Historian-in-Residence Programme 2018/19 Dr Joseph S.P. Ting

Dr Joseph S.P. Ting, former Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, is PolyU's Historian-in-Residence 2018/19. Dr Ting will lead the PolyU community on a journey along the Silk Road.

This year's Historian-in-Residence Programme consists of the following activities:

1. Historical Exploration Series

• Historical Exploration to Vietnam

• Historical Exploration to Xinjiang

2. Exhibition: A Journey along the Silk Road with Dr Joseph Ting

15 March - 5 April 2019
10 am to 7 pm
Innovation Gallery, Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU

Opening Ceremony
15 March 2019 (Friday)
5 pm
Innovation Gallery, Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU
  
3. Talk Series

• Talk on Merchants on the Waves: Vietnam’s trading ties with countries along the Maritime Silk Roads (Semester 1)

• Talk on Merchants on the Sands: Different faiths along the Xinjiang section of the Silk Road (details to be announced)

Enquiries: 3400 2433

Dr Joseph S. P. Ting
Eminent historian Dr Joseph S. P. Ting was born in Guangzhou and graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a BA in 1974, followed by an MPhil in 1979 and a PhD in 1989. As Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History from 1995 to 2007, Dr Ting played a vital part in the planning and implementation of the new Hong Kong Museum of History premises, Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence and Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum.
 
Dr Ting is currently a member of the Culture Promotion Committee, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; adjunct professor and honorary senior research fellow of the Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; honorary professor of the School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong; member of the Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong; member of the Advisory Board on History, Lingnan University; museum expert adviser to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government; trustee of The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust; honorary fellow of The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Education and the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong; deputy director of the Hong Kong Local Records Foundation; member of the Museums Advisory Committee, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government; and member of the Board of Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited. In addition, he is an honorary adviser to or committee member of a number of local museums and museums in mainland China.
 
Dr Ting has a wide range of research interests: history of Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macao; history of overseas Chinese communities; Dr Sun Yat-sen and Hong Kong; China trade paintings, etc. Since his retirement in 2007, Dr Ting has published more than ten books, two of which won the Hong Kong Book Prize.