中华研究院全体教职员合照(2014年2月19日)

左一起曾维龙、陈爱梅、黄文青、许文荣、李树枝、方美富、陈明彪、杜忠全、陈中和、郑文泉、黄文斌

右一起胡瑗凌、蔡沛芬、陈玉珍、洪晓琳、林良娥、潘筱蒨、江玲欣、叶秀清、莫德厚、林志敏、张晓威

  拉曼大学中华研究院--院史

      拉曼大学中华研究院的源头，可追溯至2002年8月创校既有的中文系。2010年9月1日中华研究院成立后，中文系即隶属于此学院之下。

      中文系是创校初期的八个科系之一，其设置目标是人文教育与学术研究并重，培育德智兼备人才，并逐步发展成为本区域的重点中文教学与研究中心。中华研究院是目前校内唯一跨校区的学院，分別在两校区各设有中文系，即双溪龙校区中文系负责硕、博士课程及在职学士课程，而金宝校区中文系则负责学士课程。

      中文系创系之初，先后由系主任洪天赐教授与林水檺教授领航，借鉴世界各地中文系之成功经验，兼综精华，并结合本国中文人才之实际需求，编制成一套以传统中文系为主而兼具本地特色的课程，其课程内容包括有古典文学、现代文学、马华文学、比较文学、语言学、中国思想、中国历史、本地华人研究等，为拉曼大学中文系奠下了稳健发展及坚实的学术基础。目前，中文系设有学士课程、硕士课程、博士课程，为国人提供完整的高校华文教育与研究体系。

      2010年9月中华研究院成立，特聘何启良教授担任首任院长，2013年9月由张晓威博士接任院长一职至今。目前全职教师共21人，包括5名副教授、13名助理教授、3名讲师，其中具博士资格者，则有19人。此外，亦聘有客卿教授两名。

      拉曼大学设有校外考试委员制度。目前中文系学士课程的校外考委(2017-2020)为黄贤强副教授(新加坡国立大学)；硕士课程(混合制)的校外考委(2013-2019)为劳悦强副教授(新加坡国立大学)；硕士课程(研究制)和博士课程的校外考委(2015-2018) 为刘宏教授(新加坡南洋理工大学)。

      中华研究院另一重要的组成部分是中华研究中心。此中心成立于2008年，创办时直属校长室管理。自2010年9月始归于中华研究院。其宗旨为提倡拉曼大学中华学术研究、提升其素质，并成为本区域中华文化、汉学与马来西亚华人的重要研究中心之一。数年来研究中心扮演着研究、资料收藏、促进国际学术交流的角色。中华研究中心立志于整合及招揽人才，设定重要议题，推动研究计划及汇集研究成果。

      中华研究中心的具体研究工作及领域包括：马来西亚华人与文化研究、现代华文文学研究、汉学研究、当代中国研究、艺术研究及闽南文化研究。中心成员由中心主任、各组组长以及校内各院系教员等组成，每年举办各类学术活动（讲座、座谈、研讨会、读书会等），亦聘请国内外杰出学者为访问学人到中心做短期研究访问。此外，研究中心也在2011年开始进行小组研究计划，其中包括马新古典汉诗研究、马来西亚汉学发展研究、金宝华人宗乡会馆研究、马华女性作家研究等。

中华研究中心设有以下6个组别：

UTAR ICS: Milestones and Achievements

    If the story of the establishment of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman's (UTAR) Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) could be personified, it would be one that is from rags to riches.

     It all began with a humble department under the University's Faculty of Arts and Social Science with a handful of dedicated teaching staff. Blessed with the constant encouragement by the University, foresight of the Department's luminaries, namely Prof Ang Tian Se and Prof Dr Lim Chooi Kwa, both were former Heads of Department, and concerted efforts by all parties involved, it has grown by leaps and bounds throughout the years. The Department eventually metamorphosed into an Institute in 2010 and proudly appointed the visionary Prof Dr Ho Khai Leong as its inaugural Dean.

     From offering undergraduate to PhD programmes in Chinese Studies, ICS also prides itself as having the most number of student enrolment in Chinese Studies programme in the country and also the highest number of teaching staff. 

     "Becoming an Institute certainly has unlimited opportunities in the future and further enable us to do more on research and other projects. One the cardinal achievements thus far is the founding of the Centre for Chinese Studies (CChS)," said Deputy Dean (R&D and Postgraduate Programmes) Dr Wong Wun Bin, and shared that CChS currently has six research units, namely Malaysian Chinese and Cultural Studies Unit, Chinese Arts Research Unit, Contemporary Chinese Studies Unit, Min-nan Cultural Study Unit, Modern Chinese Literature Studies Unit, followed by Sinology Unit.

     According to Dr Wong, research is something that could propel the Institute to a higher level in a multitude of ways and further open doors to collaboration with other institutions. "One of such examples is the research fund by YTL Berhad Corporation on Min-nan research," he shared, referring to the RM300k fund for CChS to conduct joint-research with Xiamen University, National Cheng Kung University and National Quemoy University on Min-nan communities and the subculture.

      "We train students about research methods," he told, even further added that to ensure ICS's syllabuses are up to par with international standards, some of them are modelled closely on Chinese Studies programmes offered by certain universities of international stature such as Harvard University, Princeton University, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, National Taiwan University et al. but with a "local" touch.

     Such "local" touch is the introduction of subjects such as "Chinese in Malaysia", "Malaysian Chinese Literature" and "Comparative Study between Malaysian Chinese Literature and Malay Literature". These, according to the Deputy Dean, are "tailor-made" for local students with the hope that extensive studies and research could be done on various topics related to Malaysian Chinese. He also waxed lyrical about the most recent "Constructive Community Service on Collection of Chinese History in Malaysia", a tangible and significant collaboration with National Tsing Hua University to assist the Gopeng Museum to complete its historical records.

     While one may assume that students who learn only about classical (and local) studies may have parochial views and mentality, ICS begs to differ. The Institute's programme is a perfect blend of traditional (classical studies like History of Chinese Thoughts, Poetry of Tang Dynasty, Selected Texts from Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, Classical Chinese Novels to name a few) and modern studies which are taught in English such as Mass Media and Society, Theory and Practice of Translation, News Reporting and Writing that could better equip students with knowledge and prepare them to be competent both locally and internationally. In fact, ICS is definitely not one Institution that downplays the significance of English.

     To date, ICS has successfully produced a plenitude of graduates. Despite graduating from an arts programme, most have dedicated their lives as engineers, but of a different kind - engineers of the human soul, from kindergarten to institutions of higher learning. There is a Chinese saying, "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people". According to the Institute's blueprint for future development, more programmes will be offered to nurture young fecund minds, further benefitting our posterity.

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