News Express: UM professor selected as visiting scholar at Harvard University
新聞快訊：澳大教授獲選為哈佛大學訪問學者
劉世鼎
Liu Shih-Diing
澳大教授獲選為哈佛大學訪問學者
澳門大學社會科學學院傳播系教授兼人文社科高等研究院資深駐院學人劉世鼎獲選為哈佛大學費正清中國研究中心2024—2025學年第二學期的訪問學者，期間將於哈佛大學開展兩項研究著作，並與該校學者探討合作。該研究職位競爭非常激烈，僅擁有卓越成就的學者可獲選。
劉世鼎的學術成就橫跨多個研究領域。自從2003年獲得倫敦西敏寺大學的博士學位以來，劉世鼎在傳播與媒體、當代文化研究、青年研究、人文思想、性別研究、勞動關係、跨學科社會研究、亞洲研究等不同學術領域，刊登了超過50篇重要的期刊論文及書籍章節，其中包括國際知名重量級刊物New Media & Society、Positions: Asia Critique和New Left Review。國際學術刊物Pacific Affairs評價劉世鼎的第一本著作The Politics of People（紐約州立大學出版社）時指出，該書所講述的故事及呈現的案例，當中的細節非常優雅，使他的著作成為區域研究和理論閱讀書單中的寶貴補充。過去一年，劉世鼎更受邀至香港大學、南京大學、約翰霍普金斯大學、賓夕法尼亞大學及哈佛大學燕京學社講學。今年7月，劉世鼎亦受國際媒介與傳播研究協會（IAMCR）的邀請，在新西蘭基督城的年會上發表了主題演講，近1,000名參與者出席。IAMCR與聯合國教科文組織和聯合國經濟及社會理事會關係緊密。
劉世鼎在哈佛大學的首項研究將基於他與澳大社會科學學院傳播系副教授史唯共同撰寫、由澳大人文社科高等研究院資助的著作Affective Spaces: The Cultural Politics of Emotion in China（愛丁堡大學出版社）。這本著作被賓夕法尼亞大學數字文化與社會研究中心主任楊國斌譽為“對情感、媒體與社會研究的重要貢獻”。劉世鼎認為，雖然性別角色往往受情感期望的影響，但性別的情感層面在性別、媒體和中國研究中很大程度上被忽視。為了填補這一空白，他將會在哈佛大學的研究中進一步探討情感如何為理解中國的性別和社會提供新的視角。此外，劉世鼎還會開展一項關於人工智能情感的著作。
哈佛大學費正清中國研究中心成立於1955年，是全球最高端的中國與東亞研究中心之一。數十年來，中心所產生的跨學科研究在全球的學術界、政府、商界和藝術圈中產生了深遠的影響。根據賓夕法尼亞大學的《全球智庫報告》資料顯示，該中心一直位居全球頂尖的區域研究中心之列。曾經擔任該中心所長的著名人物包括歷史學家馬若德（Roderick L. MacFarquhar）、孔飛力（Philip Alden Kuhn）、史華慈（Benjamin I. Schwartz），《鄧小平時代》的作者傅高義（Ezra F. Vogel），美國文理科學院院士、前哈佛燕京學社社長、前亞洲研究學會主席裴宜理（Elizabeth J. Perry），中國哈佛基金主席柯偉林（William C. Kirby）等。
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UM professor selected as visiting scholar at Harvard University
Liu Shih-Diing, professor in the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) and senior research fellow in the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) at the University of Macau (UM), has been selected as a visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University for the second semester of the 2024-2025 academic year. During his tenure at Harvard, Liu will undertake two book projects and explore collaborations with scholars at the university. The competition for the research position is fierce and is only awarded to scholars with outstanding achievements.
Liu’s academic achievements span several research areas. Since receiving his PhD from the University of Westminster in 2003, Liu has published over 50 major journal articles and book chapters across various academic fields, including communication and media, contemporary cultural studies, youth studies, humanities, gender studies, labour relations, interdisciplinary social studies, and Asian studies. His work has appeared in internationally renowned journals such as New Media & Society, Positions: Asia Critique, and New Left Review. The international academic journal Pacific Affairs commented on Liu’s first book, The Politics of People (published by the State University of New York Press): ‘The elegance with which Liu weaves these stories and the case details he presents are good reasons to include his volume in both area studies and theoretical reading lists’. Over the past year, Liu has been invited to lecture at prestigious institutions such as the University of Hong Kong, Nanjing University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Harvard-Yenching Institute. At the invitation of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Liu delivered a keynote speech at the IAMCR annual conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, in July this year. The event was attended by nearly 1,000 delegates. IAMCR has close links with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Liu’s first book project at Harvard University will be based on Affective Spaces: The Cultural Politics of Emotion in China (published by Edinburgh University Press), a book he co-authored with Shi Wei, associate professor in the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Social Sciences at UM, with funding from IAS. The book was acclaimed by Yang Guobin, director of the Center on Digital Culture and Society at the University of Pennsylvania, as ‘an important contribution to the study of emotion, media and society’. Liu argues that while gender roles are often shaped by emotional expectations, the emotional dimensions of gender have been largely overlooked in gender, media, and Chinese studies. To address this gap, Liu’s research at Harvard will further explore how emotions can provide new perspectives on understanding gender and society in China. In addition to this book project, Liu will undertake another book project on the emotional dynamics of artificial intelligence.
Founded in 1955, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is one of the world’s leading centres for the study of China and East Asia. Its interdisciplinary research has, for decades, been highly influential in academia, governments, business sector, and art community worldwide. The Fairbank Center has also been consistently ranked among the top regional studies centres in the world by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. Notable former directors of the Fairbank Center include historians Roderick L. MacFarquhar, Philip Alden Kuhn, and Benjamin I. Schwartz; Ezra F. Vogel, author of the book Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China; Elizabeth J. Perry, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, former director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and former president of the Association for Asian Studies; and William C. Kirby, chairman of the Harvard China Fund.
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