Jenny So,
Professor of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts and Director, Institute of Chinese Studies.

Professor So received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, USA, in 1982. She is an art historian specializing in ancient Chinese bronzes and jades. Before returning to Hong Kong, Professor So was the Senior Curator of Chinese Art at The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Professor So joined the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK in 2001. She lectures on the history of Chinese jades, Chinese bronzes and Methodology in Art-historical studies. She also supervises M.Phil. and Ph.D. students. Since 2002, she has been Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies.

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Sidney Cheung,
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology and Associate Director, Centre for Cultural for Cultural Heritage Studies.

Prof. Sidney C.H. Cheung received scholarships given by Japanese Government/Monbusho (1984-94) for his undergraduate, masters and doctoral programmes and his anthropological training in Japan. Currently he is Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology as well as Associate Director of the Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies. He has been doing research about freshwater fish farming in Hong Kong in order to understand the fishermen and their perspectives on environmental change, sustainable development and wetland conservation. Currently, he is working on an ongoing multi-site research project exploring the impact of the move of American crayfish from the U.S. to Asia and on the global consumption and production of crayfish in China, Japan, and the U.S. Besides academic publications, Cheung was co-hosting two 15-session hourly RTHK radio programme entitled 《港飲食、講文化 (Hong Kong Foodways and Culture)》 in 2004 and 《文化非主流 (Culture Unconventional)》 in 2005, through which he was able to bring anthropological perspectives to the audience. Again, some of his research findings were used for the RTHK documentary series of 香港故事 (Hong Kong Stories) such as [年年有魚] and [東江逆流] in 2008.
Areas of Interest: Visual anthropology, anthropology of tourism, cultural heritage, food and identity, ethnicity and cultural nationalism, Ainu-Japanese relations

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Tracey Lu,
Professor, Department of Anthropology and Director, Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies.

Prof. Tracey Lie-Dan Lu obtained her Ph.D. from the Australian National University. She has been receiving funding from the Research Grant Council and the HKSAR Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) to conduct archaeological research in South China and Hong Kong. Recently she has published two articles, one for an edited book about Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Central and Eastern China, and another about natural resources and subsistence strategies in Hong Kong. From 2003 she has also been working on urban renewal and heritage conservation in Hong Kong and mainland China, and has published several papers on this topic. In 2008, Prof. Lu was interviewed by RTHK Channel III on the participation of the younger generation in heritage preservation in Hong Kong, as well as by Asian Television (ATV) on the Nanyue Kingdom in South China. Prof. Lu has received two awards with co-authors of the book Zengpiyan: A Prehistoric Cave Site in Guilin, published in 2003, namely the 2nd prize of the Biennial Research Award of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the 1st prize of the Research Award of the Institute of Archaeology in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She is recently appointed as a member of the Antiquity Advisory Board of Hong Kong SAR.
Areas of Interest: Archaeology, the origin and development of agriculture in China, use-wear analysis of prehistoric tools, phytolith analysis, palaeo environments and palaeoclimates, humans' exploitation and impact upon environment and natural resources, cultural heritage management, museology, art history in ancient China.

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Oscar Ho,
Professional Consultant, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies

Oscar Ho received his M.F.A. degree at University of California, Davis and furthered his training in museum management at the Deutsche Museum in Munich and Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was the Exhibition Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre from 1988 to 2001, and Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. He has curated numerous exhibitions locally and internationally, and served as guest curator for major exhibitions including the 2nd and the 3rd 'Asia Pacific Triennial' in Australia, 'MX Art Festival' in Canada and 'Containers 96' in Denmark. He is the Founder and President of the Hong Kong chapter of the International Art Critics Association. In addition to his writing for exhibition catalogues, he writes regularly for local and international publications and is a founding member of the editorial board of the British art journal and Chairman of the Board of Director of the . As founding member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and was member of the Museum Advisory Group for the West Kowloon Cultural District, responsible for conceiving the concept of 'Museum Plus'. In 2008, he was a member of the International Committee for the selection of the artistic director of documenta 13.