Calendar 2005–06

176 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies Department of Music Tel.: 2609 6510 Fax.: 2603 5273 E-mail: music@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/mus/dept.html The department provides professional and academic training in both Chinese and Western music. It boasts a teaching team of international standard, and one of the largest libraries in Asia of audio-visual materials, scores, periodicals and books on music. It has its own chamber orchestra, a choir, an early music (Renaissance) ensemble, a Gamelan ensemble, and a Cantonese operatic singing group. Major research areas in the music of China include Cantonese opera, Taoist ritual music, silk-and-bamboo music of Jiangnan, and court music of the Qing dynasty. With respect to Western music, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century liturgical music, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century opera, twentieth-century musical analysis and performance practice form the principal fields of research. Teachers also engage actively in composition and performance. Department of Philosophy Tel.: 2609 7136 Fax.: 2603 5323 E-mail: philosophy@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://phil.arts.cuhk.edu.hk The department’s undergraduate programme provides rigorous training in philosophy in both the Eastern and Western traditions to prepare students for future careers in either academic or non-academic fields. Its staff members have a wide range of academic and research interests, including Chinese/Eastern philosophical schools such as Confucianism, Taoism, Moism, and Buddhism; Western philosophical traditions such as analytic philosophy and phenomenology; and philosophical disciplines such as ethics, applied ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of language, and social and political philosophy. The department strives to capitalize on Hong Kong’s unique cultural and geographical setting by emphasizing the study of comparative philosophy. Department of Translation Tel.: 2609 7700 Fax.: 2603 7843 E-mail: tra@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/tra Established in 1972, the department is the first of its kind in local tertiary institutions. It provides all-round academic and practical training in translation to prepare students for employment or further studies in the discipline. Besides offering courses in the fundamentals of translating and translation studies, the department has also made special efforts in developing courses in applied translation, information technology, and translation between Chinese and non- English languages. Staff members are actively engaged in translating Chinese