The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Faculty of Arts is the arts faculty of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...

History

It was founded in 1963. One of the Arts Faculty's first generation of graduates, Dr.

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, a student of

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, and a former pro-vice Chancellor of the university is a well-known historian and a recipient of the

John W. Kluge Prize The John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity is awarded since 2003 for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences to celebrate the importance of the Intellectual Arts for the public interest. Overview The prize is awarded by ...

for his lifetime achievement in the humanities.

Degrees offered

The Faculty offers both undergraduate and postgraduate level degree programmes.

Undergraduate

* Anthropology * Chinese Language and Literature * Cultural Management * Cultural Studies * English * Fine Arts * History * Japanese Studies * Linguistics * Music * Philosophy * Religious Studies * Theology * Translation In addition, the faculty also offers the following programmes to students: * BA (Translation) and JD: A double-degree programme, where JD is a postgraduate degree, jointly offered with the Faculty of Law. * LLB and BA (Translation): A double-degree programme, jointly offered with the Faculty of Law. * BA (Chinese Language and Literature) and BEd (Chinese Language Education): A co-terminal double-degree programme, jointly offered with the Faculty of Education. * BA (English Studies) and BEd (English Language Education): A co-terminal double-degree programme, jointly offered with the Faculty of Education.

Postgraduate

Research (Doctor/Master) * Anthropology * Chinese Language and Literature * Cultural Studies * Applied English Linguistics * Literary Studies * Fine Arts (Master only) * History of Chinese Art * History * Japanese Studies (Master only) * Linguistics * Music * Philosophy * Religious Studies * Translation Taught (Master) * Anthropology * Anthropology of Chinese Societies * Chinese Language and Literature * Intercultural Studies * Cultural Management * Visual Culture Studies * Applied English Linguistics * Fine Arts * Comparative and Public History * Japanese Language and Teaching * Linguistics * Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition * Music * Philosophy * Religious Studies * Christian Studies * Divinity * Theological Studies * Translation * Computer-Aided Translation Taught (Postgraduate Diploma) * Cultural Anthropology * Chinese Language and Literature

Honorary professors

* The current Dean of the Faculty of Arts: Professor Leung Yuen Sang * Associate Dean of Arts (Student Affairs): Professor Cheng Chung Yi * Associate Dean of Arts (Education): Professor Lai Pan Chiu * Associate Dean of Arts (Research): Professor Thomas Lee Hun Tak * Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture: Professor

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* Wei Lun Professor of Humanities: Professor

Pai Hsien-yung Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai (; born July 11, 1937) is a Chinese writer from Taiwan who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's father was the Kuomintang (KMT) ge ...

* Professor of Humanities: Professor

Zhao Zhenkai Bei Dao (, born August 2, 1949) is the pen name of the Chinese-American writer Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: ''Zhào Zhènkāi''). Among the most acclaimed Chinese-language poets of his generation, he is often regarded as a candida ...

(

Bei Dao Bei Dao (, born August 2, 1949) is the pen name of the Chinese-American writer Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: ''Zhào Zhènkāi''). Among the most acclaimed Chinese-language poets of his generation, he is often regarded as a candida ...

)

Campus

The headquarters of the Faculty of Arts is at the Fung King Hey Building located in The

References

External links

the Faculty of Arts of CUHK
Official website {{Chinese University of Hong Kong Educational institutions established in 1963 Chinese University of Hong Kong 1963 establishments in Hong Kong