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We would love to stay in touch with you! The Department plans to organize activities involving our alums in the future. Please update your information via this online form.

Greetings from Former Teachers

Our former teachers, including Prof. David Wu, Prof. Joseph Bosco, Dr. Chen Ju-chen, Dr. Erika Evasdottir and Prof. Huang Yu have sent in their congratulatory messages.

Check out our newly refurbished Archeology Lab!

The Archaeology Lab of the Anthropology Department was renovated and refurbished with new research equipment in 2024. We invited Prof. Christina Cheung to shoot a short video, answering everyone’s questions about archaeology.

Who were there at our Opening Ceremony in 1980?

At the opening ceremony of the Anthropology Department in 1980, people present signed their names, including some legendary anthropologists and archaeologists:

許烺光 Francis L.K. Hsu 

喬健 Chiao Chien

Barbara E. Ward 華德英

Janet Lee Scott 施天賜

謝劍 Jiann Hsieh

中根千枝 Nakane Chie

王崧興 Sung-hsing Wang

鄭德坤 Cheng Te-K’un

Diana Martin

費孝通 Fei Xiaotong

Our current academic staff

The Chinese Ethnic Minority Collections

Mphil graduate Ao Chon Hei conducted research on the Chinese ethnic minority collections of the Anthropology Department, and published an article titled “Collections overlooked: The Chinese ethnic minority collections in an Asian Cold War context at the Department of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong” in Museum Anthropology.

40th Anniversary Commemorative Book

In 2021, we published the Commemorative Book for the CUHK Anthropology Department’s 40th Anniversary. Content of the book includes department history, teacher & student sharing, alumni update and social impact. Please check it out if you have not read it!

Read and download the book:

Facing-pages version (recommended for computers)

Single-page version (recommended for mobile devices)

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