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Faculty of Arts Launches its Centenary Celebrations with the Inaugural MB Lee Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities

24 Oct 2012

The inaugural MB Lee Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities, entitled ‘The Articulate Artwork’, will be delivered by Professor Jonathan Hay, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He has published widely on Chinese art from the Tang dynasty to the present, and on the theory and method of art history.

This is the first in a series of lectures designed to promote the significance of the arts and humanities to the wider public. This event also launches the Faculty of Arts Centenary – which will run from October 2012 to September 2013. On show for the first time in the Foyer prior to the Lecture will be some of the photographs taken by award-winning Hong Kong photographer So Hing Keung for the Arts Centenary photography project.

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the event. Details are as follows:

Date: October 25, 2012 (Thursday)
Reception: 5:45 pm to 6:15 pm
Lecture: 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English

About the Lecture Series:

The MB Lee Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities are designed to promote the significance of the arts and humanities to the wider public. Accessible, curious and enriching, the talks should stimulate a passion for the arts and a desire to see the values of the humanities benefit the social well-being of Hong Hong.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Karen Leung, School of Humanities (tel: 3917 4186 email: kklleung@hku.hk ) or Ms Georgina Challen, Public Affairs Manager, Faculty of Arts (tel: 3917 4250 email: gchallen@hku.hk).