 9-14th Centuries

Speaker: Dr. Sharon Wong Wai-yee

(Lecturer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKCC)

Time:  12:30 p.m., Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Venue: Multi-purpose room (麗典室), G/F, inside the NA Library, New Asia College, CUHK

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Between China and Southeast Asia, Angkor has played a crucial role in regional historical developments during the 9-14th Centuries. The recent archaeological finds in Angkor demonstrated that it was one of the earliest glazed ceramics production centres in Southeast Asia. These findings altered the traditional understanding on Chinese ceramic technology must have been diffused on local ceramic industries. The talk will provide new insights on how the potters in Angkor have attempted to distinguish their products from imported Chinese items or to have absorbed only certain elements from Chinese ceramic technology in order to maintain a separate tradition. The presenter will also discuss the recent Guangzhou archaeological ceramic finds that can be identified as important evidences on how Chinese potters borrowed some stylistic elements from Angkorian ceramics.

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME

No lunchbox or sandwiches are allowed since the talk will be held inside the library. Thank you for your understanding.  

Welcome to the Friday Seminars of Spring 2014

Welcome back for a new semester! The Department of Anthropology is presenting a new series of Friday Seminars for Spring 2014. All interested are welcome. Bring your sack lunch and join the talk with us!

*Seminars take place 12:30-2:00 p.m. in Room NAH401, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK.

(Note that Time and Venue for seminars on 9 Jan, 25 Jan and 28 Jan will be changed)

【9 Jan】(Thurs) Katherine MASON (Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Columbia University, and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brown University)

“Mental Health Challenges Among Fuzhounese Immigrants to the United States.”

Co-sponsored with the Centre for China Studies 

[Time: 4:00 pm, Venue: Room 1120, 11/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park]

【24 Jan】樊錦詩 (敦煌研究院院長)

"敦煌莫高窟的保護." (普通話主講)

[時間: 12:30 to 2:00 pm, 地點: 中國文化研究所文物館東翼二樓活動室] 

與中國文化研究所共同主辦

【28 Jan】(Tues) Tamara SHEFER (Senior Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa)

“Gender, Power and Heterosexual Practices Among Young People in South Africa.” 

[Time: 1:30 to 3:00 pm, Venue: NAH 115, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK]

【14 Feb】LEE Tong Soon (Chair and Professor, Music Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 

“Peranakan Music and Multiculturalism in Singapore.”

【21 Feb】PUN Ngai (Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 

“Desiring the iPhone and Worker Suicide.”

【28 Feb】Bryan RILL (Assistant Professor, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 

“Cultivating Empowerment in Contemporary Japanese Mountain Asceticism.”

【7 Mar】Mick ATHA (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 

“An Open-Minded Approach to Insular Archaeology: Three Recent Contrasting Studies from Hong Kong.”

【14 Mar】Matthew HALE (Lecturer, Faculty of English Education, Sun Yat-sen University)

“Peasants and Capital in Post-socialist China: Theorizing Co-ops and Land Grabs.”

【4 Apr】CHEN Hong (Assistant Professor, School of Geography, South China Normal University) 

“Holdout, Obedience, and Transmutation: The Redevelopment of chengzhongcun in Guangzhou.”

【11 Apr】CHAN Yuk Wah (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong)

“Milk Powder, Yakult and Cigarettes – Cross-border Shopping and ‘Borrowed Modernity’ in China.”

Feel free to bring your box lunch or sandwich to eat during the talk.

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME

[Upcoming Seminars] The 6th Annual Anthropology Postgraduate Student Forum

Welcome to the 6th Annual Anthropology Postgraduate Student Forum (PGSF6) entitled "Asia in the World: New Horizons in Asian Anthropology"

歡迎參加第六屆人類學研究生年度論壇 "新視野下的亞洲人類學"

Every year since 2009, the Department of Anthropology has invited postgraduate students from Asia and elsewhere to present their current research at the Postgraduate Student Forum. The Forum seeks to encourage the communication among young anthropologists and other social scientists who study the Asia continent, to help improve their research and to promote the excellent research being conducted internationally.

The upcoming forum will be held on 17-18 January 2014 in the Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA) Lecture Theatres (LT1, LT2, LT5).

For more details about PGSF6, please check our forum website. 

All INTERESTED ARE WELCOME.

For comments and enquiries related to this message, please send to anthforum@cuhk.edu.hk

[Upcoming Seminar] The Preservation of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves (敦煌莫高窟的保護)

文化遺產研究中心「週五學術講座」暨中國文化研究所「午間雅聚」本月將邀請敦煌研究院院長樊锦詩教授進行有關敦煌莫高窟之保護的演講。樊教授從事敦煌文物事業五十年，一直致力於石窟考古、保護與管理方面的研究，被譽為「敦煌的女兒」。如今為配合新時代的發展，她正致力推動「數碼敦煌」項目，以期永久保存敦煌信息和資料。有關此次講座的詳細信息如下：


敦煌莫高窟的保護
(普通話主講)

講者：樊锦詩（敦煌研究院院長 ）
日期：2014年1月24日 (星期五)
時間：中午十二時三十分
(備有午膳招待、短講及分享環節)
地點：香港中文大學中國文化研究所文物館東翼二樓活動室

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敦煌作為古代“絲綢之路”的重鎮，迄今已有2000多年的歷史。莫高窟至今保存了735個石窟，45,000平方米的壁畫和2,000多身彩塑，以及藏經洞出土的50,000多件文獻和藝術品，以其綿長的歷史、豐厚的遺產、巨大的資訊和珍貴的價值，在中國和世界上產生了重大的影響，成為中華民族優秀傳統文化藝術的表徵。1961年3月，被我國國務院列為第一批全國重點文物保護單位。1987年11月，經聯合國教科文組織“世界遺產委員會”主席團第十一屆會議審查批准，將莫高窟列入世界文化遺產保護名錄。

1600多年來，受自然因素和人為因素的影響，莫高窟文物產生了多種病害。本演講綜述了敦煌研究院自1940年代初成立以來，為保護和管理莫高窟所做的多項工作，包括與國內外研究機構合作保護，洞窟壁畫和塑像修復，崖體加固，風沙治理，洞內微環境研究，三維數碼記錄，以及法律法規制定等等。近30多年來，旅遊業的快速發展，逐漸給洞窟文物的保護保存帶來了潛在的威脅，為此，又加強了遊客的科學管理和建立遊客中心。所有這些工作的最終目的是能夠完整地、真實地、可持續地保護保存敦煌藝術，同時也為參觀的遊客提供更多的藝術資訊和良好的服務。


歡迎參加，報名請填妥網上之回條
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/general/luncheon/replyform.html

(查詢請電3943 7670 / 3943 6546)


如欲了解樊锦詩教授另於一月二十一日的演講信息，請點擊鏈接。
For information about Prof. Fan's talk on 21 January, 2013, please click here.

[Upcoming Seminar] The Cultural Significance of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves (敦煌莫高窟及其文化價值)

The Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies, Department of Anthropology has invited Prof. Fan Jinshi, Director of the Dunhuang Academy to give us talks on both 21 January and 24 January, on the cultural significance as well as the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Caves.

Professor Fan Jinshi has dedicated her life to the archaeological study and conservation of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes for over five decades and has strenthened international cooperation to ensure the preservation of Dunhuang heritage. Details of her talk on 21 Jan 2014 are listed below. 

敦煌莫高窟及其文化價值

The Cultural Significance of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves

講者：敦煌研究院  樊锦詩

地點：香港中文大學祖堯堂（大學行政樓旁）

日期：二零一四年一月二十一日

時間：下午六時至八時正

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位於中國甘肅省敦煌市的莫高窟，是中國三大石窟寺之一，是中國佛教藝術的杰出代表，在世界文化遺產領域中也享有盛譽，1987年被列入聯合國教科文組織的世界文化遺產名錄。本演講將向聽眾介紹敦煌莫高窟開鑿的历史文化背景，莫高窟營建的簡史、各洞窟的建筑形制、洞窟內的彩塑和壁畫的主要内容和特点，以及莫高窟藏經洞文物的發現、流散和主要内容。最後，本演講將分析敦煌莫高窟和藏經洞文物的文化價值，包括其歷史、藝術、科技和現代文化價值。

公開講座：歡迎社會大眾出席。

Located at Dunhuang City, Gansu Province of the People’s Republic of China, the Mogao Caves are one of the three greatest Buddhism grottos in mainland China, an outstanding example of the Buddhism Arts in the world, and was enlisted as a World Heritage property by United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1987.  This talk will review the construction history of the Mogao Caves, and introduces the architectural styles of caves dug in different periods of time, contents of the paintings and sculptures inside the caves, as well as the discovery, loss and the contents of the artefacts found in the Sutra Cave. Finally, the talk will analyze the cultural significance of the Mogao Caves from historical, scientific, aesthetic and cultural perspectives. 

The seminar will be conducted in Putonghua.

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME 


如欲了解樊锦詩教授另於一月二十四日的演講信息，請點擊這裡。 
For information about Prof. Fan's talk on 24 January, 2013, please click here.

Department Newsletter- Fall 2013

Welcome back to a new semester! The fall issue of the Department E-newsletter has been published! Besides highlights of our events in the past season, there are also updates on the alumni. Click here to read and catch up with us!