都市研究與中國經驗高級研修班
香港大學香港人文社會研究所
2014年8 月 18 - 24 日
亞洲區域中的都市: 聯繫與比較
自2010年起，哈佛燕京學社、香港大學香港人文社會研究所與華東師範大學上海史研究中心聯合舉辦 「都市研究與中國經驗」系列高級研修班。研修班邀請海內外相關領域內領先的專家學者講授其所長，旨在向年輕一代的學者介紹當前國際學術前沿的研究方向與方法。今年的高級研修班將由香港人文社會研究所主辦，於2014年8月18日- 24 日在香港舉行。本次研修班的主題是「亞洲區域中的都市: 聯繫與比較」。
亞洲的城市經歷了數百年的興衰、社會轉型、政治變革及文化交融。在21世紀，這些城市正以不同的方式參與到全球政治經濟中去。同過去一樣，這重新崛起的亞洲，區域間互相聯繫，充滿活力，見證著區域內的都市人口流動和增長。他們文化多元，有著新的社會期望與權利訴求，不時民情激盪，這都給現行制度帶來種種挑戰。本次研修班意在運用不同學科的框架，把都市視作全球貿易、金融、政治、文化和族群的交匯之處，以此理解在城市空間重新佈局下人們的生存及發展策略。授課專家來自歷史學、人類學、政治學、都市設計、建築學、社會學以及電影製作等不同領域。此外，為強化研修班效果 我們將組織兩次田野考察，一次是考察有著殖民地背景、成為多元族群交匯樞紐的香港，另一次則側重於考察當代人與物的跨境流動。與之相輔，我們還將放映一部關於新移民和社區建構的紀錄片。這些活動充分利用香港這個在過去與現在都很獨特的集大成之地，展現我們在跨學科研究中的種種分析要點。
本次研修班擬招收學員20名，進行為期一週的集中培訓。招收對象是博士候選人以及年輕學者。報名者須提交一份與研修班主題相關的中文或英文研究計劃，及中英雙語的摘要。研修班結束後，學員可運用研修期間所獲得的視角， 進一步修改研究計劃，並提交哈佛燕京學社甄選。極少數優秀學員將有機會赴哈佛燕京學社訪問一年。
研修班不收任何費用，研修期間學員的住宿及本地相關的交通費用由主辦方負責。學員往返路費自理。個別有實際困難的學員，可申請部分交通費用補助。有關研修班詳情及報名方式。報名截止日期是2014 年3月31 日。
URBAN STUDIES AND THE CHINA EXPERIENCE
ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong August 18th to 24th, 2014
Inter-Asian Urbanity: Connections and Comparisons
Since 2010 the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, and the Shanghai History Research Center at the East China Normal University have jointly organized advanced training programs on Urban Studies and the China Experience. The program invites leading experts from overseas and China to address their areas of specialty, with the aim of introducing cutting-edge research approaches to a younger generation of scholars. This year, the training program will be held at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences from the 18th to the 24th of August. It will highlight “Inter-Asian Urbanity: Connections and Comparisons”.
Asian cities have undergone centuries of growth and decline, social transformations, political strife and cultural fusion. They also present diverse paths to engage the global political economy in the 21st century. As in the past, the re-emergence of a vibrant and inter-connected Asia sees the region’s urban populations mobile and growing. They are culturally diverse, at times volatile in their emotions and challenging in their claims for entitlements. The program attempts to use different disciplinary frameworks to position cities at global crossroads of trade and finance, politics, culture, and ethnicity, and to understand people’s strategies for survival and advancement as urban spaces are reconfigured. Speakers will involve historians, anthropologists, political scientists, urban designers, architectural scholars, sociologists, and film-makers. We shall reinforce the program with field trips, one on Hong Kong as a colonial, multi-ethnic hub, the other on contemporary cross-border logistics. A documentary film on new immigrants and community building will complement the trips. This utilizes the unique assemblage of the Hong Kong region, in historical and contemporary terms, to illuminate the analytical themes we would explore across disciplines.
The planned enrollment for this program will be 20 participants for one week of intensive training. The target trainees are PhD candidates and junior scholars. Applicants should submit a research proposal related to this year’s theme in Chinese or English, an abstract in both languages. Once the program has concluded, participants may submit their revised research proposals to Harvard-Yenching Institute using insights acquired during the training program. A very small number of outstanding trainees may be selected as visiting scholars for a one year residency at the Harvard-Yenching Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The organizing institutions of the workshop will cover the participants’ room and board, plus local travel connected to the program. Participants will need to arrange their own transportation to and from Hong Kong. Individuals with special needs may submit a request for assistance with transportation cost. For details, please see the program details at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences website . The deadline for applications is March 31st, 2014.
