Annual Report 1997-98

Events •宗敎系:「當代中國民族誌:一個方法與結果的批判性評 估」國際學術會議 • 翻譯系: 「翻譯硏究研討會」 「傳譯學術硏討會」 1. T o enhan c e t h e qualit y o f teachin g an d researc h i n European studie s an d language s a s wel l a s i n comparative studies i n linguistics , literature , an d culture , th e Comm i t t ee o n Europea n Language s wa s restructure d during t h e yea r an d wo u l d b e replace d b y a n e w Department o f Mode r n Language s an d lntercultura l Studies i n 1998-99 . A ne w postgraduat e p r o g r amm e i n comparative studie s i n linguistics , literature , an d cultur e was als o finalize d fo r introductio n i n 1998-99 . 2, Th e Departmen t o f Religio n finalize d preparation s for t he launc h o f a self-finance d Maste r o f Art s p r o g r amm e in religiou s studie s i n 1999-2000 , an d reache d a n ag r eement wit h th e Departmen t o f Religiou s Studie s a t Peking Universit y fo r th e e x c hang e o f facult y an d postgraduate students , th e organizatio n o f join t conferences, an d th e co-editin g o f a ne w journa l o n religious studies . 3. A serie s o f lecture s an d con f e r ence s we r e organize d or co-organize d b y variou s department s an d unit s during t h e year : —T h e Thir d Annua l Conferenc e o n Chines e Paleography; Conferenc e o n th e Teachin g o f Chinese Languag e an d th e Tertiar y Institution s i n Hong Kong : Teachin g Accordin g t o t h e Students ' Aptitude an d th e Stud y fo r Application ; Con f e r en c e on Mode r n Chines e Literature : Researc h Method - ology an d Evaluatio n (Department of Chinese Language and Literature) —H o n g Kon g - Lun d Join t Symposiu m o n Language s and Linguistic s (Department of English) —We i Lu n Lectur e b y Prof . Joh n Swale s o n 'Language, Science an d Scholarship ' (English Language Teaching Unit) —S em i n ar o n Sino-Germa n Relation s (Committee on European Languages) —Exhibition o n ' T h e Ar t o f C U 1998 ' (Department of Fine Arts) —International Con f e r en c e i n Commemo r a t i o n o f t h e Centenary o f China' s Hundre d Day s Reform ; International Symposiu m o n Maritim e Defenc e o f Mode rn Chin a (Department of History) 一 Th e Thir d Internationa l Symposiu m o n Japanes e Language Educatio n an d Japanes e Studie s (Department of Japanese Studies) —C o n f e r e n ce o n Ritua l Musi c Tradition s o f China ; c on c e rt an d lectur e o n T h e Echoe s o f th e Sil k Road' (Department of Music) —C o n f e r e n ce o n Comparativ e Philosoph y — Transcendence an d Immanen c e — Heaven , Ma n and Beas t (Department of Philosophy) —International Con f e r en c e o n Ethnograph y i n Chin a Today: A Critica l Assessmen t o f Me t hod s an d Results (Department of Religion) — Semina r o n Translatio n Studies ; Semina r o n Interpreting (Department of Translation) Academic D e v e l o p m e n t T h e C h i n e s e U n i v e r s i t y o f H o n g K o n g A n n u a l R e p o r t

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