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HKU weekly notice

22 Sep 2017

 

HKU to present Honorary University Fellowships to three distinguished individuals
The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Dr the Honourable Sir David Li Kwok Po will confer Honorary University Fellowships upon three distinguished individuals at a ceremony on September 26, 2017 (Tuesday).

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

Mr Godfrey NGAI Shing Kin
Dr Harry SHUM Heung Yeung
Professor Grace TANG Wai King

Details of the Honorary University Fellowships Presentation Ceremony:

Date: September 26, 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30pm (photo session of the Honorary University Fellows at 5:15pm)
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.

The Shaw Prize Lecture on Life Science and Medicine
This year’s awardees of the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, Professor Ian R Gibbons and Professor Ronald D Vale, have discovered the microtubule-associated motor proteins: engines that power cellular and intracellular movements essential to the growth, division, and survival of human cells.

This Lecture will begin with a historical perspective of the experiments that led to the discovery of kinesin, then present what the two laureates know about how kinesin and dynein move along microtubules, and finally discuss how molecular motors impact human health.

Details of the lecture:

Date: September 27, 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm (Registration starts at 4:30pm)
Venue: Lecture Theatres 3 & 4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, William MW Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

* A recorded video interview with Professor Ian R Gibbons on his award-winning discovery will be shown during the Lecture.

Enquiry:
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Tel: (852)39179305
Fax: (852)29740678
Email: medkefa@hku.hk

UMAG exhibitions
1. Fibres of Life: IKAT Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago Following the footsteps of a vanishing craft

Period: Now till November 26, 2017 (Sunday)

Looking at Peter Ten Hoopen’s Pusaka Collection from a scholarly point of view, it is worth acknowledging how it illustrates the concept of ‘unity in diversity’, which the young state of Indonesia chose as its motto upon independence. Here, the interwoven-ness of styles from its islands matter, as do their marked individuality and idiosyncrasies. Moreover, it allows for the study not just of the people’s finery, but also of their daily attire, which is lamentably absent in most collections.

An ironic illustration of the effect of this collecting method comes from Ili Mandiri on Flores. As its dark red bridewealth sarongs have been prized and venerated by the local population, this is what most sophisticated collections have aimed to obtain. The simple but lovely indigo sarongs for everyday use have been almost entirely ignored by collectors. Hence they nearly always end up worn to shreds and very few survive — rarer now than the precious and respected, hence eagerly collected, bridewealth sarongs.

What knowledge is conserved about ikat textiles and their use in the Indonesian archipelago consists primarily of the records of missionary and scientific fieldwork, predominantly compiled by non-Indonesians. The coverage is thin— many weaving regions are covered by only one or two sources, and several regions have never been studied in any detail. Much traditional knowledge is being lost, especially in the more remote island regions in the Indonesian archipelago, which require concerted effort if any trace of their culture is to survive.

Venue: 1/F T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. Hong Kong by Guo Zhiquan: Cityscapes in Ink

Period: Now till November 12, 2017 (Sunday)

Born in Leshan (Sichuan Province, China) in 1942, Guo graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and has exhibited widely in China. This is his first solo show in Hong Kong. Guo is a member of the Henan Artists Association, the Chinese Academy of Poetry, Painting and Calligraphy, and he is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, as well as the East & West Artists Association. He worked as the Dean of the Fine Arts Department of Luoyang University in 1986, where he specialised in landscape paintings, as well as bird-and-flower work and art criticism.

Guo is regularly the subject matter of art critics. For example, in 1993 Muxun LU, a renowned Chinese contemporary theorist, wrote an article titled ‘Boundless World Shaped by the Soul of Mountains and Rivers’, engaging with the artist’s exemplary landscape paintings. Subsequently, Guo exhibited at the National Art Museum of China and Tsinghua University, among other more academic institutions, and his work has been reviewed and praised by many established critics.

Venue: 2/F Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

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
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communications Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk
UMAG Programme Assistant Miss Chelsea Choi, Tel: (852) 2241 5509, Email: cchelsea@hku.hk