Topic
Reflecting on the Humanities: Global Concerns and Local Practices

Biography
Professor Hsiung Ping-chen is the Dean of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include child and family studies, traditional Chinese medicine, gender, and the construction of memory. Before coming to CUHK, Professor Hsiung was the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at National Central University. She continues to serve on the International Advisory Board to the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), as well as the founder and coordinator of both The Asian New Humanities Network (ANHN), and Taiwan Humanities League (THL). She is known for her accomplishments in promoting the study of arts and letters via interactive and innovative working groups beginning with the now internationally acclaimed Ming-Ch'ing Studies Group in Academia Sinica.