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The Institute is one of the independent research units at The University of Hong Kong. Administratively it reports directly to the Vice-Chancellor’s Office. The Director consults the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) on major development issues of the Institute.
At the core of the Institute’s governance is an Executive Committee. Members are senior academics and professionals positioned in Hong Kong, China and overseas. It meets bi-annually to review the mission of the Institute, endorse program proposals and budgets, and discuss its institutional development. Current members are as follows:
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Helen F. Siu (Chair) | Professor of Anthropology, Yale University |
| Zhiwu Chen | Director, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences Chair Professor of Finance, Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance, The University of Hong Kong |
| May Bo Ching | Professor and Head of the Department of Chinese and History, Director of Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong |
| Angela Ki Che Leung | Chair Professor of History, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences Joseph Needham-Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science and Civilization, The University of Hong Kong |
| Barbara Mittler | Professor, Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) & Institute of Chinese Studies at Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University |
| Janet Pau | Executive Director, Asia Business Council, Hong Kong |
| Max Shen (ex-officio) | Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), Chair Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, The University of Hong Kong |
| Xie Shi | Professor of History, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou |
An Advisory Board whose members are drawn from disciplines and institutions around the globe offers another valuable layer of experience and exposure. The Institute consults individual advisors on programs development related to their expertise. Current members of the Advisory Committee are as follows:
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| May Bo Ching | Professor and Head of the Department of Chinese and History, Director of Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong |
| Paul Cohen | Executive Committee Member and Associate of Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University |
| Andrew Kipnis | Professor, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Dorothy Ko | Professor of History, Barnard College, Columbia University |
| Timothy S. Oakes | Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| James Scott | Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University |
| Elizabeth Sinn | Honorary Professor, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong |
| Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan | Dinakar Singh Professor of India & South Asia Studies, Anthropology, Yale University |
| Xiang Biao | Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology |