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The 13th International Symposium on the History of Christianity in Modern China: Archives and the History of Chinese Christianity in Modern Times

Conference

The 13th International Symposium on the History of Christianity in Modern China: Archives and the History of Chinese Christianity in Modern Times
6 JUN 2024 7 JUN 2024

Date

06 - 07 Jun 2024

Location

WLB 109-202, HKBU

Language

English or Putonghua

Programme Book

Date: 6-6-2024, at WLB 109, WLB 201 and WLB 202

09:00-10:30: Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech
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Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech, at WLB 109

Chairperson: Agnes Suk Man PANG, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

09:00-09:15

Welcoming Speeches
  • Dr. Albert CHAU, Vice President (Teaching and Learning) and Acting Dean of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Prof. Stuart CHRISTIE, Executive Associate Dean of Arts, and Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Dr. Wai Luen KWOK, Head and Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, and Associate Director, Centre for Sino-Christian Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Prof. Francis Ching Wah YIP, Director, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director, Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion and Culture
  • Dr. Christina Wai Yin WONG, Co-chair, Organizing Committee; Vice-Chair, Society for the Study of History of Christianity in China; Assistant Professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Group Photo
09:15-10:15
Keynote Speech, at WLB 109
  1. Rev. Prof. Philip L. WICKERI, HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College; Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
    “The Construction of the Modern History of Chinese Christianity: Archives or Ideology?” [中國近代基督教史的建構：檔案還是意識形態]
10:15-10:30Tea Break
10:30-12:00: Parallel Sessions 1-3
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Panel Session 1: Revisiting Archive Collections, at WLB 109
Chairperson: Yosuke MATSUTANI, Kinjo Gakuin University
Respondent: Joseph Tse Hei LEE, Pace University

10:30-10:50

2. John Robert STANLEY, Kutztown University
“Searching for the Missionary Experience: A Comparison of the Presbyterian Historical Society Archives and The Claremont Colleges Library”

10:50-11:10

3. David C. CHAO, Princeton Theological Seminary
“Hauntings of Archival Ghosts in Histories of Chinese Christianity: Modernity, Theological Categories, and Discursive Traditions”

11:10-11:30

4. Raissa DE GRUTTOLA, Ca’Foscari University of Venice
“Exploring Franciscan Archives: New Insights into the History of Chinese Christianity”

11:30-11:45

Response

11:45-12:00

Q&A

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Panel Session 2: Archives and Individual Biographies I, at WLB 201
Chairperson: Kinia Choi Lin NG, Chinese Online School of Theology
Respondent: Wai Luen KWOK, Hong Kong Baptist University

10:30-10:50

5. Jackson Ho Kei TSUI, Macau Cumberland Presbyterian Church
“Faithfully Archived: T. J. McIntosh and the Advancement of Protestant Pentecostal Missions in Early 20th-Century China”

10:50-11:10

6. Buxiao NI, Alliance Bible Seminary
“華南宣道會傳教的資料蒐集與信仰建構—以翟輔民的中西文書為中心”

11:10-11:30

7. Cindy Yik Yi CHU, Hong Kong Baptist University
“Cardinal John Tong with Four Pastoral Priorities”

11:30-11:45

Response

11:45-12:00

Q&A

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Panel Session 3: Archives and Regional Studies in Chinese Christianities,
at WLB 202
Chairperson: Chen Wan WANG, Tunghai University
Respondent: Yee Cheung LAU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

10:30-10:50

8. Boyi PANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“Finding Different Voices: The Pingli Missionary Case in Official and Private Archives”

10:50-11:10

9. Yimeng XU, Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University
“內地會在中國少數民族地區的傳教活動”

11:10-11:20

Response

11:20-11:30

Q&A

12:00-14:00: Lunch Break

14:00-16:00: Parallel Sessions 4-6
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Panel Session 4: Archives and Hong Kong Christianity, at WLB 109
Chairperson: Ellis Ming Cheung HO, Alliance Bible Seminary
Respondent: Rowena Ruiwen CHEN, HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College

14:00-14:20

10. Joseph Tse Hei LEE, Pace University
“Feeding Refugees, Saving Souls, and Planting Churches: Lutheran Ministry in 1950s Hong Kong”

14:20-14:40

11. Kin Pan WU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“德語文獻中的「道濟會堂」開基歷史鉤沉”

14:40-15:00

12. Agnes Suk Man PANG, Hong Kong Shue Yan University
“香港漁民教會歷史”

15:00-15:20

13. Ann Gillian CHU and Vincent Wan Ping LEE, Hong Kong Baptist University
“Reconsidering Social Services and Christian Churches in Post-War Hong Kong, 1940s-1970s”

15:20-15:40

Response

15:40-16:00

Q&A

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Panel Session 5: Archives and Individual Biographies II, at WLB 201
Chairperson: Wai Luen KWOK, Hong Kong Baptist University
Respondent: Yuen Sang LEUNG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

14:00-14:20

14. Clement Tsz Ming TONG, Trinity Western University
“Creativity over Loyalty? An Examination of Liang Fa’s Use of the Morrison Bible in Good Words for Exhorting the Age”

14:20-14:40

15. Tzu Ren CHEN, Central Taiwan Theological College
“戴日—台灣基督教史的一個側面”

14:40-15:00

16. Cheng Wen WANG, Tunghai University
“馬偕（George Leslie MacKay）研究的歷程與史料再發現”

15:00-15:15

Response

15:15-15:30

Q&A

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Panel Session 6: Archives and Culture Re-presentation, at WLB 202
Chairperson: Cindy Yik Yi CHU, Hong Kong Baptist University
Respondent: George Kam Wah MAK, Hong Kong Baptist University

14:00-14:20

17. Chit Shing SO, Doshisha University
“The Aims of Printing Chinese Gospels and Tracts before the First Opium War (1832-1839): On Perspective of ABCFM's ‘Mission Press’ and Its Early Missionary Policy towards the Far-East”

14:20-14:40

18. Yee Cheung LAU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Sai Kit HO, Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cheung Chau Church
“文化調適：從巴色會檔案看客家宣教策略”

14:40-15:00

19. Peter Kwok Fai LAW, National Taipei University
“Practicing Christianity in Scouting: British Missionaries and the Making of Chinese Youth Culture at Hankou's Griffith John College, 1915–1925”

15:00-15:20

20. Lingshu LIU, University of Alberta
“Selling Christianity, Selling China Chinese Christian Posters in Modern China, 1876-1949”

15:20-15:40

Response

15:40-16:00

Q&A

16:00-16:15: Tea Break

16:15-18:15: Parallel Sessions 7-9
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Panel Session 7: Exploring New Types of Archives, at WLB 109
Chairperson: Kin Pan WU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Respondent: Sai Kit HO, Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cheung Chau Church; and Kin Pan WU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

16:15-16:35

21. Wenqian WANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“廣州基督教‘聯合禮拜’前後教會情况及比較”

16:35-16:55

22. Tsz Lok SIT and Christian N. NG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“探尋香港當代粵語基督教音樂的本土軌跡：以恢復粵語詩歌敬拜文化運動（Canton Hymn）作為數位檔案空間的個案研究”

16:55-17:15

23. Jacob Chengwei FENG, Fuller Theological Seminary
“The Recognition of China's Earliest Christianity in Modern China: Based on Archival Research of Guji Zixian Guji Shujuku 古籍線上古籍資料庫”

17:15-17:30

Response

17:30-17:45

Q&A

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Panel Session 8: Diasporic and Transnational Chinese Christianities, at WLB 201
Chairperson: Ann Gillian CHU, Hong Kong Baptist University
Respondent: Kinia Choi Lin NG, Chinese Online School of Theology

16:15-16:35

24. Ellis Ming Cheung HO, Alliance Bible Seminary
“澳洲華人宣道會的建立過程 (1986-1989)”

16:35-16:55

25. Yosuke MATSUTANI, Kinjo Gakuin University
“美南長老會的中國宣教和日本宣教的連續性--以Annie Randolph為例”

16:55-17:15

26. Wai Luen KWOK, Hong Kong Baptist University
“Transnational Religious Exchange of Chinese Protestant Christians or An Outcome of International Mission Movements: An Archival Study of the Beginning of The Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism, 1976-1986”

17:15-17:30

Response

17:30-17:45

Q&A

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Panel Session 9: Unity, Cooperation, and the Three-Selfs, at WLB 202
Chairperson: John Robert STANLEY, Kutztown University
Respondent: Christina Wai Yin WONG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Kam Keung LEE, Hong Kong Baptist University

16:15-16:35

27. Eric Shin Fung HUNG, Duke University
“From a Methodist Annual Conference to a Council of the Church of Christ in China: The South Fujian Experience”

16:35-16:55

28. Aixin YI, Boston University
“Christian Efforts of Rural Reconstruction on the Chinese ‘Home Front’ during the War of Resistance (1937-1945)”

16:55-17:15

29. Bingsan XU and Qinping CHEN, Central China Normal University
“抗戰時期美國教會對華救濟委員會援華活動研究”

17:15-17:35

30. Fuk Tsang YING, Academia Sinica
“再探1954年中國基督教全國會議”

17:35-17:55

Response

17:55-18:15

Q&A

Date: 7-6-2024, at WLB 109
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09:00-10:15

Public Seminar on Christian Archives in Hong Kong, organised by Hong Kong Archives Society [conducted in Cantonese]
Chairperson: George Kam Wah MAK and Wan Yu WONG, Hong Kong Baptist University

  • Oi Sze CHEUNG, General Secretary, Tsung Tsin Mission
  • Alex Lun Ching NGAN, Hong Kong Bible Society
  • Sui Tung TANG, Librarian, Lutheran Theological Seminary

10:15-10:25

Tea Break

10:25-11:30

Tribute to the Distinguished Scholar Prof. Fuk Tsang YING

Chairperson: Louis Chi Hang CHAN, Alliance Bible Seminary

11:30

Closing

11:30-17:00: Tours for invited guests
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11:30-12:15

Visit HKBU Library's Archives on the History of Christianity in China

12:30-14:30

Lunch and local transportation

14:30-17:00

Visit to the HKSKH Archives and the Diocesan Archives

Enquiry: cscs@hkbu.edu.hk