Newsletter No. 44

No.44 July 1993 CUHK Newsletter Side Lights Colleg e Graduation s The University's constituent colleges produced some 1,500 graduates this year, and college graduation ceremonies were held in late May and early June on the campus. Shaw College Shaw Co l l ege held it s f ou r th graduation ceremony at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall on 29th May. Dr. Alice K. Y. Lam, University Treasurer, officiated at the ceremony and presented certificates of merit to prize winners. There were 390 graduates this year. United College The 1993 graduation ceremony o f United College was held on 5th June, also at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall. The Hon. Christine Loh, member of the Legislative Council and Mr. Thomas H. C. Cheung, president of the United College Alumni Association, officiated at the ceremony and addressed the assembly as guests of honour. Over 1,000 guests attended the function. ChungChi College Chung Ch i Co l l ege 's 39th valedictory service took place on the afternoon of 6th June. Prof. P. C. Leung, head o f New Asia College, addressed the 426 graduates o f the college a s guest speaker for the occasion. A tea reception for about 1,000 guests, parents and students was held at the College Staff Club and Chapel Lounge after the ceremony . Work s o f Two Guangdon g Painter s o n Displa y An exhibition on The Art of Li Jian and Xie Lansheng' will be held a t the Art Gallery from 17th July to 12th September. All are welcome. Li Jian (1747-1799) and Xie Lan- sheng (1760-1831) were the two foremost Guangdong painters of the late 18th t o early 19th century. L i i s hailed as the founder o f the Guangdong landscape painting tradition, and Xie the inheritor who further developed a versatile Guangdong painting style. Both were heavily influenced by Ni Zan of the Yuan dynasty and Shitao of the early Qing period. The function is jointly organized by the CUHK Art Gallery, the Guangdong Provincial Museum, and the Guangzhou Art Gallery, with the support of local art organizations such as Bei Shan Tang, the Chih Lo Lou Art Promotion (Non-profit Making) Ltd., and Chongyizhai. Famou s Translator s Visi t theUniversit y Throug h Renditions Fellowshi p and Renditions Honorar y Fellowshi p The Research Centre for Translation Prof. Lucy Zhao Luo r ui o f Peking University, a literary translator well known for her renditions of the works of T. S. Eliot and Walt Whitman, is visiting the University's Research Centre for T r ans l a t i on as Renditions Honorary Fellow 1993-94. A Renditions Fellowship was first set up by the Research Centre for Translation in 1989 through the initiative of Messrs. Stephen Soong and George Kao. The fellowship aims at advancing the art of translation by bringing leading scholars in the field to the University, in order that they may concentrate their efforts on large scale translation projects and offer master classes and seminars and interact with the local community o f translators. Three renowned fellows, Prof. Burton Watson, Prof. Goran Malmqvist, and Prof. Cyril Birch have accepted the University's invitation since the establishment of the fellowship. Prof. Burton Watson, the world's 13