On 27 December 2021, the Institute co-organised an open seminar online with Northwest University, China, with the title “‘Profound and Forceful’ (Chenyu duncuo) as an Expression in Literary Criticism”, as a special event of the university’s 120th anniversary event series. The talk was delivered by Prof. Jiang Yin, an eminent scholar in the study of classical Chinese literature, Distinguished Professor of the South China Normal University.
Prof. Jiang has close ties with the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute. He was invited as a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at HKBU during February and May 2016, and delivered four public lectures during the visit.