Speakers:
Wang Hui (汪晖), Professor in the Department of Chinese and Department of History, and Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Huang Ping (黃平), Director of the Centre for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Executive Vice President of the Chinese Institute of Hong Kong (a CASS think tank based in the SAR)
Wang Pei (汪沛), Assistant Professor, History and Culture Program, School of Chinese, HKU
Daniel Vukovich (胡德), Professor (cultural studies) and Chair of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 4:00–6:30 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: Room 436, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU
This symposium-discussion will turn on recent work by Wang Hui (汪晖) of Tsinghua University, who is visiting HKU as a Distinguished Professor in the School of Chinese and as an external, advisory board member for CHAGS. We’ll discuss his recent work on politics, economics, history, and ‘theory’ as well as some of the many issues it (along with others’ work) raises for the analysis of modern and contemporary China from a global perspective. Professor Wang’s work, itself globally recognized and debated, lies at the heart of the four basic research themes of our research hub: The Conjuncture: The World in/and China; Tradition and Contemporary China; Borders, Identities, Citizens; and Global Culture (culture defined broadly, as ‘thought’ or 文化 or 人文). More specifically, his work helps us think through the ‘ends’ of revolution as well as empire; of politics and related theory after the 1990s (and the 20th century); of the new and old global conjuncture (including hot and cold wars); the fate of political representation; and the challenge of producing knowledge about ‘China and the world’ whilst outflanking a too-easy universalism or exceptionalism.
Selected texts and bios are available beforehand for discussion and dialogue at [https://csgchku.wordpress.com/2024/12/31/selected-texts-by-wang-hui/]. Participants are expected to have read some or all of them (or related works). The symposium will begin with some remarks from Professor Wang followed by brief commentaries from Professor Vukovich, Professor Huang Ping (黃平), Professor Wang Pei (汪沛), and others.
This event is co-organised by the China, Humanities, and Global Studies (CHAGS) Cross-Faculty Research Hub, the School of Chinese, and the School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong.
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