Major Awards
Major Awards | HKPhD Fellowship Awardees | Research Grants
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2018 The Jiangsu Academy of Social Science, the third prize for Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science
co-authored with Chen LIANG (History, Nanjing University), Bamboo REN (Social Science PhD candidate, HKUST) and Hao DONG (2016 Social Science PhD, HKUST)
Prof. Billy Kee-long SO
Division of Humanities
2018-2019 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Carine Yuk-man YIU
Division of Humanities
2018-2019 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Bright SHENG
Division of Humanities
2017 IAS Helmut and Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large
Prof. Daisy Yan DU
Division of Humanities
2017-2018 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Cameron CAMPBELL
Division of Social Science
2017-2019 Changjiang Scholar, The PRC Ministry of Education | (List of awardees)
Prof. Jenny L. SMITH
Division of Humanities
2017-2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Prof. Shengqing WU
Division of Humanities
2016-2017 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Wenkai HE
Division of Social Science
2016-2017 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Jianxiong MA
Division of Humanities
2016-2017 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Bright SHENG
Division of Humanities
2016 Y K Pao Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Cultural Studies
Prof. James KUNG
Division of Social Science
2016 Yan Ai Foundation Professorship in Social Science
Prof. Lianke YAN
Division of Humanities
2016 Dream of the Red Chamber Award
Prof. Lianke YAN
Division of Humanities
2016 Sin Wai Kin Visiting Professorship in Chinese Culture
Prof. Guojun HE
Division of Social Science
2016 CHPAMS Rising Scholar Best Paper Award, China Health Policy and Management Society
Prof. Lianke YAN
Division of Humanities
2015 Twitter Literary Prize
Prof. Lianke YAN
Division of Humanities
2014 Franz Kafka Prize
Prof. Jenny L. SMITH
Division of Humanities
2014 Henry A. Wallace prize for best book in International Agricultural History
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2014 Tsinghua Journal Parkson Best Article Award
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2014 Third Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science from Jiangsu Provincial academe
Prof. Cameron CAMPBELL
Division of Social Science
2014 Third Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science from Jiangsu Provincial academe
Prof. Wenkai HE
Division of Social Science
2014 Barrington Moore Award, The Historical and Comparative Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Prof. Bozhong LI
Division of Humanities
2013 The Sixth Scientific Research Institutions of Higher Learning Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) by the Chinese Education Ministry
Prof. Bozhong LI
Division of Humanities
2012 Guo Moruo Chinese History Prize (Third Class)
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2012 Best book published in 2009 & 2010 Award by the Population Association of Japan
Prof. Matthew TOMMASINI
Division of Humanities
2011-2012 Top Prize in Professional Division, 6th Annual Robert Avalon International Composers’ Competition of the Foundation for Modern Music.
Prof. Ming Hsiu YEN
Division of Humanities (Former Composer-in-Residence/Adjunct Associate Professor)
2011 Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize, 29th Asian Composers League (ACL) Conference and Festival in Taipei.
Prof. Pang-Hsin TING
Former Dean of School of Humanities and Social Science
2011 Conferment of the degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa by the Hong Kong Institute of Education
Prof. X L DING
Division of Social Science
2009 The Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence (SOPA) in Feature Writing in Chinese
Prof. Xiaogang WU
Division of Social Science
2007 Early Career Award, American Sociological Association Asia and Asian American Section
Prof. X L DING
Division of Social Science
2006-07 Academic Representative to China, Washington DC-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2006-2010 Changjiang Scholar, The PRC Ministry of Education
Prof. Yongshun CAI
Division of Social Science
2006 Gordon White Prize by the China Quarterly
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2005 Outstanding Book on Asia (2003-2004)
Prof. Cameron CAMPBELL
Division of Social Science
2005 Outstanding Book on Asia (2003-2004)
American Sociological Association Asia and Asian American Section
Prof. Ngai PUN
Division of Social Science
2005 C Wright Mills Award
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2004 Fellow in Sociology, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Prof. Cameron CAMPBELL
Division of Social Science
2004 Fellow in Sociology, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Prof. Lianke YAN
Division of Humanities
2004 Lao She Literature Award
Prof. Bright SHENG
Division of Humanities
2001 MacArthur Fellow
Prof. Carsten HOLZ
Division of Social Science
2001 Gordon White Prize by the China Quarterly
Prof. Ying Yi HONG
Division of Social Science
2001 Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award
Prof. Lianke YAN
Division of Humanities
2000 Lu Xun Literary Prize
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2000 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award: Outstanding Book in Social Science History, Social Science History Association
Prof. James Z. LEE
Divisions of Humanities and Social Science
2000 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography, American Sociological Association Population Section
Prof. Alvin SO
Division of Social Science
2000 Asia’s Environmental Movement, Harold and Margaret Sprout Award
Prof. Pang-Hsin TING
Division of Humanities
1999-2000 Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America
Prof. Billy Kee-long SO
Division of Humanities
1996-1997 Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar
Prof. Bright SHENG
Division of Humanities
1990 Fellow in Music, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation