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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261113T190000
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SUMMARY:Final Year Student Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Final Year Student Gathering (Class of 2027)\nDate: 13 November 2026 (Friday)\nTime: 7pm-8:30pm\n \nThis casual dinner gathering aims to strengthen the bonding of Class of 2027. All final-year art history majors and minors are welcome to join. Register with Nicole at the Resource Centre.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/final-year-student-gathering-2/
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261104T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261104T173000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20261014T021543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T081915Z
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SUMMARY:Ports of Profit: European Trading Hubs in Asia\, c. 1500-1800
DESCRIPTION:This event is organized by Department of History\, HKU\nPorts of Profit: European Trading Hubs in Asia\, c. 1500-1800\nDate: 4 November 2026 (Wed)\nTime: 16:30pm\nVenue: Room 4.36\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nRegistration: required\, via the Department of History website \nAbstract: Well before the rise of 20th-century Special Economic Zones and world financial centres\, the ports of maritime Asia were areas of global trade and nodes of capitalism. Today ‘factories’ are places of industrial production\, but they owe their name to these pre-modern Asian trading ports\, European-controlled commercial hubs headed by company servants called ‘factors’.\nAround 200 of them were founded by European powers in Asia for trade. These ports were places where commodities for intercontinental trade were assembled\, stored\, and shipped.\nThis paper investigates their genesis\, evolution\, activities\, and connections\, and asks what kinds of economic activities were carried out in these Asian trading centres and what the interactive roles of European and local merchants were. \nSpeaker: Giorgio Riello is Professor of Early Modern Global History at the European University Institute\, Florence\, Italy and Professor of Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick\, UK (currently on secondment). He has published widely on the material exchange between Europe and Asia in the early modern period.\nAmong his books Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2013)\, Luxury: A Rich History (2016)\, and the forthcoming In Times of Wealth (2027). Giorgio coordinates a European Research Council Advanced grant Project entitled ‘CAPASIA: The Asian Origins of Global Capitalism\, 1500-1800’ considering the system of trade in the Indian Ocean (2022-27).
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/ports-of-profit-european-trading-hubs-in-asia-c-1500-1800/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 436\, Room 4.36\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Academic Talk,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261102T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261102T183000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20261014T024733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T073647Z
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SUMMARY:Painting into Being
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by School of Chinese and the Department of Art History\, HKU\nPainting into Being: Underground Art during China’s Cultural Revolution\nDate: 2 November 2026 (Mon)\nTime: 5pm-6:30pm\nVenue: Room 4.36\, 4/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower HKU\nRegistration: required\, via School of Chinese website \nAbstract: Painting into Being is the first in-depth study of underground art during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. It focuses on the Wuming (No Name 無名) Painting Group\, active from 1972 to 1981\, in conjunction with other clandestine cultural movements. Aihe Wang brings a singular perspective to this history as both a former Wuming artist and a Harvard-trained historian and anthropologist. In this book\, she examines how underground artists cultivated individual agency and forged collective solidarity in challenging times\, while creating a distinct form of Chinese modernism. Interweaving art\, history\, theory\, and lived experience\, Painting into Being expands our understanding of modern Chinese history\, global modernism\, and the power of creative expression. \nSpeaker: Aihe Wang is a former member of the Wuming (No Name) group\, and her paintings have been collected by M+ and Tate Modern. She served as an Associate Professor in the School of Chinese at The University of Hong Kong 2001-2015 and is currently an Honorary Associate Professor. For this book project she was selected as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 2013. Her other books include Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China (2000\, Chinese translation 2011) and the 13-volume Wuming (No Name) Painting Catalogue (2009).
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/painting-into-being/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 436\, Room 4.36\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Academic Talk,Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261102T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261102T173000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20261026T081309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261029T014558Z
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SUMMARY:Manuscript Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Manuscript Workshop led by Stephen Whiteman\nDate: 2-3 November\, 2026\nVenue: Room 10.28\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, The University of Hong Kong\nConvened by Prof. Yu-chuan Chen \n2 Nov (Mon)\n15:30-17:30 Session I \n3 Nov (Tue)\n13:30-16:00 Session II \nBy invitation only
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/manuscript-workshop/
LOCATION:Department Seminar Room\, 1028\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Publishing Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261029T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261029T200000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20261014T015454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T024820Z
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SUMMARY:Art History Trivia Night 2026
DESCRIPTION:Art History Trivia Night\nDate: 29 October 2026 (Thu)\nTime: 6pm-8pm\nVenue: Art History Resource Centre\, 10/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, HKU \nRegistration: sign up in the Resource Centre\nArt History students only \nJoin us for an evening of terrifying art history trivia\, test your knowledge\, meet fellow art history students\, and see who will be crowned this year’s champions!\nThere will be prizes\, pizza\, and drinks. Costumes are optional\, but highly encouraged.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/art-history-trivia-night-2026/
LOCATION:Art History Resource Centre\, 10.29 Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261024T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261024T170000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20261005T041617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T070412Z
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SUMMARY:Information Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the University’s annual information day! \nMeet our teachers and students\, and find out what Art History is\, how we teach the subject\, and why we are all in love with it! \n\n10am (CPD-LG.60)\nArt History Mock Lecture: “The Art of Impressionism in Paris” by Prof. Greg Thomas\n12noon (CPD-LG.60)\nInformation Session: “Studying Art History at HKU” by Dr. Vivian Sheng\n11am-3pm (CPD-LG.42)\nLearning with Technology: VR Dunhuang\nAll day (CPD-LG.42)\nConsultation\n\nREGISTER NOW \nApply Now (HKU Admission)
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/information-day-2026/
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Information
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261022T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20261022T193000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20260923T112703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T083615Z
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SUMMARY:Jin Zhang\, Jin Cheng\, and the Visibility of the Chinese Artist
DESCRIPTION:Co-organized by HKU and the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong\, supported by Susan Chen Foundation\nJin Zhang\, Jin Cheng\, and the Visibility of the Chinese Artist\nDate: 22 October 2026 (Thu)\nTime: 6:30pm-7:30pm\nVenue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall\, Graduate House\, HKU (Directions)\nDoors open at 6:15pm\, free seating \nRegistration: required\, click here\nHKU students with priority \nAbstract: The artist Jin Zhang (1884-1939) and her brother Jin Cheng (1878-1926) were unusual among late Qing artists in the length of time they spent in Europe\, in the decade prior to World War One. Yet these painters\, who had the widest exposure to Western work\, are often spoken of as among the most ‘traditional’ in style. This talk will explore the role of European sojourns in the lives of these two significant figures\, and examine the ways in which they negotiated the increasingly firm boundary being drawn at the time between ‘Chinese’ and ‘Western’ art. \nSpeaker: Craig Clunas is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art\, University of Oxford\, and the author of over a dozen books on Chinese art and culture. They include\, Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in China (1991)\, Art in China (2009)\, and Chinese Painting and its Audiences (2017). His most recent book is Sons of Heaven: Family and Dynasty in Ming China (Reaktion Books\, 2026). He has taught extensively on twentieth-century Chinese art\, and is the author of 回音室：跨國的中國畫 1897–1935/The Echo Chamber: Transnational Chinese Painting\, 1897-1935\, (Horizon/世紀文景 : Beijing\, 2024). A Fellow of the British Academy\, he has lectured internationally and curated several exhibitions including Ming: 50 Years that Changed China at the British Museum in 2014.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/jin-zhang-jin-cheng-and-the-visibility-of-the-chinese-artist/
LOCATION:Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall\, Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall\, Graduate House\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Academic Talk,Public Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260929T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260929T180000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20260908T030620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T033648Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Talk 2026
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Talk 2026\nDate: 29 September 2026 (Tuesday)\nTime: 5-6pm\nVenue: CPD-2.42\, Centennial Campus\nSpeaker: Prof. Susanna McFadden \nThis talk provides current students with information and advice on graduate school applications\, local and abroad. This will be useful for all majors and minors who are thinking about art history study beyond the BA\, as well as MA students who intend to continue on the academic journey. We will discuss differences among MA\, MPhil\, and PhD degrees; how to select appropriate programs (in Hong Kong and internationally); costs and financial aid; and the application process. We will also provide some advice for preparing a strong application.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/graduate-talk-2026/
LOCATION:CPD-2.42\, CPD-2.42\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260917T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260917T180000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20260820T084605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T082038Z
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SUMMARY:Art History Tea Gathering 2026
DESCRIPTION:Art History Tea Gathering 2026\nDate: 17 September 2026 (Thu)\nVenue: Art History Resource Centre\, Room 10.29\, 10/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nThis gathering is scheduled at the beginning of an academic year\, aiming to let new art history students\, new majors and minors\, to meet other members of the art history community. Refreshment will be provided. Come and meet your art history peers! \nAll are welcome\, no prior registration needed.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/art-history-tea-gathering-2026/
LOCATION:Art History Resource Centre\, 10.29 Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Information,Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260904T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260904T170000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20260826T030837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T031042Z
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SUMMARY:Internship Talk 2026
DESCRIPTION:Internship Talk 2026\nDate: 4 September 2026 (Friday)\nTime: 4pm-5pm\nVenue: Art History Resource Centre\, Room 10.29\, 10/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nThis meeting will give an introduction and more information to ARTH4005 Art History Internship and ARTH2123/ARTH2124 Professional Experience I/II. Representatives from some institutions will also attend the meeting to have a conversation about their internship programmes. \nArt History students from all year groups are welcome. \n 
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/internship-talk-2026/
LOCATION:Art History Resource Centre\, 10.29 Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260903T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260903T181500
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20260814T102324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T122640Z
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SUMMARY:Relief and the Sacred Monument: Entering the Space
DESCRIPTION:Relief and the Sacred Monument: Entering the Space\nDate: 3 September 2026 (Thu)\nVenue: CPD-2.58\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (directions) \nAll are welcome\, no prior registration needed\, free seating \nAbstract: This paper compares two very different monuments\, which were completed some two centuries apart\, from distant cultures with no direct connection of influence: the great Buddhist stupa at Amaravati in Southern India (completed at the end of the third century CE) and the Orthodox Baptistery at Ravenna (mid fifth century CE). Yet they show surprising similarities in the use of relief to articulate the penetration of supra-human forces into the human realm within sacred space. Both operate on the round\, using the cardinal points and intermediate directions as key devices of orientation; both conduct their ritual process at least in part through forms of ceremonial and processional circumambulation; both are concerned with surface on the voluminous round (whether concave or convex) and the penetration of that surface by relief sculpture in animate forms resembling the human body but representing super-human beings. The theoretical challenge is thus to find ways of explaining the parallels\, that are not dependent on models of contiguity or appropriation or influence. \nSpeaker: Jaś Elsner is Professor of Late Antique Art at Oxford and Visiting Professor of Art and Religion at the University of Chicago.  He has taught and researched the religious arts of Eurasia since the 1990s and has published on early Buddhist art in India as well as the Pagan Polytheist and Christian arts of the Mediterranean\, with a special focus on pilgrimage\, description and the receptions of ancient visual culture in later periods. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Accademia die Lincei in Rome.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/relief-and-the-sacred-monument-entering-the-space/
LOCATION:CPD-2.58
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Academic Talk,Public Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260828T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260828T163000
DTSTAMP:20261115T055159
CREATED:20260826T123738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T123943Z
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SUMMARY:MAAH Orientation 2026
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to HKU Art history! Incoming MA in Art History students are invited to join this orientation. This is an opportunity to meet and greet with our faculty and your fellow students\, to learn about important dates and policies\, and to begin your academic journey. \nDate: Friday\, August 28th\nTime: 3:00pm-4:30pm\nLocation: CRT7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nStudents will receive a copy of the MAAH student handbook and there will be time for questions and conversation. Following this\, there will be an optional department tour and social hour starting around 4:30pm.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/maah-orientation-2026/
LOCATION:Faculty Room 758\, Room 7.58\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:2026-2027,Information
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Art History":MAILTO:art.history@hku.hk
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