Past ACCFs

Director, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

PhD (History) Yale University (1980); MA (History) University of Hawaii (1972);
BA (Foreign Languages & Literatures) National Taiwan University (1969)

Professional Experience
Director & Professor, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong, 1998 – date
Pace University (New York City) 1983-98 [on leave 1991,1993,1994,1998-2001] :
Director-in-Residence, Kwan Fong Institute of East Studies (1985-98); Dept Head & Division Chair, Dept and Social Sciences Division (1987-91); Asst Professor/Assn Professor/Professor of History (1983-2001)
Visiting Professor, National Taiwan University, 1991
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese History, Yale University, 1982-83
Assistant Professor in History, State University of New York at Albany, 1979-82

Selected Publication
Zhenli Yuebian Yuehun (Truth and Chaos), Hong Kong, 2006; Kouchuan Xinshou Yu Wenhua Chuancheng, Guangxi, 2006; Jiuzhou Xuelin (Chinese Culture Quarterly), Chinese Civilisation Centre CityU and Fudan UPress, Shanghai, 2003- ; China Westward : Bibliography and Research Guide : Chinese Porcelain and East-West Maritime Trade, 12th – 15th Centuries (ed), Hong Kong, 2005; Yishu Chao Xiandai (Transcending Art Map), with KF Ma, Hong Kong, 2003; Gaoshang De Kuaile (Noble Happiness), Tianjin, 2002; Chutu De Yuyue (Joy of Being Discovered), Hong Kong, 2001; Wenhua Chao Xiandai (Transcending Cultural Map), with KF Ma, Hong Kong, 2000; The Search for Modern China : A Documentary Collection, with M. Lestz & J. Spence, New York, 1999; Tang Xianzu and Late Ming Culture, Taipei, 1995; Selected Prose of Dai Wangshu, Hong Kong, 1987

Public Service
Chairman, Advisory Board for General Education Programme, Lingnan University
Honorary Adviser, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hongkong
Advisor, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
External Assessor, Competitive Research Projects Exercise (CERG) RGC-UGC, Hong Kong
Academic Advisor, Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Theatre Troupe, PRC

Academic Honours and Awards
Yale University Graduate Fellowship (1972-76) & Yale Prize Fellowship in East Asian Studies (1976-78)
ACLS Mellon Fellowship in Chinese Studies in Ming History Project (Princeton University, Summer 79)
Harvard University, Fairbank Centre Post-doctoral Fellowship for East Asian Research (1981-82)
ROC National Science Council Visiting Professorship (1991, '93, '94, '95)
Nanjing University, Distinguished Professorship in Absentia (1996-98)