RPG Admission 2025-26-bak

IHSS 6001: Research Seminar on East Asian Culture

Semester 2, 2023-24
Course CoordinatorDr. Ghassan Moazzin
Course TeachersDr. Ying Tung Fung
Dr. Ji Li
Dr. Ghassan Moazzin
Prof. David Palmer
Dr. John D. Wong

Prerequisite: Admission is open to persons of all disciplinary backgrounds. Admission by permission. Interested students or auditors should contact course coordinator (Dr. Ghassan Moazzin gmoazzin@hku.hk) with a brief introduction of your background and interest.

This course involves intensive reading, discussion, and writing exercises aimed at assisting HKIHSS first-year graduate students with their individualized methodological and theoretical training and to broaden and deepen their understanding of how their research interests relate to other disciplinary and thematic fields. Compiling and mastering a substantial reading list will be a central feature, and a state-of-the-field essay will be submitted at the end of the term. All students will read and discuss their classmates’ essays.

Notes: This is a compulsory course for all MPhil and PhD students of the Institute.

IHSS 6002: Direct Reading on East Asian Culture

Semester 1 & 2, 2023-24
Course Teachers Individual thesis supervisors

This course is devoted to the critical reading on existing works on East Asian culture. Students will learn to critique existing scholarship and literature in the relevant fields. Topics and approaches may (but are not restricted to) include: historiography, anthropology, sociology, history of knowledge production, gender, culture, religion, and literature.

Assessment: 100% coursework

Notes:

  1. This is a compulsory course for all PhD students of the Institute. MPhil students may register this course as one of their elective courses.
  2. Students who wish to enroll in this course should consult their supervisors in advance.