PERSONNEL CHANGES AT THE SINOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

From September 1 1994, Anthony J. Saich, professor of
Contemporary Chinese Politics 
and Management, has taken a period of extended leave from the
Sinological Institute. During his three years' absence, he
will take up the position of representative for China of the
Ford Foundation in Beijing. Professor Saich's wife, Mrs. Zeng
Yinyin, has left her position as teacher of Modern Chinese at
the Institute in order to accompany her husband.
From February 1 1995, Dr. Ngo Tak-wing will assume the
position of researcher and lecturer at the Documentation and
Research Centre for Contemporary China of the Sinological
Institute. His activities will be in the fields of Chinese
Foreign and Domestic Politics. As such, he will take over the
teaching responsibilities of Professor Saich. Dr. Ngo, who was
awarded a PhD in Political Science at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS) of London University, has
previously taught classes in Chinese Politics at the
University of Macao and at the Hong Kong Polytechnic.
In the last quarter of 1994, Dr. Barend J. Ter Haar took up
the position of professor of the Social and Economic History
of China at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Since 1984,
Dr. Ter Haar has been attached to the Sinological Institute in
various capacities. After having obtained his PhD in 1990, he
was awarded a Research Fellowship by the Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts and Sciences K.N.A.W. (1991-1994).
Subsequently, he was attached to the International Institute
of Asian Studies in Leiden.