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HKUST 2011-2012 Annual Report
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
HKUST has been consistently
placed among the best
universities in Greater China,
according to the
Academic
Ranking of World Universities
by
Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
In the 2011
ARWU
rankings, the
Division of Social Science was
ranked the best social science
department in Asia and 43rd in
the world in the 2011
QS World
University Rankings
.
In a further accolade, Dean
of Humanities and Social
Science Prof James Lee received
the Japanese Population
Association’s Best Book in
Population Studies Award,
a biennial prize for the
co-authored book
Prudence and
Pressure: Reproduction and Human Agency in Europe and
Asia, 1700-1900
.
Faculty members continued to publish in highly
competitive journals in China studies, psychology,
economics, political science and other disciplines, just
to name a few. A number of authored books were also
published, which included Prof Wenkai He’s
Paths toward
the Modern Fiscal State: England (1642-1752)
,
Japan
(1868-1895), and China (1851-1911)
, Harvard University
Press; Prof Chang-tai Hung’s
Landmarks: Politics of Space
in Beijing
, Oxford University Press; Prof Zongli
Lu’s Rumors
in Han Dynasties
, Zhejiang University Press; Prof Jianhua
Chen’s
Refined Cage and Fire Bird
, Fudan University Press;
and Prof Billy So’s
Prosperity, Region, and Institutions
in
Maritime China
, Zhejiang University Press.
Innovative education
The School covers the following disciplines: literature,
linguistics, history and anthropology, philosophy and
religion as well as music and art history under the Division
of Humanities; and economics, geography, political
science, psychology, science, technology and society, and
sociology under the Division of Social Science. During the
year under review, the Center for Language Education
(formerly the Language Center) also joined the School.
In Fall 2011, the School inaugurated the BSc in Global
China Studies. This elite program had an initial intake of
40 students and employs a global comparative perspective
to study China, building a unique portfolio of knowledge.
The School of Humanities and Social Science has enjoyed a dynamic year, strengthening its
expertise and receiving worldwide recognition for its achievements. In the 2012
QS Asian
University Rankings
— Asia’s Top 50 Universities in Social Sciences and Management, HKUST
was ranked 10th in Social Sciences and 29th in the World’s Top 100 Asian Universities in
Humanities.
