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香港大學每週活動推介(2013年10月26日至11月1日)
2013年10月25日
倡議婦女權益──《消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約》:影子報告撰寫工作坊
「聯合國消除對婦女歧視委員會」(下稱「委員會」)將於2014年10月20日至11月7日期間審議中國(包括香港特別行政區)就落實《消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約》(下稱《婦女公約》)的定期報告。一些關心婦女人權的民間組織亦藉此機會向委員會提交影子報告,讓委員會除了通過官方報告了解香港婦女的狀況外,亦可從民間角度加深了解當地狀況。為此,香港大學比較法及公法研究中心、香港平等機會婦女聯席及香港大學婦女研究中心將合辦「倡議婦女權益──《消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約》:影子報告撰寫工作坊」,探討《婦女公約》在香港實施的情況,促使政府落實和推行《婦女公約》,消除性別歧視,推動兩性平等。
為了讓參加者能深入討論有關課題和交流意見,是次工作坊只供傳媒採訪10月26日(星期六)上午9:00至11:10的開幕及特邀講者的專題演講部分,敬請留意!
工作坊詳情如下:
日期:2013年10月26日(星期六)
時間:上午9時至下午6時
地點:香港大學百週年校園鄭裕彤教學樓11樓學術會議室
(工作坊以英語進行,輔以中文傳譯)
主禮嘉賓:陸恭蕙博士,太平紳士
特邀講者:Pramila Patten女士(聯合國消除對婦女歧視委員會副主席)
嘉賓講者:紀佩雅女士(香港大學法律學院副教授)
Rina Bovrisse女士(Prada日本子公司前零售經理)
傳媒查詢,請聯絡洪小姐 (電話︰6287 7951 / 電郵︰woceo2008b@gmail.com)
Symposium on Survive and Thrive: State-of-the-art Therapeutic Intervention for Stress and Trauma
Speakers:
Professor Thanos Karatzias
Professor of Mental Health, Edinburgh Napier University and NHS Lothian
Dr. Zoë Chouliara
Reader in Person Centred Care, Edinburgh Napier University
PANELISTS:
Dr. Celia Chan
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Christian Chan
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Calais Chan
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Paul Wong
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Elsie Yan
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
The University of Hong Kong
Date: October 28, 2013 (Monday)
Time: 10am – 1pm
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber,11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English
Registration required. For further information, please visit: http://foss.hku.hk/ExCEL3/?p=9209
For enquiries, please feel free to contact Alan Tang by email at alantsl@hku.hk or by fax at 2517 0806.
A Distinguished Lecture on A Reflection on Landscape Painting in East Asia
東亞的奇觀山水
By Prof. SHIH Shou-chien 石守謙教授
對17世紀以後東亞地區山水畫發展的觀察中,以實際自然地景為對象之山水畫的出現,確實是一個非常引人注意的現象。在中國部分,相對於以文人畫旗手董其昌為主而形塑的正統派山水畫而言,17世紀後期興起的黃山派風格被認為是既是「實景」,亦代表著與「復古」主義相對的個人主義的表現,而其產生正是因為受到像黃山那種自然地景的刺激而來。朝鮮的山水畫發展也有類似之處。18世紀的朝鮮畫壇亦出現了「實景」山水畫,其中最受注目的是鄭敾對金剛山的各種描繪,它們被視為具有朝鮮主體意識表達的作品,甚至成為整個朝鮮民族美術史的礎石。對於這些研究成果,近期已有學者紛自「國族意識」建構的角度進行反思檢討。本演講則企圖從反省「實景山水」的框架入手,再探17、18世紀東亞地區內這些山水「奇觀」的互動過程,以求認識此期東亞山水畫意象之變。
講者:
石守謙普林斯頓大學藝術與考古學系博士。曾任國立臺灣大學藝術史研究所教授及所長、國立故宮博物院院長,現任中央研究院院士及歷史語言研究所特聘研究員。石教授專研中國及東亞地區繪畫史,其研究成果曾二度獲得行政院國家科學委員會傑出研究獎(1994-96及1996-98)。專著有《從風格到畫意──反思中國繪畫史》(臺北:石頭出版社,2010);《移動的桃花源──東亞世界中的山水畫》(臺北:允晨文化出版公司,2012)。
日期:2013年10月28日(星期一)
時間:下午4時30分至6時
地點:香港大學百周年校園賽馬會教學樓11字樓Social Sciences Chamber
語言:普通話
公眾登記講座已滿額。 傳媒查詢,請聯絡 Hilson Ng (電郵: hilsonng@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk )。
項明生《足足五萬年》港大新書分享會
項明生,香港著名旅遊專欄作家,同時亦為索尼香港董事。出生於內地四川,畢業於香港大學文學院,項明生熱愛旅遊與寫作,熟悉中英日德文,足跡遍及九十多個國家,出版了7本暢銷旅遊書藉。
日期:2013年10月28日(星期一)
時間:下午5時30分至7時
地點:香港大學本部大樓MG07
語言:廣東話
查詢詳情,請瀏覽:http://arts.hku.hk/events/talks-and-forums/jameshong
查詢,請聯絡Cyrus Chan (電郵:cyrusc@hku.hk)。
和平背後的街頭博弈:臺灣的抗爭者如何面對警察的抗爭控制
策略. 臺灣的街頭抗爭,從1990年代後期開始,乃至於2000年第一次政黨輪替之後,呈現出了低度衝突的傾向,抗爭者極力避免造成對人身或財產的損害,警察也降低了攻勢器械與策略的使用頻率。然而,抗爭者希望透過行動有效製造政治壓力,警察體系則希望一切抗爭行動均在控制之內,二者間仍有著根本性的矛盾。因此不需擔心催淚瓦斯與噴水車,並不代表著臺灣的抗爭者能夠就此暢所欲言,而是代表著現代的抗爭者需要面對的,是和平背後一套更加細膩而幽微的控制體系。我將先從法律結構與警察行為出發,建構出抗爭者所面對的抗爭控制體系為何,有哪些主要的控制策略,又會帶來什麼樣的限制。其次則進一步探討抗爭者如何回應警察的控制策略,除了在法律代價與運動效果間求取平衡外,還包括了衝擊控制體系本身的嘗試。最後則藉由前述的探討,指出目前抗爭者策略上的成果與侷限,以及未來能進一步
講者介紹. 許仁碩,曾參與學權會、野草莓學運、臺灣大學學生會、研究生協會、學生法院。臺灣大學法律系及社會系學士畢業,現為臺大法律系碩士生,日本北海道大學法學研究科交換學生,以及臺大工會秘書處成員。為了給18歲時被警察打趴在地上的自己一個答案,以及2008年的野草莓學運一個交代,正在寫作碩士論文:「臺灣警察的抗爭處理法制之考察及省思」。
日期:2013年10月30日(星期三)
時間:下午2時30分至4時
地點:香港大學百周年校園賽馬會教學樓8字樓813室
語言:英語
查詢,請聯絡Connie Ko (電話:3917 2309/ 電郵:connieko@hku.hk)。
On Family and Gender in Korea: Man Asian Literary Prize Winner Shin Kyung-sook
Acclaimed writer Shin Kyung-sook will discuss her 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize winning novel "Please Look After Mom" and issues of family and gender in South Korean society with Professor Louise Edwards and Dr Su Yun Kim of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. A Q&A session and book signing will follow.
Shin Kyung-sook (申京淑) made her literary debut in 1985 by winning the Munye Joongang New Author Prize with the novella "Winter’s Fable." Since then, Shin has published numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, becoming one of South Korea's most widely read and acclaimed novelists. Shin has been honored with the Manhae Prize for Literature, the Dong-in Literature Prize, and the Yi Sang Literary Prize, as well as France’s Prix de l’Inaperçu. She won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, the first Korean and woman to do so, for her novel "Please Look After Mom." The book has been translated into several languages and sold in over 30 countries. It featured on the New York Times best seller list and was selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by the editors of amazon.com. Shin’s works have significantly raised the status of contemporary Korean literature worldwide.
This event is organized by the Korean Studies Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, and supported by the Faculty of Arts, HKU, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong, and Jeju Air.
Date: October 31, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: T3, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Language: Korean / English
For registration, please visit: http://arts.hku.hk/events/shinkyungsook
For enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan (Tel: 3917 4984 / email: cyrusc@hku.hk ).
HKUL Book Talk - Stumbling Giant: The Threats to China's Future
About the speaker
Timothy Beardson founded and ran Crosby Financial Holdings, at the time the largest independent investment bank in the Far East.
Since the late 1990s he has been a frequent speaker on economic and strategic issues at such events as the World Economic Forum at Davos and at prominent universities. He is a permanent resident of Hong Kong.
About the book
While dozens of recent books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China’s rise to global supremacy, this book distinctively counters such widely-held assumptions. Timothy Beardson brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of the responses. He presents bold policy prescriptions addressing these challenges and explains why – without substantial reform – China is unlikely to replace America as the next superpower.
Drawing on extensive research and experience living and working in Asia over the last thirty-five years, the author spells out China’s situation: an inexorable demographic future of a shrinking labour force, relentless ageing, extreme gender disparity, and even a falling population. Also, the nation faces social instability, a devastated environment, a predominantly low-tech economy with inadequate innovation, the absence of an effective welfare safety net, an ossified governance structure, and radical Islam lurking at the borders. Beardson’s nuanced, first-hand look at China acknowledges its historic achievements while tempering predictions of its imminent hegemony with a no-nonsense dose of reality.
Moderator: Prof. Zhigang Tao, Associate Dean, Knowledge Exchange & China Development and Director of HKU Institute for China & Global Development.
Date : October 31, 2013 (Thursday)
Time : 7:15pm to 9:00pm
Venue : Special Collection, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language : English
For registration, please visit: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2013_05.html
For further information, please visit:
http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2013_05.html
For enquiries, please contact Marina Yeung by email at mstyeung@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk
Overturning Conventions: A Dialogue with Jung Chang
Pioneering author Jung Chang will discuss her new biography of the Empress Dowager Cixi with Professor John Carroll of the Department of History. In her latest work, Jung Chang overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot, and vividly describes how the Empress Dowager fought against monumental obstacles to introduce many of the attributes of a modern state to her ancient country.
Jung Chang is the best-selling author of Wild Swans (1991, which the Asian Wall Street Journal called the most read book about China), and Mao: The Unknown Story (2005, with Jon Halliday), which was described by Time Magazine as ‘an atom bomb of a book’. Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies outside mainland China where they are both banned. She was born in China in 1952, and came to Britain in 1978. She lives in London.
Date: November 1, 2013 (Friday)
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Venue: CPD3.04, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus
Language: English
For registration, please visit: http://arts.hku.hk/events/jungchang
For enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan (Tel: 3917 4984 / email: cyrusc@hku.hk ).
意大利國寶級文藝復興盛期不朽藝術名畫
波提切利《維納斯》- 意大利文藝復興盛期大師作品首度來港展出
意大利駐香港及澳門總領事館、香港意大利領事館文化處及香港大學美術博物館將攜手呈獻意大利國寶級藝術傑作 - 佛羅倫斯畫派名家桑德羅‧波提切利(Sandro Botticelli, 1445 - 1510)之力作《維納斯》(約1482 年),將於10 月18 日至12 月15 日假香港大學美術博物館展出。
展覽詳情 :
展出日期: 2013 年10 月18 日至12 月15 日
時間: 周一至六,早上9:30 時半至下午6 時;
周日,下午1 時至6 時
地點: 香港大學美術博物館
查詢: (852) 2241 5500
費用: 全免
傳媒查詢,請聯絡港大美術博物館Miss Elena Cheung (電話︰2241 5512;/電郵︰ museum@hku.hk 或港大傳訊及公共事務處經理(傳媒)梁菁栘小姐 (電話:2857 8555 /電郵:rhea.leung@hku.hk)。