Due to high demand, the event has been moved to a larger venue with a revised schedule:
Date: 9th April, 2026
New Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm
New Venue: Chung Chi College Chapel, CUHK
Language: English
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13728947
Speakers:
Prof. XIANG Biao
Born (1972) and raised in China, Xiang Biao is currently a director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany, and was a Professor at the University of Oxford before that. He has worked on migration and social changes in China, India and other parts of Asia. He is now exploring a “common concerns approach” in social research.
Prof. PANG Laikwan
Pang Laikwan is Choh-Ming Li Professor of Cultural Studies at CUHK. She is the author of a few books, including, most recently, One and All: The Logic of Chinese Sovereignty (Stanford UP, 2024). Her current research projects include the relation between law and life as well as the philosophical landscape of Late Qing China.
Moderator: Dr. HUANG Shan (Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Cultural Studies, CUHK)
Co-organisers: B.A. in Public Humanities Programme, Centre for Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Enquiry: cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk