Source: China News Network
On January 10, 2019 (Reporter Xu Jing) The School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management of Shanghai University was inaugurated on the 10th, and Liu Changsheng, president of Shanghai University, announced the appointment of Shan Jixiang, former director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, former president of the Palace Museum, and president of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics, as honorary dean of the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management, Ding Huadong as party secretary, Huang Jizhong as dean, and Jin Bo as academic leader.
On December 3, 2021, Shanghai University decided to establish the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management. The college was established on the basis of the Department of Library, Information and Archives of Shanghai University, the Archaeology Major of the College of Literature, and the Institute of Basic Sciences of Cultural Heritage Protection, and has strong strength in talent training, discipline construction, faculty, scientific research, international cooperation, social services, etc. The establishment of the college marks that the construction of cultural heritage and information management disciplines has entered a new stage, which is of landmark significance.
Shan Jixiang brought the "Dean's First Lesson" to online and offline teachers and students through video: "Chinese Context and Cultural Self-Confidence". Courtesy of Shanghai University
Shan Jixiang said that he is very pleased to serve as the honorary dean of the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management of Shanghai University, shanghai university library and information archives discipline, archaeology, museum discipline has developed rapidly in recent years, has a deep research foundation, hope that the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management in the future can be based in Shanghai, serve the whole country, face the world, and make greater contributions to building a domestic leading, international first-class, globally influential cultural heritage and information management discipline highland.
Cheng Danhong, secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai University, said that the cultural heritage and information management discipline of Shanghai University has strong strength, and it is one of the earliest universities in China to carry out the discipline of library information and archive management, archaeology and museology, and has introduced and trained a number of national talents and industry leaders, and has won many important awards and achievements. In the future, the College will focus on the forefront of international disciplines, face the major strategic needs of national cultural heritage and information management, based on its own advantages and characteristics, focus on the development of digital archive resources, marine archaeology, silicate cultural relics protection, wisdom museums and other directions, cultivate high-level composite interdisciplinary talents, promote the coordinated development of "new liberal arts" with other disciplines, and make more and greater contributions to the cause of China's cultural heritage and information management.
"Dean's First Lesson" scene. Courtesy of Shanghai University
A number of heavyweight domestic and foreign experts congratulated the establishment of the School of Cultural Heritage and Information, Fan Jinshi, winner of the national honorary title of "Outstanding Contributor to the Protection of Cultural Relics", winner of the "Pioneer of Reform" Medal of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the 2019 Person of the Year who moved China, Ma Feicheng, senior professor of Wuhan University, member of the Social Science Committee of the Ministry of Education, and head of the Evaluation Team of The National Social Science Foundation Library and Information and Philology, alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Wang Xudong, President of the Palace Museum, Gobinda Chowdhury, President of the International Alliance of Top Information Schools (iSchools), Wang Wei, Member of the Faculty of chinese Academy of Social Sciences and President of the Chinese Archaeological Society, Barbara Lison, President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Associations (IFLA), Su Bomin, Deputy to the 13th National People's Congress and President of the Dunhuang Research Institute, Lin Li SOH, Director of ifLA's Office for Asia-Pacific and Vice President of the Library Society of Singapore, Rowan Flad, Chair Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, Sun Qingwei, Assistant President and Secretary General of Peking University and Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars, and Stefan Simon, Director of the Rasgen Laboratory of the National Museum in Berlin, Germany and Director of the Institute for The Protection of Cultural Heritage of Yale University (IPCH), sent their blessings via video.
The experts are full of confidence in the future development of the College, and wish the College is committed to pursuing excellence, continuous reform and innovation, faster, better and stronger growth and development. They believe that the establishment of the new college will provide a good academic environment for the cultivation of professional talents, and firmly believe that through integrated development, greater achievements will be made in discipline construction, scientific research, talent training, international cooperation, and social services in the future.
After the unveiling ceremony, Shan Jixiang brought the "Dean's First Lesson" to online and offline teachers and students through video: "Chinese Context and Cultural Confidence". In the form of storytelling, he leads everyone to understand the story behind the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, and awakens the "sleeping" heritage resources. Taking the rise of the World Cultural Heritage Protection Movement as the starting point, Shan Jixiang expounded the process of China's declaration of world cultural heritage projects, shared the anecdotes at the Dahe Civilization Tourism Forum, the documentary "Ten Thousand Miles Walking Alone" and other vivid examples, explained the significance of the protection, utilization and inheritance of cultural heritage and the arduous task of telling Chinese stories, vividly demonstrated the inherent meaning and practical value of cultural heritage, highlighted the unique charm of cultural heritage, and hoped that young people in the new era would stick to "telling the story of Chinese cultural heritage" more and more. Mission. (End)