Celebrating : research at Lingnan (4 Feb 2016)
Organizer
Library, Lingnan University
Event Title
Celebrating : research at Lingnan (Booktalk)
Document Type
Book Talk
Date
2-4-2016
Time
3:30 p.m. -- 4:30 p.m.
Venue
Foyer, 1/F, Lingnan University Library, Lingnan University
Description
Lingnan University as a liberal arts university emphasizes both the merits and interrelationship of teaching and research. Prof. Mark Hampton and Prof. Baohui Zhang introduced their new published books and shared the joy of their research achievements with the Lingnan Community on 04 February, 2016.
Prof. Hampton is the specialist of British Culture. The two books focused on the cultural history of Hong Kong and British world. Prof. Zhang wrote a new book on the peasant revolutions in Hunan and Jiangxi, and another on the important changes of China’s nuclear posture.
Books introduced:
- Crosbie, B., & Hampton, M. (Eds.) (2015). The cultural construction of the British world. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Hampton, M. (2016). Hong Kong and British culture, 1945-97. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Zhang, B. (2015). China's assertive nuclear posture: State security in an anarchic international order. New York: Routledge.
- Zhang, B. (2015). Revolutions as organizational change: The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926-1934. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Zhang, B., & Hampton, M. (2016, February 4). Celebrating: Research at Lingnan (4 Feb 2016) [Video podcast]. Retrieved from http://commons.ln.edu.hk/videos/273