Prof. Li Yiwen's book Networks of Faith and Profit: Monks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839 - 1403 CE (Cambridge University Press, 2023) has received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Joseph Levenson Prize (pre-1900 category). Since 1987, the Joseph Levenson Prize has been awarded each year in memory of Joseph R. Levenson by the Association for Asian Studies.

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City Literary Awards 2024 - Awards Presentation Ceremony was successfully held on 14 December 2024. We sincerely thank Professor WAN Tze-Kin Alan, Associate Provost (Academic Affairs) at CityUHK, and Professor HO Tat Kei Alfred, Dean of CLASS at CityUHK, as the officiating guests for the ceremony.

The Department of Chinese and History was privileged to host Prof. Hans van de Ven from Cambridge University for a CityU Distinguished Lecture on August 28, 2024. Entitled “The Great Occlusion: The End of Empire and the Emergence of a New Asia, 1945-1950", the insightful one-hour lecture received enthusiastic responses from the audience and was ended with a lively Q&A session.