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香港大學每週活動推介（11月11日至11月18日）

2011年11月11日

 

HKU Faculty of Engineering Centenary ExhibitionThe Faculty of Engineering is organizing a Centenary Exhibition as part of a series of Centenary celebratory activities in 2011 and 2012.  At the exhibitions, some of the applied research projects of Engineering Departments will be showcased to the public.  The topics include face detection and recognition technology, tracking device and technology for logistic applications, simulation & 3D technology, ventilation, and the application of nano-materials.  The research projects have substantial impact on the way we live.  The details of the upcoming exhibitions are as follows:

Date:  November 14 - 16, 2011 (Monday - Wednesday)
Time: 
Nov 14: 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Nov 15: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Nov 16: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Shatin Town Hall (Exhibition Gallery)
         
For enquiries, please contact HKU Faculty of Engineering Office at 28592803 or email enggfac@hkucc.hku.hk

The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada as a Court of Final Appeal on Constitutional Issues
The Supreme Court of Canada has been Canada's Court of Final Appeal since appeals to the UK Privy Council were abolished in 1949. Generally, the Court's decisions are subject to legislative supremacy, but on constitutional issues, the court has the authority to declare legislation to be inconsistent with the constitution and of no force and effect. Nonetheless, legislative supremacy is ultimately protected. The federal Parliament and provincial legislatures have the power to override key guarantees of rights. Moreover, they have the power to amend constitutional provisions. To date, these provisions have not been invoked to displace Court decisions, and it is likely that any effort to do so would engender strong public opposition. Nonetheless, the public mood can change, and the final say on constitutional issues in Canada remains in the hands of political majorities.

The speaker Marilyn L. Pilkington is an Associate Professor and former Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

Date: 14 November 2011 (Monday)
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Venue: Room 223, 2/F Knowles Building, HKU

Registration required. For enquiries, please contact Ms Flora Leung by email at fkleung@hku.hk or by phone at 2859 2941.

HKU100 Public Lecture "Statistics and Society: Emerging Challenges in Official Statistics"
The speaker Professor Paul Cheung, Director of United Nations Statistics Division is well known around the world for his contributions to the development of official statistics, and for his pioneering research in the fields of manpower, population, and social planning. He serves as adviser to many countries in the development of their national statistical systems. In particular, he chairs the International Advisory Committees for Iraq and Afghanistan population censuses, and is involved in census monitoring in a number of countries including Kosovo and Serbia. In 2009, he was invited to serve as the Senior Advisor to the Government of China on official statistics. In 2010, he organized the first-ever World Statistics Day held on 20-10-2010 in which over 140 countries and 40 international organizations actively participated in its observance.

Date: November 15, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: T2, G/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Registration required. For further information, please visit:
http://lx2.saas.hku.hk/seminar/2011/PL-PCheung-20111115.pdf

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Irene Cheung by email at saas@hku.hk or by phone at 2857 8312 or by fax at 2858 9041

Public lecture - City Labours by Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett is a sociologist and the School Professor of Social and Cultural Theory emeritus at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. His research interests include the relationship between urban design and urban society, urban family patterns, the urban welfare system, the history of cities and the changing nature of work. He has served as a consultant on urban policy to the Labour party and is a frequent commentator in the press.

Date: November 15, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:30pm to 8pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English

For further information, please visit: http://fac.arch.hku.hk/

For enquiries, please contact HKU Faculty of Architecture by email at faulty@arch.hku.hk or by phone at 28592149 or by fax at 28572852.

Globalisation, the Global Financial Crisis, and the Reinvention of the State
Globalisation is a word which has been in circulation since about 1962 and is used to describe complex processes of economic and social change making things global in nature or scope. The emphasis is usually on internationalisation although sometimes distinctions are drawn between globalised localism and localised globalism. There has been a tendency in the last 20 years to think mainly of economic globalisation but social and political globalisation are also important and have deep cultural consequences. Globalisation has been linked with capitalism and imperialism in the past but the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has thrown that into question. Early views of globalisation in the first decade after 1990 saw globalisation as reducing the significance of the nation state. Again, the GFC has cast doubt on that and we have seen the resurgence of the nation state as regulator, investor and sometimes economic saviour. At the same time there has been a need for greater international cooperation. Here then are many paradoxes.

In this lecture, Professor John Farrar, a Barrister of the Supreme Courts of Queensland and ACT and High Courts of Australia and New Zealand and Bond University Emeritus Professor of Law, will consider each of the three concepts of globalisation, the GFC and the state and their complex interrelationship.

Date: 17 November 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Theatre 7, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Chair: Mr. Anthony Neoh, SC

Registration required. For enquiries, please contact Ms Flora Leung by email at fkleung@hku.hk or by phone at 2859 2941.

Kees Metselaar : Dutch Eyes, 25 years of photojournalism in Asia
Kees Metselaar has covered the fall of two dictators in Asia, Marcos in the Philippines and Suharto in Indonesia, got his feet wet in numerous floods and walked with the mujahedin in Afghanistan. He will speak about his experiences and the big changes in photojournalism since he began in the mid-eighties.

He was born on a dairy farm in Holland, graduated as a microbiologist in Amsterdam and started there as a photographer in 1985.  He has been mostly based in Hong Kong since 1989 and has taught photography and news at the JMSC since 2009.  Learn more about him by visiting his website: http://www.photokees.com/

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Time: 3:30 - 4:30pm
Venue: Foundation Chamber, Eliot Hall, HKU

For more information, please contact Kylie Chan at kyliec@hku.hk or 22194416.

香港人文社會研究所日本社會文化剖析系列講座

日期: 2011年11月18日(星期五)
時間: 下午2時至6時
下午2時
(一) 茶與日本文化　(京都市藝術文化協會理事長村井康彥教授主講)
下午4時
(二) 武士道的歷史演變　(日本文部科學省國際日本文化研究中心笠谷和比古教授主講)
地點: 香港大學明華綜合大樓8樓校務會議廳
語言: 日語（普通話同聲翻譯）

(一) 茶在中國和日本都深受民眾喜愛。中國是"茶"和飲茶、品茶的古老故鄉。唐代中國的飲茶、品茶的習俗是經由遣唐僧傳到日本的。然而一般社會生活中的喝茶、品茶卻不能叫作"茶道"。"茶道"一定是使用相應的茶具，在一定規則下完成"茶葉"到"茶"的程序，之後同樣在程序和規則下進行飲茶、品茶。在日本，這種飲茶和品茶也叫作"茶禮"。比如主人會特別設一個"茶室"，選用一定的"茶具"，招待有限的客人相聚一堂品茶、評茶。人們在這一過程中，感受主人的心意、體驗相互間的情感。那麼，"茶道"儀式究竟有哪些規則？它們所體現的又是日本文化中哪些獨特的觀念？在本次講座中，村井教授將從"茶"傳入日本的歷史講到"茶道"的最終形成，並會作基本"茶道"的示範，以講解"茶道"及"花道"如何從一種日常生活習俗昇華為特有的民族藝術、又如何影響到日本文化，以及所帶來的哲學思考。

(二) 武士刀和武士鎧甲常常被視作與"茶道"、"花道"相對的另一類日本文化 ─ 武士道的象徵。而武士道精神也與"茶道"文化一樣，深深滲透在日本人的文化性格之中。可武士道是不是簡單地由"尚武"而等同於"軍國主義"呢？從中古到近代，武士道曾經經歷了怎樣的歷史演變？它在今天日本人的社會生活中又有哪些具體的體現？笠谷教授將在本場講座中，為大家詳細解答這些問題。

查詢請聯絡Louise Mak 女士lypmak@hku.hk或電話查詢：2859 2460傳真2559 3185.

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