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HKU weekly notice (from September 12 to 19, 2015)

11 Sep 2015

 

HKU to present Honorary University Fellowships to six distinguished individuals
The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Dr David Li Kwok Po will confer Honorary University Fellowships upon six distinguished individuals at a ceremony on September 15, 2015 (Tuesday).

Honorary University Fellowships are conferred to individuals in recognition of their contributions to the University and society. The six distinguished individuals to be conferred at the Presentation Ceremony are:

1. Mr Edward CHAN King Sang, SC 
2. Dr Aron HARILELA
3. Ms Pansy HO Chiu King
4. Dr Donald LI Kwok Tung
5. Dr Jimmy TANG Kui Ming
6. Mr TSE Sik Yan

Details of the Honorary University Fellowship Presentation Ceremony:

Date:  September 15, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time:  5:30pm
Venue:  Rayson Huang Theatre, University Main Campus

HKU Honorary University Fellowships website: http://www4.hku.hk/honfellows/ .

For media enquiries, please contact HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office:
Ms Melanie Wan, Senior Manager (Media), Tel: 2859 2600 / Email: melwkwan@hku.hk); or Ms Rhea Leung, Manager (Media), Tel：2857 8555 / email：rhea.leung@hku.hk).

HKU Faculty of Education Distinguised Lecture “The Globalization of the University” by Professor Francisco O. Ramirez of Stanford University
The university has become a global institution in three important respects: the university has greatly expanded in the last fifty years, universities increasingly operate within a global frame of reference, and lastly, university organization and management has increasingly become professionalized. The expansion of the university reflects the triumph of human capital ideas. The global frame of reference emphasizes the value of broad accessibility, social usefulness, and professionalized organization. The university as a global institution influences university developments throughout the world. University developments are shaped by the demands of both universal templates of excellence and their particular historical roots. 

In his lecture, Professor Francisco O. Ramirez will address these developments via a theoretical framework that emphasizes the centrality of nation-state and organizational identity and legitimacy. Members of the media are welcome to cover the event. Details are as below:

Date:              September 17, 2015, Thursday
Time:              5:00pm - 6:30pm
Venue:           Rayson Huang Theatre, the University of Hong Kong
Language:    English

Francisco O. Ramirez is Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University. His current research interests focus on the rise and institutionalization of human rights and human rights education, on the worldwide rationalization of university structures and processes, and on terms of inclusion issues as regards gender and education. His work has contributed to the development of the world society perspective in the social sciences. Recent publications appear in American Sociological Review, Higher Education, and Comparative Education. Ramirez was Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the Stanford Graduate School of Education (2010-15).

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Rachel Li, Senior Manager (Development and Communications) (Tel.: 2219 4270 / E-mail: lirachel@hku.hk).

HKU Libraries : “John Thomson’s Hong Kong: Past and Present” photo exhibition
In coordination with the Photographic Heritage Foundation, the University of Hong Kong Libraries will present a number of photos from the John Thomson collection and photos from close vantage points to John Thomson’s.

John Thomson, by many seen as the greatest nineteenth century photographer of China, recorded Hong Kong in 1868. By then the Colony was a fast developing trading port, as Thomson’s photos show. Recently, the Photographic Heritage Foundation commissioned photographs of John Thomson’s photo sites, creating visual comparisons of Hong Kong seen almost 150 years apart – now profoundly changed yet still identifiable.

Details of the exhibition
Date: 10 – 30 September, 2015
Time: Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 10:00 pm
           Saturday: 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
           Sunday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Location: Level 3, Multipurpose Zone, Main Library, the University of Hong Kong

For enquiries, please contact:
Gary E. Chin
Public Relations and Development Manager
Tel: +852 28592211 | Email: gchin@hku.hk

Marina S.T. Yeung
Public Relations and Development Assistant
Tel: +852 28598903 | Email: marinayeung@hku.hk

UMAG exhibitions
1. “Mexican Big Bang”” Famous abstract painter Roberto Turnbull
to exhibit first time in East Asia

Period: September 9 (Wednesday) to November 29, 2015 (Sunday)

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), in collaboration with the Mexican painter Roberto Turnbull and with the support of the Consul General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macao, will  present “Mexican Big Bang: Paintings by Roberto Turnbull” exhibition from September 9 to November 29, 2015. A selection of 26 remarkable artworks will introduce the work of the famous abstract painter for the first time in East Asia, displaying the painterly and architectural styles and themes that influenced his works.

Painter, sculptor and engraver Roberto Turnbull was born in Mexico in 1959, and his work has been internationally shown and collected since 1983. His paintings are often collages that contain sketches—figurative and abstract in style. Half factual document, half utopia, sometimes a dream or nightmare, many of Turnbull’s depictions are characterized by warm and bright colours and geometric forms that relate his two-dimensional work to three-dimensional sculpture and architecture.

Since the 1990s, Turnbull has experimented extensively with printing techniques and created unique prints by spreading a layer of paint onto a glass or metal plate upon which he draws and from which he prints before the pigments dry. This technique has allowed him to produce multi-layered images, many of which show fragmented bodies and an unconventional perspective that depicts figures and objects that do not respond to any predictable logic. In more recent years, Turnbull has built upon this method of constructing imagery, as he has abandoned representation or reflections of reality. The painter has developed a geometrism that forms a new kind of abstract or minimalist art.

2. “Mountains Ablaze: The Republic and the Sino-Japanese War (1912-1946)”
to display unique, historical documents of China’s past

Period: September 4 (Friday) to November 15, 2015 (Sunday)

“Mountains Ablaze: The Republic and the Sino-Japanese War (1912–1946)” is an exhibition detailing the history of China during the first half of the twentieth century from September 4 to November 15, 2015. Chinese history is world history --- the rich and wide-ranging selection of original archival documents such as manuscripts, letters, calligraphy and paintings that are rarely seen before will be on displayed to demonstrate not only the strength of its people but also that international connections, and public and diplomatic relations, are inseparable from China’s political and social developments.

This second sequence follows the first Mountains Ablaze exhibition: “Foreign Devils” and Chinese Patriots (1839–1911)’, which focused on the late Qing dynasty and Late Imperial China. Connected with the rise of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the present edition concentrates on the enormous efforts that went into building a republic and the foreign contact that influenced the politics of the day and China’s reception for years to come.

UMAG Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.hkumag.hku.hk

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Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk