INTRODUCTION

From the very beginning, the results of qualitative social research have played an important role the development of sociology. While many tertiary institutions in Hong Kong have developed various social research centres none of them specializes in promoting qualitative social research. It is against this background that the Department of Sociology took the initiative to establish the Centre for Qualitative Social Research in January 2006. The Centre is designed to encourage and coordinate qualitative research on important aspects of Hong Kong society and other societies.

OBJECTIVES

The centre is designed to achieve five objectives:

	undertaking publication projects to enhance the research profile and culture in the Department of Sociology;
	providing Research Practicum for students to improve their research experience and skills in collecting first-hand materials by doing face-to-face interviews, constructing case studies, recording oral histories, and personal histories;
	establishing an archive by keeping the qualitative materials collected by the Centre for future use by colleagues and students;
	organizing conference, symposium and seminars to provide a platform for academic exchange;
	supporting the Department to develop local and global network with other academic institutions for collaborations.

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EXTERNAL ADVISORS

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Dr. Harney Stefano

Director of Global Learning and Reader in Strategy
School of Business and Management
Queen Mary
University of London

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Dr. KU, Hok Bun

Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Social Sciences
Deputy Director of the Center for China Research & Development Networks
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Dr. Law Kam Yee

Executive Editor
Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences
Associate Professor
Department of MSST
Hong Kong Institute of Education

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Dr. Lida V. Nedilsky

Professor of Sociology
Sociology-Anthropology Department
North Park University
Chicago, USA

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Prof. Joseph Tse-Hei LEE

Professor
Center for East Asian Studies
Department of History
Pace University
New York, USA

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Dr. Raymond C. F. Chui

Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work
Hong Kong Shue Yan University

 

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Symposium on “China's Appeal and its Discontents”
Hong Kong, June 20-23, 2011

Thematic Forum on Hong Kong Culture and Society
on a biannual basis from 2011 to 2021

Conference on Hong Kong Culture and Society
on a biannual basis from 2012 to 2022

 

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The 4th Conference on Hong Kong Culture and Society

The 4th Conference on Hong Kong Culture and Society: Hong Kong, Urban Development and Mass Media in conjunction with HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity Arts and Culture Centre, and the Hong Kong Urban Laboratory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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香港社會學學會公開講座 2009

The Centre for Qualitative Social Research, Department of Sociology is of the honour to co-host the Hong Kong Sociological Association's Public Seminar 2009-2010 with Hong Kong Sociological Association and Vision Bookcafé -  Member of Joint Publishing. The Details are as follows:

2009年6月27日                        
題目: 香港校服的文化社會學    
講者: 趙明德 (香港浸會大學)    
主持: 張少強 (香港樹仁大學)                    

2009年9月26日
題目: 自助餐啟示錄: 消費社會的飲飲食食
講者: 馮一 (香港理工大學)
主持: 譚若梅 (香港理工大學)

2010年1月9日
題目: 香港的外籍家庭傭工：
...........從歷史的視野考察    
講者: Amy S. C. Sim (香港大學)  
主持: 何偉業 (香港教育學院)               
語言: 英語進行，粵語講解

2010年4月10日
題目: 論電影《葉問》的華人民族主義
講者: 張少強 (香港樹仁大學) 
..........羅永生 (香港嶺南大學)
主持: 林澤榮 (香港樹仁大學)

主辦機構
香港社會學學會
香港樹仁大學社會學系質性社會研究中心   
三聯書店‧創BOOKCAFE

時間: 下午2:30至4:00               
地點: 三聯書店‧創BOOKCAFE
中環域多利皇后街9號中商大廈2樓（港鐵中環站C出口）                                     
講座以粵語進行(另有註明除外)。
歡迎公眾參與。免費入場，座位先到先得。
詳情可見 http:// www.hksa.ust.hk。
如有查詢可電郵香港樹仁大學社會學系張少強博士hksaps@hksyu.edu。

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香港社會學學會公開講座 2008

The Centre for Qualitative Social Research, Department of Sociology is of the honour to co-host the first Hong Kong Sociological Association's Public Seminar 2008 with Hong Kong Sociological Association and Department of Applied Social Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The Details are as follows:

香港社會學學會公開講座2008

日期: 2008年2月16日 
時間: 下午2:30至4:00
地點: 香港理工大學HJ201
主題: 香港公眾社會學
講者: 吳俊雄 (香港大學)   馬傑偉 (香港中文大學)
主持: 佘雲楚 (香港理工大學)

日期: 2008年4月5日 
時間: 下午2:30至4:00
地點: 香港理工大學HJ201
主題: 超越國界的生活 : 新西蘭華人移民
講者: 崔志暉 (香港樹仁大學)  
主持: 梁漢柱 (香港浸會大學)

日期: 2008年6月7日 
時間: 下午2:30至4:00
地點: 香港理工大學HJ201
主題: 漢堡‧狗肉‧全球化 : 一個社會學者的飲食文
.........化想像
講者: 溤一沖 (香港理工大學)  
主持: 譚若梅 (香港理工大學)

日期: 2008年8月2日 
時間: 下午2:30至4:00
地點: 香港理工大學HJ201
主題: 焦慮與自困: 香港社會的精神狀態
講者: 呂大樂 (香港中文大學)
主持: 蔡玉萍 (香港中文大學)

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後九七香港與後殖民主義

質性社會研究中心公開講座

日期: 2007年12月20日
地點: 香港樹仁大學
題目: 後九七香港與後殖民主義
講者: 羅永生博士
主辦機構: 香港樹仁大學社會學系質性社會研究中心

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Terrorism and Global Politics

Seminar

Topic:	Terrorism and Global Politics
Date:	December 4, 2006
Venue:	Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
Speaker:	Prof. Harry Cliadakis, Pace University, New York City, USA
	Prof. Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Pace University, New York City, USA
	Prof. Stefano Harney, Queen Mary, University of London, England
Host:	Centre for Qualitative Social Research, Department of Sociology, Shue Yan University, Hong Kong.

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Narrative Sociology and Life-story

Special Panel for Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2006
Topic:	Narrative Sociology and Life-story
Date:	2nd December, 2006.
Venue:	Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
Organiser:	Centre for Qualitative Social Research, Department of Sociology, Shue Yan University, Hong Kong.

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PUBLICATIONS

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Social and Cultural Research

Occasional Paper Series

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Social and Cultural Research is an occasional paper series that promotes the interdisciplinary study of social and historical change in Hong Kong, China and other parts of Asia. Editors Dr. Siu-Keung CHEUNG                     Centre for Qualitative Social Research Department of Sociology                    Hong Kong Shue Yan University Hong Kong SAR, China Prof. Joseph Tse-Hei LEE  Centre for East Asian Studies Department of History Pace University New York, USA Prof. Harold TRAVER  Centre for Qualitative Social Research Department of Sociology                    Hong Kong Shue Yan University Hong Kong SAR, China Prof. Ronald K. FRANK Centre for East Asian Studies Department of History            Pace University New York, USA

Occasional Papers

1. Jessica WADE, China's Good Earth: From Urbanization to Rural Development under Hu Jintao's Administration ( December 2007)   [download]

2. Jeannie CHIU, Imaginary Neighbors: African American and Asian American Writers' Visions of China During the Cold War (January 2008)  [download]

3. Joseph Tse-Hei LEE, China's Third World Policy from the Maoist Era to the Present (March 2008) [download]

4. Raymond C. F. CHUI, Transnationalism and Migration: Chinese Migrants in New Zealand (July 2008) [download]

5. Zhao Ma, Runaway Wives and their Matchmakers: Lower Class Women's Networks in Beijing's Courtyard Tenements, 1928-1949 (September 2008) [download]

6. David J. KANG, The Unnoticed Battle against Yin's Yin: Opium, Women and Protestant Missionaries in Late Qing China (November 2008) [download]

7. Frans Paul van der PUTTEN, The EU Arms Embargo against China: Should Europe Play a Role in East Asian Security? (January 2009) [download]

8. John R. STANLEY, Christianity and Female Empowerment: The American Presbyterian Mission Schools in Weixian, Shandong Province (1883-1920) (April 2009) [download]

9. Siu-Keung CHEUNG, The Politics of Patriarchal Bargaining in a Chinese Village (December 2009) [download]

10. Hon-Fai CHEN, Civilization and Competition: Study Societies and State Formation in Late Qing China (December 2010) [download]

11. Joseph Tse-Hei LEE, Ronald K. FRANK, Renqiu YU, and Bing XU, From Philosopher to Cultural Icon: Reflections on Hu Mei’s “Confucius” (2010) (March 2011) [download]

12. Yoshio SHIBATA, Governing Employees: A Foucauldian Analysis of Deaths from Overwork in Japan (March 2012). [download]

Enquires

For more information please contact the editor, Dr. Siu Keung CHEUNG at skcheung@hksyu.edu

 

OTHER RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

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Marginalization in China: Recasting Minority Politics
Editors: Siu-Keung Cheung, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Lida, A. Nedilsky
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: July 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-61423-9 (Page: 263)

《舊區新語：九龍仔，社區實踐與非政府組織》 (Making New Sense of An Old District: Kowloon Chai, Community Practices and Non-Governmental Organizations.
Editor: Siu-Keung CHEUNG
Publisher: Step Forward Multimedia
Date: December 2008
ISBN: 978-988-8011-02-5 (Page: 180)

《香港區議會選舉民意調查2007》(Survey on the voter preference in District Council Election 2007)
Project Director: Cheung Siu Keung, Lee Ying Wa and Raymond Chiu
Publisher: Take me Home
Date: October to November 2007

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DESCRIPTION

The Centre for Qualitative Social Research is involved an ongoing research project with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The project will run over a period of years from 2011 to 2016 and is entitled the Hong Kong Cultural Indicators Program. The Program is a large-scale project involving a number of different scholars from different disciplines and comprises a series of research projects, biannual conferences, and forums, as well as regular publications that deal with contemporary cultural changes in Hong Kong society.

BOOK SERIES ON HONG KONG LIFE STORIES

The Book Series on Hong Kong Life Stories by the Centre for Qualitative Social Research is a part of the Hong Kong Cultural Indicator Program. It involves a series of research monographs examining cultural issues in Hong Kong society based on first-hand ‘experience-near’ accounts of life in Hong Kong. The Series seeks to advance research in Hong Kong studies by articulating the specific cultural issues and features that are embedded in the practice of its people.

BIANNUAL FORUM AND CONFERENCE ON HONG KONG CULTURE AND SOCIETY

The Centre for Qualitative Social Research is also responsible for organizing three biannual forums and conferences as part of the Hong Kong Cultural Indicator Program. The three biannual forums are entitled Thematic Forum on Hong Kong Culture and Society. The three biannual conferences are entitled Conference on Hong Kong and Society. The former provides regular opportunities for roundtable discussions among invited academic and professional participants on selected themes. The latter provides a platform open to the public for presenting the research results of the Program, as well as research by other scholars not directly involved in the Program.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH COMMITTEE

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The academic activities of the Centre for Qualitative Social Research have served to support the Department’s Research Practicum. The Research Practicum provides students with first-hand practical experience in conducting social research outside the classroom. The research projects were opened as Research Practicum for our students including:

2007

A two-month research project invited by the Hong Kong Economic Times. The research project investigated voter’s preferences in the District Council Election on a weekly basis. The research results from each week during the research period were published in eight issues of Take me Home.

A poll research on the District Council Election funded by the Hong Kong Survey Centre.

2008

A book publication project invited by the Shum Shui Po Community Association and funded by Operation Santa Claus. The resulting product was entitled Making New Sense of an Old District: Kowloon Chai, Community Practice and Non-Governmental Organization. (Hong Kong: A Step Forward Multimedia Company, 2008).

A poll research on the Legislative Council Election funded by the Hong Kong Survey Centre.

2010

A collaborative project with the Chung Ying Theatre Company to organize an Elderly Oral History Project for a public theatre.

A survey and interview research on travel subsidiaries invited by the Neighbour and Labour Service Centre for policy review.

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Please contact the Coordinator Dr. Siu Keung CHEUNG at skcheung@hksyu.edu for information about access.

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2007

Prof. Johnson Marshall, the University of Wisconsin-Superior
Prof. Mary Purford, the University of Wisconsin-Superior

2008

Dr. Lida Nedlisky, Northpark University
Dr. Lisa Fischler, Moravian College
Ms. Hsieh Hsaio Yang, University Vincennes—Saint Denis Paris VIII

2009

Dr. Lisa Fischler, Moravian College
Dr. Sharon Wesoky, Allegheny College
Mr. Poalo Do, Management School, Queen Mary University
Ms. Hsieh Hsaio Yang, University Vincennes—Saint Denis Paris VIII

2010

Dr. Lida Nedlisky, Northpark University
Ms. Hsieh Hsaio Yang, University Vincennes—Saint Denis Paris VIII

2011

Prof. Lee, Tse Hei Joseph, Pace University
Ms. Hsieh Hsaio Yang, University Vincennes—Saint Denis Paris VIII