The Center for the Comparative Study of Antiquity

The Center for the Comparative Study of Antiquity (CCSA) under the Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH) aims at sponsoring and coordinating research and teaching activities in the fields focusing on the ancient and medieval world, East and West. The main thrust of the CCSA will be promoting comparative studies of antiquity, in order to create a special edge for the teaching and research of humanities at CUHK. The members of the CCSA encompass faculty members from the Arts Faculty, including History, Chinese, Cultural and Religious Studies, and Fine Arts.

 

There are three goals of CCSA:

• To enhance the teaching and research of cultures in Antiquity at CUHK on related subjects such as history, religion, philosophy, art, literature, and archaeology, from a comparative point of view

 

• To integrate the intellectual resources of existing faculty members at CUHK whose teaching and research may concern ancient and/or medieval cultures, East or West, and those members who are interested in looking at the ancient roots of their subjects from a comparative perspective

 

• To enhance scholarly exchanges with scholars in other Hong Kong and international institutions who also work with similar aspirations