The Emerging University 1970-74

Chemistry o f Cambr i dg e Un i ver s i t y an d thi s Un i ve r s i t y an d between th e Institut e o f Evo l u t i ona r y an d Env i r onmen t a l Biology , Un i ver s i ty o f Californi a a t Lo s Angeles , an d ou r Ma r i n e Scienc e Labo r a t o ry ar e unde r negotiation . No w tha t th e ne w Un i ve r s i t y Science Centr e i s i n operation , th e Institut e i s expecte d t o pla y a n even mor e impo r t an t rol e i n p r omo t i n g researc h t ha n before . The f o l l owi n g tw o Centre s ar e unde r th e supervisio n o f th e I ns t i t u t e: (1) Compu t i n g Centr e {established February 1967) (2) Ma r i n e Scienc e Labo r a t o r y (establishe d June 1971) When th e Compu t i n g Centr e wa s se t up , i t serve d th e dua l purpos e of p r ov i d i n g facilitie s fo r an d assistanc e t o facult y researc h an d organ i z i ng th e teachin g o f compute r scienc e w i t h i n th e Un i ver s i t y . Wh en a Compu t e r Service s Te rm i n a l an d a Compu t e r Scienc e Depa r tment wer e se t u p separatel y i n Ap r i l 197 3 t o tak e ove r th e servicing an d teachin g function s o f th e Compu t i n g Centre , i t wa s oppor t une fo r th e Centr e t o b e phase d ou t afte r i t ha d serve d it s purpose well . Inst i tute of Chinese Studies I n Nobembe r 196 7 th e Un i ver s i t y establishe d th e I ns t i t u t e o f Chinese Studie s i n orde r t o hav e a f o rma l channe l t o provid e assistance t o scholar s an d institution s al l ove r th e wo r l d wh o have , i n on e capacit y o r another , looke d t o th e Universit y fo r consultatio n and advic e i n developin g materia l an d huma n resource s i n Chines e studies. The Institut e i s base d o n a broa d bu t unifie d concep t o f Chinese studie s wh i c h no t onl y include s wha t i s t r ad i t i ona l l y identified a s Sinolog y bu t emphasize s th e app l i ca t i o n o f th e socia l science disciplines , characterize d b y quan t i t a t i v e an d compara t i v e approaches. Equa l l y impo r t an t , th e concep t stresse s th e development of methods an d technique s imp l i c i t i n Chines e classica l work s as a con t r i bu t i on t o mode r n scientifi c methodology . Chines e studie s thus conceive d ar e inspire d b y th e searc h fo r con t i nu i t y f r o m earl y to con t emporar y time s an d fo r a synthesi s betwee n th e Chines e an d Western viewpoint s an d methodology . The grea t impor t anc e tha t th e Un i ver s i t y attache s t o th e I ns t i t u te i s reflecte d i n th e fac t tha t th e Vice-Chancello r i s actin g as it s firs t Director . Th e Institut e ha s seve n researc h divisions , each unde r th e supervisio n o f a senio r academi c staf f member . I t als o publishe s The Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies of The Chinese University ofHong Kong, a scholarly annua l w i t h tw o volume s a yea r sinc e 1968 . 4 8