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HKU weekly notice (from December 14 to December 20, 2013)
13 Dec 2013
Parents as Learners - A New Paradigm in Parent Education
More and more, school leaders and teachers in Hong Kong are recognizing the powerful influence of parents on the many aspects of the students’ development. For the educators of today, the challenges met in the work of forming the pupils seems to be often linked to their upbringing at home. It is not infrequent that educators ponder the need to aid parents in their fulfillment of their roles as primary educators of their children. Can we as educators help the parents of our students become better parents?
This seminar aims to bring together education professionals to reflect on the issue of parent education. The event will be in two parts. The first part consists of a presentation of the arguments for the ‘parents as learners’ paradigm and for in-school parent education. This is followed by experience sharing of current practices in parent education in schools in Hong Kong by a parent education practitioner in a secondary school and a school principal of a primary school and kindergarten.
Date: December 14, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Venue: Room 3.28, Yu Chun Keung Lecture Theatre, 3/F, Central Podium Levels, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: Cantonese
Registration Instruction
Contact Information
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Dr Luis Go by email at eduert@hku.hk
“Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities" Exhibition
The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) is pleased to present an exhibition of traditional Chinese costumes, baby carriers and silver ornaments drawn from the collection of Mei-yin Lee. This exhibition demonstrates the wealth of colours, techniques and styles found in the on-going traditions of Chinese minority groups. The display is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, and the production of both exhibition and book has been generously supported by the HKU Museum Society in celebration of the Museum’s 60th and Society’s 25th anniversaries respectively. The exhibition will be held at 1/F T. T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, 90 Bonham Road from 15 December 2013 to 9 February 2014.
Elaborately embroidered costumes and baby carriers, most of which originate with the Miao, Dong, Shui and Zhuang ethnic tribes of the south-western Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi are decorated with richly coloured, stitched and sewn ornamentations - and sometimes silver applications - indigenous to the particular culture and long-lived traditions they derive from. As some ethnic minorities lack a written script, the symbolism and colour-coding found in their textiles form a visual language that presents an important cultural and anthropological development and heritage still in practice today.
The exhibition opening coincides with the HKU Museum Society’s Members’ Day (14 December 2013, 15:30 – 18:00), and will present several featured embroidered dresses in a life fashion show.
Reception & Fashion Show
Date: Saturday, 14 December 2013
Time: 15:30 – 17:00 HKU Museum Society Member’s Day
16:30 – 17:00 Fashion show of Chinese Ethnic Minority Dresses
17:00 – 18:00 Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities Opening Ceremony
Place: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU
Public Talks*
Topic - Part 1: Introduction to Chinese Ethnic Minorities with Mei-yin Lee (李美賢)
Date: 11 January 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Place: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU
Speaker: Mei-yin Lee (李美賢) (in Cantonese)
In connection with the current exhibition Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities, collector Mei-yin Lee will present two talks to enrich the viewer’s understanding and appreciation of the colourful dresses and accessories of this exhibit.
In ancient times, the Han people regarded tribal groups living outside of Central China as barbarians. Who were they? In this first talk, Lee will give an introduction about their history and culture, and how they relate to the present day ethnic minority groups in China.
Topic - Part 2: Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities with Mei-yin Lee (李美賢)
Date: 18 January 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Place: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU
Speaker: Mei-yin Lee (李美賢) (in Cantonese)
With needles and threads, the women of the Chinese ethnic minorities embroider songs that not only demonstrate their ingenious skills, but also reflect their history, culture, and wisdom towards life. In this second talk, collector Mei-yin Lee will decode the stories hidden behind the colourful patterns that are unique to their heritage and tradition.
*No registration is required and seating is on a first-come first-serve basis. Please visit www.umag.hku.hk/en/ or call 2241-5500 for more information.
The Museum is located at the University's main entrance on Bonham Road. Its opening hours are from 09:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday. The Museum is closed on University and public holidays.
This release was issued by UMAG, please contact our Communication Officer:
Miss Elena Cheung Tel: 2241 5512 Email: elenac@hku.hk
Workshop on Simulation and Modeling of Emerging Electronics (SMEE) 2013
Overview:
The theme of SMEE-2013 is the industrial and the academic perspectives on computational electronics for emerging systems, materials and devices. The three day event will also include a joint symposium with the London Center for Nanotechnology of UK. The format of the Workshop will consist of 90 minute extended keynote presentations by several prominent and internationally renowned scientists and researchers from USA, England and China. In addition, there will be several 45-minute review presentations from the senior researchers affiliated with the Area of Excellence (AoE) initiative on ‘Theory, Modeling and Simulation of Emerging Electronics’ in Hong Kong. There will be no contributed talks for this year.
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Workshop on Simulation and Modeling of Emerging Electrons (SMEE) 2013 |
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Vienna Yu by email at mnyu@hku.hk
Non-JUPAS admission talk and campus tour (Dec 20, 2013)
We will be holding a campus tour led by our Student Ambassadors followed by an admission talk for students who are applying via the Non-JUPAS Admission Scheme. Sign up here if you'd like to find out more for yourself!
As registration is on a first-come-first-served basis, we will send a confirmation email by December 18, 2013 to those on the waiting list.
Date: December 20, 2013 (Friday)
Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: Global Lounge, the University of Hong Kong
Language: English
Registration Instruction
Registration is open from 19/11/2013 18:00(HKT) to 20/12/2013 09:00(HKT) on a first-come-first-served basis. The registration quota for this event is 100. Registrants will be placed on a waiting list if the registration quota is reached.
Contact Information
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact The International Admissions Team by email at international@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk or by phone at +852-2219 4121.
Sandro Botticelli’s Venus – An Italian High Renaissance Masterpiece
The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau, the Italian Cultural Institute and the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong are honoured to present to the public one of Italy’s “national treasures” - Venus (ca. 1482) by Florentine Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510) from October 18 to December 15, 2013 in the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong.
Exhibition Details :
Period: October 18th through December 15th, 2013
Time: 9:30am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday; 1 pm to 6pm on Sunday
Venue: University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong
Enquiry: (852) 2241 5500
Admission: Free admission
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Elena Cheung (HKU University Museum and Art Gallery) tel.: 2241 5512; email: or Ms Rhea Leung (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2857 8555 email: rhea.leung@hku.hk
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