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Libby Lai-Pik CHAN

Professor of Practice, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University (Hong Kong, China)

Dr Libby Chan is currently Professor of Practice at the Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, bridging academic scholarship with practical applications in the fields of museums, arts, and culture. Prior to her current position, she was the Director of the Indra and Harry Banga Gallery at the City University of Hong Kong. Previously, she was the Chief Curator and Assistant Director (Curatorial and Collections) of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, overseeing the museum’s curatorial practices, research, as well as the development of exhibitions and collections, and the museum’s library and archive at the CSSC Museum Resource Centre. She had also worked at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore as Senior Curator (China), overseeing the Chinese collection and leading the China gallery revamp project. Some of her other previous roles include Curatorial Consultant at the San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas; Research Associate and Curator at the Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, and Lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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