Topic
Humanities Education for the Silent Revolution

Biography
Professor James Lee is the Dean of Humanities and Social Science and Chair Professor of Social Science of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an eminent scholar in humanities and social science.  His research covers a wide range of disciplines, including Chinese history, Chinese society and economy, comparative demography, sociology of populations, historical sociology, genealogy and health.

Prior to joining HKUST, Professor Lee was with the University of Michigan, serving as Frederick Huetwell Professor of History and Sociology, Research Professor at the Population Studies Center, and Faculty Associate at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.  He was also the Director of the University of Michigan-Peking University Joint Institute and from 2003 to 2008 was Director of the University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies.  Previously, Professor Lee spent over two decades at the California Institute of Technology where he was a faculty member in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences from 1982 to 2003.