HKIHSS 2017 - 19 Report

2017 - 2019 REPORT

Academic Events

Making up another essential aspect of the Institute’s work were regular seminars and lectures where renowned intellectuals, colleagues and visiting scholars shared expertise, showcased their work and engaged in in-depth discussions. In the past three years, prominent scholars from humanities and social sciences visited the Institute from around the world, giving distinguished lectures during their stay.

Year	Region	Distinguished Scholars
2016 (Fall)	America	Prof. Mary Bullock (Agnes Scott College) Prof. Benjamin A. Elman (Princeton University) Prof. Miklös Müller (Rockefeller University)
2017	Europe	Prof. Wiebe E. Bijker (Maastricht University) Prof. Don Kulick (Uppsala University) Prof. Biao Xiang (University of Oxford) Prof. Rudolf G. Wagner (Heidelberg University)
	America	Prof. William Jankowiak (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Prof. Timothy Oakes (University of Colorado Boulder) Prof. Sherry B. Ortner (UCLA) Prof. James T. Richardson (University of Nevada, Reno) Prof. Eric Tagliacozzo (Cornell University)
2018	Asia	Prof. Yun-Han Chu (Academia Sinica) Prof. Zhaoguang Ge (Fudan University) Prof. Gungwu Wang (National University of Singapore)
	Europe	Prof. Ellen Hertz (Université de Neuchâtel) Prof. Dagmar Schäfer (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) Prof. Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)
	America	Prof. Melissa L. Caldwell (UC Santa Cruz) Prof. Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University) Prof. Krishan Kumar (University of Virginia) Prof. Eric Rath (University of Michigan and University of Kansas) Prof. Eric Tagliacozzo (Cornell University)
2019	Asia	Prof. Lizhu Fan (Fudan University) Prof. John Lagerwey (CUHK)
	Europe	Prof. Lauren Kassell (University of Cambridge) Prof. Jakob Klein (SOAS)
	America	Prof. Gabriela Soto Laveaga (Harvard University) Prof. Paul Cohen (Harvard University) Prof. Jeffrey Wasserstrom (UC Irvine)

In addition to the distinguished lectures, the Institute and its research clusters organized regular public lectures and seminars, research-based workshops and conferences.