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SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

Dean: Hsi-sheng CH'I, BA. Tunghai Taiwan; MA. PhD, Chicago

While the institution places emphasis on science, technology and business, the intention is that the University's graduates should be more than narrow specialists. They should also become familiar with a wide range of intellectual perspectives, so over one- th~rd of all undergraduate programmes are spent on courses outside their major department, including at least 12 credits devoted to studies in humanities and social science.

The role of the School of Humanities and Social Science is twofold. First, its course offeringssupportthe undergraduate students' main specialisations by illuminating the social, regional and international contexts of science, technology and business enterprise. This is crucial to the education of the region's future leaders and innovators In commerce. industry. the professions and public service. Second, the School offers studies in the Chinese cultural her~tage and in other fields, with the aim of extending students' knowledge and widening their field of vision.

The School comprises two divisions - the Division of Humanities and the Division of Social Science. It does not offer undergraduate degrees, but both divisions offer postgraduate work by means of taught Master of Arts (MA) degree programmes and the enrolment of research students for the degree of Master of Philosophy (MPhil). The Division of Humanities also offers the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

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DIVISION OF HUMANITIES

Unlike the single-discipline departments in the University, the Division of Humani- ties offers a range of concentrations, including history, art history, literature, philosophy, religion, and anthropology. In line with the University's aim to produce specialists who will not only excel in theirtechnical expertise but also be equipped with a broad outlook on life and the world, the Division offers a range of courses for undergraduates in science, engineering, and business and management, as well as afocused, integrated curriculum for postgraduates in the humanities. For both, the emphasis is placed on China in the broader, cultural sense to include Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, China, and the Chinese diaspora. Moreover, the Humanities programme is interdisciplinary and comparative in orientation in both teaching and research. China is approached not only as a region but also in a global context (e.g. in relation to Asia and the West). It is also noteworthy that the Humanities Division is not subdivided into traditional departments. Instead, it emphasises dialogue between the various disciplines of humanities including literature, history, philosophy, anthropology, religion, and art history.

Faculty

Senior Lecturer and Acting Head of Division:

Michelle YEH, BA National Taiwan; MA, PhD Southern California Professors:

Edward T. CH'I EN, BA National Taiwan; MA Univ of California, Riverside; MPhil, PhD Columbia

William TAY, BA National Chengchi; PhD Univ of California, San Diego

Ching-Hsien WANG, BA Tunghai Taiwan; MFA Iowa; PhD Univ of California, Berkeley

Visiting Professor:

Chang-Tai HUNG, BA Chinese Univ of Hong Kong; MA, PhD Haward Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor:

Kwok-Kou Leonard CHAN, BA, MPhil, Cert of Educ, PhD Hong Kong; MA Toronto Lecturers/Assistant Professors:

James P. BUCHANAN, Jr, BA Hampden-Sydney Coll; MA Yale; PhD Chicago Li-Fen CHEN, BA National Taiwan; MA Wake Forest; PhD Univ of Washington Chi-Cheung CHOI, BA National Taiwan; MPhil Chinese Univof Hong Kong; DLitt

Tokyo

Bockja KIM, BA Yonsei; MST Yale; PhD Boston

David P. LAWRENCE, BA George Washington; MA, PhD Chicago Hui-Shu LEE, BA, MA National Taiwan; MA PhD Yale

Assistant Lecturer:

Tik-sang LIU, BSocSc, Dip Ed Chinese Univ of Hong Kong

Undergraduate Courses

The Division offers a range of electives in the fields of Chinese history, intellectual history, literature, philosophy, religion, cultural anthropology, and art history. There are no prerequisites for most courses. Lectures, seminars and individual tutorials are utilised in most courses, and students are assessed by course work and/or written examinations.

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Postgraduate Programmes and Research

Research programmes lead to the degrees of MPhil and PhD in the fields of early modern and modern Chinese history, South China studies, intellectual history, literature.

religion and ph~losophy. A taught MA programme in Chinese Studies is offered jointly with the Division of Social Science. An MA programme in Humanities is also offered.

Candidates for all postgraduate degrees should normally be good honours graduates in relevant disciplines, and those seeking admission to the PhD programme will generally be registered as MPhil students in the first instance, and subject to an upgrading review.

Candidates for both MPhil and PhD degrees attend such preparatory courses as are required, but the greater part of the work for each degree is devoted to the preparation of a research thesis. Students should refer to the section on regulations governing postgraduate studies for course and residence requirements.

Master of Arts (MA) in Chinese Studies

This is an interdisciplinary programme jointly offered with the Division of Social Science. For details, please refer to page 214.

Master of Arts (MA) in Humanities

This MA degree by coursework may be pursued either as an end-in-itself or as preparation for PhD studies. Students are required to take a minimum of 30 credits, of which at least 24 must be atthe postgraduate level. Among these24 credits, students may take six credits of independent studies under the supervision of a faculty member.

Depending on their state of preparedness, students in the MA programme may be required to attend lecture courses, but essential training takes place in seminars which involve the writing of term papers. Given its emphasis upon comparative and interdisci- pllnary approaches, the Humanities Division is not subdivided into traditional disciplines such as history, literature, and philosophy. Each student formulates under faculty guidance a study plan combining course work within the chosen field of specialisation as well as other disciplines.

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Humanities

The primary aim of the MPhil programme is to provide training for students who are intent on a career of teaching and research. It may be pursued either as an end-in- itself or as a preparation for PhD studies. Students are expected to function at the graduate level in at least two languages. take at least 12 credits course work, undertake

~ndependent research under faculty supervision, and prepare a thesis. Students may attend such preparatory courses as are required, but the greater part of the work is devoted to the preparation of a thesis based upon original research. The thesis must demonstrate bibliographical proficiency with respect to the literature of the field and be orally defended before a thesis examination committee. Students may specialise in literature, history, cultural anthropology, philosophy or religion, but are expected to transcend conventional disciplinary boundaries to cultivate expertise in interdisciplinary research.

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Humanities

The primaryaim of the PhD programme is to provide training for students who are intent on careers in teaching and research. Admission into the programme is contingent upon the possession of an MPhil degree or its equivalent. Students may decide to specialise in literature, history, cultural anthropology, philosophy or religion, but are expected to transcend conventional disciplinary boundaries to cultivate expertise in interdisciplinary research. All students are required to fulfil a minimum of 24 credits of course work and to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a language other than Chinese and English. After the successful completion of a qualifying examination covering specified areas, the student prepares with approval from the Division a thesis research proposal. Subsequently, the candidate's independent research conducted under the supervision of a faculty member aims at the writing and defence of a doctoral thesis.

Students in literature focus primarily on Chinese literature from comparative, interdisciplinary, and theoretical perspectives. Of the 24 credits in required course work, 9 shall be from the core courses: HUMA 631, Seminar on Comparative Literature, HUMA 525and 526, Modern Literary Theory I and ll, and HUMA515, Traditional Chinese Literary Theories and Criticism. To become a doctoral candidate, the student must pass a qualifying examination, which covers one major field (i.e., the chosen field of concentra- tion) and one supporting field (e.g. another genre or period).

Students in history have the option of choosing one of the following two areas as their major field of concentration: Late Imperial China (from Mina to ca. 1800) and modern China (since ca. 1800). Approaches to the historical'subject &in be political, social and economic, intellectual, and comparative. Of the 24 credits in required course work, 9 shall be from the core courses (selected according to the chosen field of concentration) and another 9 shall be courses in a supporting field. The supporting field, selected by the student with the approval of the supervisor, can be in the humanities or any one area in the social sciences. The qualifying examination covers the chosen field of concentration, the supporting field, and one other field of the student's own choice.

Students in cultural anthropology and social history focus their research primarily on South China. Research areas include not only Guangdong and Fujian, but span Taiwan through Hong Kong and Macau to Hainan and even to overseas Chinese (in Southeast Asia, Japan, North America and Europe) and the minorities of south and southwestern China (She, Yao, Dan, etc.). Of the 30 credits in course work required, 12 shall be from the core courses: Field Research: Theoryand Practice, Study of Archival and Folk Documents, Topics in Cultural Anthropology, and Topics in Social History. The qualifying examination covers three areas: the first focuses on theory and methods in cultural anthropology, the second on modern Chinese social and economic history, and the third on the ethnographical literature and ethnological issues of South China.

Students in philosophy and religion havetheoption of choosingoneof three areas as their major field of concentration: East Asia (e.g.,China and Japan), South Asia (e.g.

India and Sri Lanka) or the West (e.g., France and Germany). These areas, in spite of appearances to the contrary, are to be understood, not eidetically as geopolitical enclosures, but in fluid terms as historically constituted cultural formations. Course work must be cross-cultural in scope and critically self-aware in methodology. Therefore, of the 24 credits in required course work, at least half shall involve theory, and philosophies and religions, in areas otherthan the chosen field of concentration. The qualifying examination covers one major and two minor fields. The major is the field of concentration whereas the minors can be theory, an area of philosophy and religion outside the area of concentration, or another discipline in the humanities and the social sciences. The

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culmination of the PhD programme in philosophy and religion is asuccessful oral defence of the thesis which should demonstrate not only originaltty in research and analysis but also a thorough bibliographical knowledge of relevant scholarly works including those written in a second language.

Faculty Research Interests

Dr Michelle Yeh, Acting Head of Division, Senior Lecturer

Modem and contemporary Chinese poetry; comparative poetics; English and American poetry; women and literature.

Professor Edward CH'IEN

Pre-modern Chinese thought in a comparative perspective, especially of the early medieval and early modem periods of Chinese history.

Professor William TAY

Critical theory, cultural criticism; twentieth-century Chinese literature; film.

Professor Ching-Hsien WANG

Classical ~ h i n s e poetry, poetics and traditional literary criticism; comparative literature, especially East-West relations; modem literature.

Dr Leonard Kwok-Kou CHAN, Senior Lecturer

Classical Chinese literary criticism; classical and modern Chinese poetry and fiction;

theory of literary history.

Dr James Porter BUCHANAN, Assistant Professor

Comparative philosophies and religions, with emphasis on China and the modern and postmodern West. Principal concerns are classical and modern ethical theories as they relate to issues of science, technology, and society.

Dr Li-Fen CHEN, Assistant Professor

Fiction; literary theories; comparative poetics; modem literature.

Dr Chi-Cheung CHOI, Lecturer

The socio-economic history of China, particularly South China and overseas Chinese settlements including Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia, from the 12th century to the present.

Dr Bockia KIM, Assistant Professor

~ h i l o s o ~ h ~ of religion; comparative philosophy of religion; history of Western philosophy;

comparative ethics; philosophy of J.N. Findlay; Greek philosophy, German idealism, Wigenstein.

Dr David Peter LAWRENCE, Assistant Professor

Comparative philosophy and philosophy of religion; problems of crosscultural interpre- tation and relativism; monistic Kashmiri Saivism; Indian linguistic theory; Buddhist logic.

Dr Hui-Shu LEE, Lecturer

Southern song paintings; contemporary Chinese art; East-West art history.

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Tik-Sang LIU, Assistant Lecturer

Family and kinship, Chinese popular religion and shamanism, marginal cultures and fluid societies, ethnicity, ecological anthropology, and visual anthropology.

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DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

The Division of Social Science seeks to accomplish three primary objectives.

First, it aims at offering a rich, relevant and well-rounded body of courses designed to give undergraduate majors in the schools of Science, Engineering and Business and Manage- ment an awareness of how a social science perspective can improve their understanding of the contemporary world. These courses should sharpen students' appreciation of the intricate linkages between science and technology on one hand and the human- ecological environment on the other, and also help them to relate their own career pursuits to the needs of society and the times, and include social, political and cultural considera- tions in their professional judgements. Second, the Division is building a strong postgraduate programme to equip students with essential theoretical, methodological, and substantive skills to conduct independent research. The faculty provides students with close supervision in their work, guides them in the implementation of their research projects, and helps them to acquire standards of assessing their own work as well as that of others. Third, it is creating a centre of excellence in academic research and scholarly p r ~ d u ~ f ~ i t y . Faculty members maintain a lively intellectual environment where new ideas are explored, frontiers are pushed, and a genuine commitment made to contribute relevant, innovative, and significant scholarship to the social sciences.

Faculty

Professor and Acting Head of Division:

William T. LIU, BA St Thomas Coll; MA Notre Dame; PhD Florida State Professor:

Hsi-Sheng CH'I, BA Tunghai Taiwan; MA, PhD Chicago (Dean of Humanities and Social Science)

Visiting Professor:

Kung-Chia YEH, LLB National Tsing Hua; PhD Columbia Senior LecturerdAssociate Professors:

Edward Jowching TU, BA Chung-Using; MA Pennsylvania; PhD Tennessee Quansheng ZHAO, BA, MA Peking; PhD Univ of Califomia, Berkeley LecturersIAssistant Professors:

Kimberly A. CHANG, BA Hobert & William Smith; MS, MA, PhD Syracuse Jae Ho CHUNG, BA Seoul National; MA Brown; PhD Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor X . L. DING, BS Hefei Polytechnic; MPhil Fudan; MA, PhD Harvard

Irene ENG, BA Univof California, Los Angeles, MS Univof Washingfon; PhD Univ of Califomia, Los Angeles

Julian M. GROVES, BA Durham; MA, PhD Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Gaochao H E , BA Beijing; MA Southern Illinois; PhD Chicago

James Kai-sing KUNG, BA Guelph; MA Queensland; MPhil, PhD Cambridge Yi-Min LIN, BA Huazhong Normal; MA CASS Graduate Schoot, MA, MPhil, PhD

Yale

Shiu Hing LO, BA York Univ, Toronto; MA Waterloo; PhD Toronto Mark Alan MONTGOMERY, AB Dartmouth Colt, MALD, PhD Tufts Gerald R. PATCHELL, BA, MA Western Ontario; PhD Simon Fraser

Bany SAUTMAN, MLS, JD Univ of Califomia, Los Angeles; LLM New Yo& PhD Columbia

Assistant Lecturers:

Alfred KO-Wei HU, BA, MA National Taiwan

De-Piao TANG, BA Tunghai Taiwan; MA Pennsylvannia State; MPhil Columbia

Undergraduate Courses

The Division offers a range of electives in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology and sociology. There are no prerequisites for most courses. Lectures, seminars and individual tutorials are utilised in most courses, and students are assessed by course work and/or written examinations.

Postgraduate Programmes and Research

Postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of MPhil and PhD (proposed to begin in Fall 1995) in the fields of anthropology, Chinese economics, demography, geography, political science, social psychology, and sociology. An MA programme in Social Science and an MA programme in Chinese Studiesarealso offered, the latter jointly offered with the Division of Humanities. Candidates for admission to postgraduate degrees should normally have good honours degrees in relevant disciplines. Those seeking admission to the PhD programme will generally be registered as MPhil students in the first instance, and subject to an upgrading review. Candidates for both MPhil and PhD degrees will attend such preparatory courses as are required, but the greater part of the work for each degree will be devoted to the preparation of a research thesis.

Master of Arts (MA) i n Chinese Studies

This is an inter-disciplinary programme joinly offered with the Division of Humani- ties. For details, please refer to page 214.

Master of Arts (MA) i n Social Science

The MA degree programme offers an interdisciplinary Social Science curriculum for those seeking employment in business, government, mass media, and secondary school teachina. as well as those who wish to subseauentlv pursue a PhD proqramme in one of the so&l science disciplines. Students are' required to take a minimum of 30 credits, of which 6 may be independent study under the supervision of faculty members.

Of the 30 credits, 24 must be at the postgraduate level. Each student will be guided to formulate a study plan that combines course work in Chinese economics, demography, geography, political science, social psychology, and sociology.

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) i n Social Science

The MPhil degree is available to students, on a limited basis, in areas of special research interests in the social sciences. Students are accepted with major research interests in anthropology, Chinese economics, demography, geography, political sci- ence, social psychology, and sociology. Prior to admission, students must possess a sufficient reading background in the proposed thesis research area. Students must also demonstrate the capacity to identify a worthy research topic supported by a critical review of relevant literature. MPhil students are required to take two three-credit research

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methodolgy subjects and to complete a thesis. Additional course work may be required as a part of the research preparation. Students are expected to work closely with their supervisors on an informal rather than on a formal classroom basis.

Faculty Research Interests

Professor William T. LIU, Acting Head of Division

Nondemographic aspect of fertility, family and social change, social context of ageing, and psychiatric epidemiology.

Professor Hsi-Sheng CH'I, Dean of Humanities and Social Science Chinese domestic politics, foreign policies, ideology, and intellectual history.

Professor Kung-Chia YEH, Visiting Professor

Economic development in China and Taiwan, comparative economic systems.

Dr Edward Jow-Ching TU, Senior Lecturer

Comparative study of recent population changes and policy implications in Taiwan, China, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Dr Quanshena

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Associate Professor

International relations and comparative politics (East Asia); domestic politics and foreign policies of China and Japan; and comparative policy-making.

Dr Kimberly CHANG, Assistant Professor

Dr Kimberly CHANG, Assistant Professor