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HKU weekly notice (from December 6 to December 13, 2014)

05 Dec 2014

 

"Hong Kong as Method" public seminar with Leo Ou-fan Lee and Chan Koon-chung
The international conference “Hong Kong As Method” will open with a public seminar featuring novelist Mr Chan Koon-chung, scholar Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee, and chaired by Professor Anthony Fung on Sunday, December 7, 2014. Details are as follows:

Date:  December 7, 2014 (Sunday)
Time: 3:00 to 5:00pm
Venue:  Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: Cantonese

The conference itself provides an arena for scholars from different disciplines to address the reconfiguration of Hong Kong culture and society in the age of global modernity. It will be held over two days, December 8 and 9, in Room 436 of Run Run Shaw Tower, on the Centennial Campus. Keynote speakers include Professors Meaghan Morris, Ackbar Abbas and Stephen Chan. Topics covered during the 7 panel discussions include the legal subject, multiple identities, gender/queer politics, filmic imaginaries, modernity, social discourses and alternative citizenships. For more information, please click here.

HKU to hold the 9th Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture
The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS), in association with the East Asian Society of the History of Science, will host the 9th Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture on December 9, 2014 (Tuesday). The speaker this year is Francesca Bray, Professor of Social Anthropology at the School of Social and Political Science of the University of Edinburgh. The title of her talk is ‘“Men Plough, Women Weave”: Joseph Needham, Feminism and the History of Science and Technology in China”’.

Professor Francesca Bray is visiting this semester at HKIHSS. She was responsible for the volume on agriculture in Science and Civilisation in China, in which she explained the central role of rice cultivation techniques in Chinese civilisation. In recent years she has approached the question of technological and cultural development through the lens of gender, thus providing new ways to address the “Needham Question.” Professor Mei Jianjun was appointed as the director of the Needham Research Institute last year. Having received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in archaeology, Professor Mei tries to push the boundaries for addressing Chinese technology through the study of bronze casting methods in ancient China. Professor Angela K. C. Leung, the director of HKIHSS and the Joseph Needham-Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization, is currently in the process of building an international team of scholars to pursue a large scale research project in understanding how technology affects the development of East Asian societies in the modern and contemporary periods. The aim of this project is to define technology’s indispensable role in material culture, institutional development, value formation, and the unique ways in which East Asian societies engage with technology in everyday life.

Details of the talk:
Date: December 9, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, the Jockey Club Tower, the University of Hong Kong
Language: English

Registration website: www.hkihss.hku.hk/francesca

If members of the media would like to interview Professors Francesca Bray, Mei Jianjun, or Angela Leung, please contact Ms. Yvonne Chan at 852-3917-5901 or ihss@hku.hk.

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In conjunction with the Joseph Needham Memorial Lecture, the East Asian Society of the History of Science will hold a lecture for students and teachers of secondary schools with Professor Mei Jianjun as the speaker. The title of the talk is “Challenge with Curiosity: Joseph Needham and his Intellectual Heritage”. The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences is the sponsor of this talk.

Date: December 8, 2014 (Monday)
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Queen’s College School Hall, 120 Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Language: English
Registration and inquiries: Please contact Ms. Annie Kwan via email at akwan@hku.hk.

"Infusing the Past with the Present": Calligraphy by Ambrose So Shu Fai
Period:  December 3 to December 22, 2014
Time:  Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 6:00pm; Sunday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue:  The HKU Foundation Chamber, Hung Hing Ying Building, Pokfulam, HKU
All are welcome

"Conforming to Vicinity – A Cross-Strait Four-Region Artistic Exchange Project 2014" at the University Museum and Art Gallery
The project showcases the latest artworks by thirteen artists from Hong Kong, Mainland, Macao and Taiwan. The project is curated by the chief curator, Feng Bo-yi, and the curators of the four regions, Sarah Ng Sau-wah (Hong Kong), Noah Ng Fong-chao (Macao), Hsu Woan-jen (Taiwan) and Gou Xian-xu (Mainland) and is participated by thirteen artists.

Details of the exhibition
Period: November 15, 2014 (Saturday) to February 1, 2015 (Sunday)
Venue:  University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk