港大中文學院

The School of Chinese & Department of Comparative Literature at The University of Hong Kong

Jointly Present the Following Public Lecture by Distinguished Visiting Scholar Prof. WANG Hui

under the Leong Che-Hung Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Leadership Scheme, HKU

中國人文學科的過去，現狀，和未來

The Past, Present, and Future of the Chinese Humanities

主講 Speaker: 汪暉 教授 Prof. WANG Hui (Tsing Hua University)

主持 Moderator: 林姵吟 教授 Prof. LIN Pei-yin (School of Chinese, HKU)

日期 Date: 19 March 2025 (Wed)
時間 Time: 16:30 - 18:00 (HKT)
語言 Language: 普通話 Putonghua
地點 Venue: CPD-1.24, 1/F, Central Podium, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Mode: Face-to-face & Online

報名 Registration: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HhcA2Uw7kGKBa6

講座摘要Abstract:

中國有著深厚的人文傳統，但人文學科卻是20世紀的產物。中國大學的學科建制並非古典知識分類的直接延伸。從歷史的角度說，現代人文學科包括了三個特徵：首先，在現代民族-國家體系形成過程中，現代人文學科深受歐美學科建制的影響；其次，在神學/經學逐漸失去其神聖性和支配地位的過程中，現代人文學科在方法上和價值上都帶有世俗化的特徵；第三，在與科學領域的支配地位的博弈中，現代人文學科尤其強調自身的獨特位置。現代人文學科形成的上述三個前提如今都面臨變化和挑戰：一、伴隨著全球化/逆全球化的進程，如何思考人文學科與不同的人文傳統的關係？二、經濟全球化的進程並沒有將人類導向一個徹底“脫魅”的世界，恰恰相反，伴隨著世俗生活的發展，宗教和各種古典傳統出現了復興的跡象。在這一語境中，如何重新界定人文學科的使命？三、現代人文學科的地位是在與自然科學的聯繫和分離之中誕生的。如今數碼技術、人工智慧、基因技術以及生態科學等等的發展滲透人類生活的所有領域，在學科分立的條件下，如何重新界定人文學科與自然科學的關係？人文學科如何既從自然科學的發展中及其營養，又對其發展保持批判性的反思？最後，數碼技術的發展使得人文研究的領域和邊界發生了重要的變化，跨語言、跨地域、跨文化的研究正在獲得前所未有的新空間。如何估價數碼時代的人文學科？

The academic subdivisions of the humanities in China are much the same as those in other countries around the world, but the scale of scholars and students, the research system, and the volume of publications are among the largest in the world.1 Using the existing humanities disciplines and their distribution as a guide, starting with the status of literature studies, history, philosophy, linguistics, archaeology, and other related fields, this talk outlines the development and trends of humanities scholarship and education in main-land China over the past thirty years. In that time, thanks to dramatic increases in the levels of specialization and detail of Chinese humanities scholarship, it has become difficult to make sweeping generalizations about so many different fields. Considering that the audience of this report includes not only scholars, specialists, and leaders of research institutions and universities in related fields, but also those from various countries who are interested in the development of the humanities in China, this talk begins by briefly charting the historical tradition and modern formation of Chinese humanities scholarship, providing the reader with a broader context for understanding the humanities in China today.

講者簡介About the Speaker:

 汪暉，清華大學文科資深教授，人文與社會科學高等研究所所長，歐洲科學院外籍院士，代表作有《現代中國思想的興起》、《世紀的誕生》、《去政治化的政治》等。

Wang Hui is a Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Director of Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University. He is also a Member of Academia Europaea. His works include The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, The Birth of the Century, and Depoliticized Politics, among others. 

Notice:

1) The seminar will be conducted primarily in a face-to-face mode; Those who cannot attend the seminar in-person could apply for online participation (via Zoom);

2) All those who would like to attend the seminar are required to register online on a first-come, first-served basis;

3) Email of confirmation will be sent to the registered email addresses and participants have to show the screenshot or print-out version of the email for entry of the seminar venue;

4) Walk-in or late-comers will not be allowed for entry of the seminar venue unless situation allows.

ALL are welcome*

*Pre-registration (Click HERE) is requested.