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Researching and Teaching Islam
Release time：2015-11-22 11:30:56
Date: 4 September 2014 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm-6:00pm
Venue: G24, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Lin Chang-kuan (National ChengchiUniversity, Taiwan)
Language: Putonghua
Nabil Chang-kuan Lin, has been teaching Islamic studies at National Cheng-chi University and other academic institutes for more than two decades. In 2003, in order to promote Islamic studies in Taiwan, Dr. Lin founded Centre for the Studies of Islamic Civilization and Thought (CSICT) at Cheng-chi University, which lasted for several years. Dr. Lin was one of the founding members of Taiwan Association of Islamic Studies (TAIS), and served as the first chairman of TAIS since its inauguration in 2009 till 2013. He has been researching in Islamic history and culture, and has authored numerous articles and reviews on this field. He also edited books on Islamic and Middle Eastern studies.
(Speaker: Prof. Lin Chang-kuan)
(From left to right: Imam Noorudin Yang, Chairperson of Islamic Cultural Association(Hong Kong); Prof. Lin Chang-Kuan; Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, Director of Research Institute for the Humanities, CUHK. Prof. Lai Pan Chiu; Prof. Poo Mu-chou,Professor of History, CUHK.)