The HKBU Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology has recently entered into a research partnership with the Center for Research on Chinese Excavated Classics and Paleography, Fudan University since 2019. The collaboration aims to mutually enhance the level of academic and scientific research of the faculty and increase international exposure. It also places special emphasis on nurturing researchers and PhD students equipped with interdisciplinary thinking and knowledge.
The Center for Research on Chinese Excavated Classics and Paleography, Fudan University is a world-class nexus of Chinese Paleography. Under the leadership of Professor Qiu Xigui and Professor Liu Zhao, research fellows of the Center have earned a reputation for their rigorous research and produced remarkable outcome in the many fields, ranging from the study of excavated manuscripts, semasiology, paleography to Dunhuang Studies. Under the said partnership agreement, the two institutions are poised to offer a cutting-edge platform for frequent academic exchanges and pave a new way for training future academics.
Xuantang PhD student Duan Tao was the first one to benefit from the partnership and visit the Center for academic exchange in the second half of 2019, followed by another PhD student Pang Kun in the first half of 2021. In future, both institutions will jointly organize an international symposium on oracle bone studies. Professors Liu Zhao and Chen Jian will return to JAS as for a semester-long visit respectively. Last but not least, several collaborative projects are already in the pipeline. Through this fruitful partnership, the Academy will engage in academic exchange and teaching collaboration with its counterpart in mainland China on a whole new level.
Xianghuitang (Photo Courtesy: Mu Liang)
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