HKSYU Department of History Academic Lecture

Hong Kong Shue Yan University will host an academic lecture on 6 November (Thursday). We are honoured to invite Professor Shen Weirong, Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University and Changjiang Scholar, to deliver the talk. The lecture will focus on his research areas, including Tibetan Buddhism in the Yuan Dynasty and Historical Studies of Buddhism in Xixia.

Professor Shen Weirong is an internationally renowned scholar. His major monographs—Rescuing History from Tantric Sex: Tibetan Buddhism at the Mongol-Yuan Court, The Great Yuan History and New Qing History: Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the Yuan and Qing Dynasties, The Return to Philology, Literature and Historical Studies of Buddhism in Xixia, and Tibetan Buddhism in Central Eurasia and China Proper: First Collection of Studies on The Secret Collection of Works on the Essentials of Mahayana—are essential readings in the field.

Speaker: Professor Shen Weirong (Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University; Changjiang Scholar)
Date: 6 November 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 213, Academic Building, Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Language: Putonghua (Mandarin)