A New Era Begins 1975-78

(4) To assist the University in developing Chinese Studies programmes at bo th the undergraduate and the graduate level by means of a well-integrated interdisciplinary approach so that a Chinese dimension can be added to all disciplines. The Institute Building Thanks to the Lee Hysan Foundation which donated a building complete wi th an A r t Gallery in 1970 and a workshop annex o f the A r t Gallery in 1978, the Institute o f Chinese Studies has excellent facilities. The Institute, a two-storey building to the right o f the University Administration Building ， is built around a Chinese-style courtyard planted w i th willow trees and decorative rocks. In the courtyard is a pool stocked w i th goldfish (a gift of the Japanese Government) and water lilies. The building contains a Lecture Theatre and an A r t Gallery, a number of offices for staff and for research fellows, lecture and seminar rooms, a reference room, and various conference rooms. In this Institute, many research projects have been completed, many still in progress and many new ones wi ll be initiated. In this building, many public lectures have been given by some of the most prominent scholars in the world, and numerous seminars have been held. In this building, many exhibitions of Chinese art have been staged, most of which represent the first of their kind held in Hong Kong. Research Projects Participants i n the Institute's projects represent a wide range of disciplines and vary w i th different projects. Two full-time research fellows were added to the staff in 1976-77 ， and two research associates and an additional research fellow in 1977-78. Besides long-range large- scale projects being carried out by centres under its administration, the Institute supports about ten new projects annually in various disciplines. In 1977-78 there was a substantial increase in the budget for research and publication. Publications The Institute has its own journal: the Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies, an annual in two volumes. The 8th issue was out recently and one volume was devoted to the proceedings o f the Symposium o f Ming I-min Painters held in 1975 w i th profuse illustrations. I n 1976-77, two titles and 11 papers were published in either its own Journal or other learned journals. The two titles are: Chou Fa-kao et al. (eds.) A Concordance to Kuang Ya and Appendixes to An Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions, thus making the original 16-volume Dictionary complete. Both are considered definitive works in their fields. A plan to publish more monographs and occasional papers has been launched since 1978 so as to widen its scope and encourage more research. Publications by the A rt Gallery and Comparative Literature and Translation Centre will be dealt wi th separately. 64