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The Two Major Intellectual Forces in Modern China

20240510

【Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities】Lecture Series
【The Long Nineteenth Century – Intellectual Turmoil during the Late Qing Period】

 

Lecture 4: The Two Major Intellectual Forces in Modern China

 

About the Lecture
This lecture suggests that during the final period of the Qing dynasty, two major intellectual forces — the pursuit of strength at almost any cost and the notion of assisting the weak — were intertwined, in conflict, or at times even merged as a whole.

 

Speaker
Professor Wang Fan-sen
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Academician, Academia Sinica

 

Moderator
Dr. Wing-ming Chan
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Chinese of the Faculty of Arts at The University of Hong Kong

 

10th May 2024 (Friday)  |  4:30 pm
CPD-3.04, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

Language: Mandarin

 

Free Admission. Registration required. First-Come First-Served.

 

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Further Information:
https://arts.hku.hk/research/Sin-Wai-Kin-Distinguished-Visiting-Professorship-in-the-Humanities-Lecture-Series