The National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences recently released the list of approved projects for the 2023 National Social Science Fund Research Project on Rare Studies. Professor Liu Guosheng from the School of History and Center of Bamboo Silk Manuscript of Wuhan University is leading the project titled "Research and Database Construction of Ancient Chinese Funeral Documents on Bamboo Slips"...

On December 1st, a delegation of four members led by Vice President Niu Xiping of the International Confucian Association visited our university for research and discussion. Vice President Zhu Deyou, a member of the Party Committee, attended the meeting, and Professor Fang Qing, Dean of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, presided over the meeting.Vice President Zhu Deyou introduced the ...

On November 30, Nobel laureate in economics in 2011, current Professor of Economics at New York University, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor Thomas J. Sargent, visited Wuhan University as a guest speaker at the Luojia Forum.Before the forum, President Zhang ...

From November 10 to 11, the 7th UK-China Humanities Alliance for Higher Education Academic Forum took place at Wuhan University. Over 100 experts and scholars from more than 40 Chinese and foreign universities engaged in dialogues and exchanges around the theme of "Shared Vision: Humanities in Retrospect and Prospect".In his address, President of the Wuhan University Zhang Pingwen expressed that in ...

On November 1, the SIG Cabinet of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) underwent a transition, with Professor An Lu from the School of Information Management being elected as the Cabinet Director of the ASIS&T. In this role, she will be responsible for overseeing the 18 professional committees established by ASIS&T.Professor An Lu is a core member of the National Natural ...

On the morning of December 5, the advisory committee meeting between Wuhan University (WHU) and the Confucius Institute Metropolis Ruhr (CIMR) was held at WHU’s Administration Building. Tang Qizhu, vice president of WHU, and Karen Shire, vice president of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), attended and spoke at the meeting.Advisory committee meeting opensTang Qizhu warmly welcomed the delegation ...

On November 27, students from the School of Chinese Language and Literature enrolled in the elective course on Creative Writing and Appreciation gathered in the practical space of room 505 at Wuhan University's Zhenhua Building for their second session of writing instruction using artificial intelligence.The mere mention of the ‘Literary Laboratory’, sparked a sense of wonder and curiosity among ...

Recently, the 30th-anniversary celebration of the Women and Gender Studies Center of Wuhan University and the 2023 Academic Annual Conference were successfully held at Wuhan University. The theme of the annual meeting was "Dreaming in the New Era, Blooming Her Brilliance", bringing together numerous experts, scholars, female scientists, and entrepreneurs at Luojia Mountain.At the opening ceremony, ...

In the third issue of "Sociological Study" in 2023 published important research results from the School of Sociology in the field of big data and digital society research. Based on internet big data from platforms such as Twitter and GDELT, the article focuses on analyzing the characteristics and underlying mechanisms of the evolution of social emotions in major epidemic outbreak areas worldwid...

Recently, the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology signed an agreement with the Center of Bamboo Silk Manuscript of Wuhan University to collaborate on the compilation of Han Dynasty bamboo slips excavated from the Hebo Site in Jinning, Kunming, Yunnan Province.The Hebo Site is located in Hebo Village, Shangsuantun, Jinning District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. Since...

On the morning of May 22nd, the 164th lecture of the Changjiang Forum was held in Room A208 of the School of Economics and Management at Wuhan University, hosted by the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Economics and Management. Professor Li Jiatao from the School of Business of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology delivered an academic report titled "M...

On the morning of May 21st, Professor Meng Tianguang, a tenured professor at Tsinghua University, was invited to the Changjiang Forum at Wuhan University, where he delivered an academic lecture titled "Information Politics: The Information Foundation of State Governance."Professor Meng Tianguang gave a report titled “Information Politics: The Information Foundation of State Governance” and he...

On May 17th, the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciencesof Wuhan University organized an annual evaluation and exchange meeting on the construction of international journals.Representatives from various journals reported on the development of their respective journals in 2022 from multiple aspects, including journal profiles, editorial processes, publishing management, opportunities and cha...

Recently, the Archaeological Institute for Yangtze Civilization, in collaboration with the People's Governments of Minfeng County, Hotan Prefecture, and Keping County, Aksu, Xinjiang, jointly held a symposium on the protection and utilization of the Niya Site and an exchange meeting on the utilization of cultural relics in Keping County. The Niya Site is located within the Taklamakan Desert, ap...

Recently, the National Office for Philosophy and Social Science Work announced the list of approved projects for the 2022-2023 National Social Science Fund's Chinese Academic Translation Project. Our university had 6 original works shortlisted and 4 projects approved for funding.Among them, Professor Feng Tianyu's works "The History of Chinese Culture Formation" (French version), "Cultural Hist...