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RESEARCH PROJECTS

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New Fellows in 2024

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RIH’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers a vibrant and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment to talented young humanities scholars from around the world. Meet our new fellows Details

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New Fellows in 2024

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RIH’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers a vibrant and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment to talented young humanities scholars from around the world. Meet our new fellows Details

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Interdisciplinary Research Project – Digital Feminisms in Asia

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This project aims to unite established scholars and postgraduate students exploring the intersection of digital technology and feminism into a research network based in Hong Kong. Offering a platform to showcase ongoing research, mentor research postgraduate students, develop the pedagogy, and engage with the public.  More

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Interdisciplinary Research Project – Practice-as-Research: Producing Knowledge Through Participatory Creative Practice

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With the belief in the innovation and knowledge produced through collaborative creative practice, this project aims to build an interdisciplinary platform and international network to share experiences and foster discussion on practice-as-research and practice-led research. The research will revolve around the topic of participatory arts in urban spaces, with particular attention to forms of technology-enabled participation. More

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Interdisciplinary Research Project – What is “New”? Evaluating Generative AI Across Disciplines

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This research group studies the impact of Generative AI on research culture across a broad spectrum of disciplines. It consists of scholars from cultural studies, English, translation, communication, law, mathematics, and computer science. More

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Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Reading Groups

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Congratulations to the 8 selected Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Reading Groups!
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Interdisciplinary Research Project – Archaeological Science in Hong Kong

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This initiative facilitates dialogue and knowledge exchange on a wide range of topics related to the human past. Researchers can share the latest developments in their respective fields through themed technical workshops and focus group meetings.
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Interdisciplinary Research Project – Transnational Urban Humanities

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This initiative provides an interdisciplinary platform for humanities scholars working in different fields, locations, and periods to examine the interconnected cultures and aesthetics of understudied cities in Asia and elsewhere. It also aims to cultivate networks between urban humanities scholars at CUHK with other universities in Hong Kong and overseas.
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LATEST EVENTS

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Oct
Archaeological Science in Hong Kong Initiative: Introduction to Archaeobotany: What plants can tell us about the past
14
Oct
Digital Humanities Initiative Talk Series – Conceptual changes in vaccine discourse. A social media, graph-based analysis of the HPV vaccine case in Italy
14
Oct
Soviet Cyborgs and Chinese AI : A conversation (Zoom)
03
Oct
South Asia in the South China Sea Workshop