Little Reunions Book Talk HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2018-06-01 | http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2018_02.html
Design concept! HKU Libraries: Sculpture Naming Competition: mother & child HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2023-09-09 | The Sculpture Naming Competition created by Professor Norman Ko, an Honourary Fellow of the University of Hong Kong.
Design concept! HKU Libraries: Sculpture Naming Competition: bird couple HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2023-09-09 | The Sculpture Naming Competition created by Professor Norman Ko, an Honourary Fellow of the University of Hong Kong.
“古籍保護與文化傳承”講座 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2023-08-23 | “古籍保護與文化傳承”講座日期：二零二三年八月二十三日 (星期三)時間：上午九時至十一時地點：香港大學圖書館三樓多用途區 (Multi-purpose Zone)講者：姚伯岳教授 (天津師範大學古籍保護研究院常務副院長)
Adventures Browsing the Library – How to Find Your Next Book Project HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2023-03-03 | Since first becoming a user of the HKU Library twenty-five years ago, Paul French has mined its resources for material that has subsequently formed the backbone of his work. The source for many biographies, histories, novels, podcasts, and magazine articles have often come from HKUL collections. From discovering what exactly a Fox Spirit is and why you should worry if you meet one to finding lost lives in forgotten old memoirs, HKUL has proved to be a treasure trove. Such a hoard of great books in fact that the library doesn’t always realise everything it has – the old, and long thought lost, Foochow Club Library lies scattered throughout the stacks of HKUL just awaiting reassembly. A talk on how to constructively meander through miles of shelves while profitably procrastinating among the stacks with the New York Times bestselling author and HKUL aficionado.About the speakerPaul French was born in London and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Mystery Writers’ of America Edgar award winner for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers’ Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. His most recent book City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir has received much praise with The Economist writing, ‘…in Mr French the city has its champion storyteller.’ Both Midnight in Peking and City of Devils are currently being developed as movies. He is currently working on a biography of the inspirational year (1924/1925) Wallis Warfield Spencer, later the Duchess of Windsor, spent in China for publication in 2024.
International Symposium HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-11-18 | International SymposiumEngaging the Past, with the Future, for the Future: Emerging roles of East Asian LibrariesDate: 11 November 2022 (Friday)Time: 8:30 am – 12:30 pmVenue: OnlineIntroduction: In the eve of celebrating Fung Ping Shan Library's 90th year of service to researchers and students of Chinese Studies, librarians and scholars from academic institutions around the world will share insights on the emerging roles of East Asian Libraries as well as new ideas and initiatives in engaging users with their collections through unique or innovative approaches. The symposium will be conducted in Chinese and English alternately as selected by the speakers.(https://www.fpsl90.hku.hk/international-symposium)國際研討會繼往開來: 東亞圖書館的嶄新角色日期: 2022年11月11日 (星期五)時間: 上午 8:30 – 下午12:30地點: 線上研討會簡介: 適值馮平山圖書館為研究中國文化的學者和學生服務快九十年，來自世界各地學術機構的圖書館員和學者將齊集分享他們對東亞圖書館嶄新角色的見解，並介紹新構思讓讀者透過獨特創新的模式參與發展或應用館藏。研討會將按講者選擇以中文及英文交替進行。(https://www.fpsl90.hku.hk/international-symposium?lang=zh)
人物傳記：從《讓我們現在讚揚名人吧》談起 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-11-02 | 日期：2022年10月27日 (星期四)時間：下午 6:30 – 8:00地點：總館二樓 Multi-purpose Area 及 Digital Interactive Lab (網上同步直播)講者：劉智鵬教授、鄭宏泰博士內容：人類歷史總是記錄帝王將相、世家大族如何建功立業，鮮見尋常百姓家、小市民埋頭苦幹的身影。後者之所以湮沒於浩瀚歷史之中，其中原因是長期缺乏研究資料，連他們自身亦鮮有留下記錄。在香港，無論是研究社會精英，或是尋常家族的不同故事，所碰到的資料缺乏問題同樣嚴重，但因資訊流通、檔案保存尚算系統而留下一定空間。若能花精力於公私檔案耙梳，在中西報章中鈎沉，總能點滴有功、有所發現，為填補一些歷史空白作出貢獻。本講座藉過去多年對香港名人傳記的研究，分享一些方法、經驗和觀察。(講座以廣東話進行)
早期香港傑出華商 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-10-08 | 日期：2022年10月6日 (星期四)時間：下午 6:30 – 8:00地點：總館二樓 Multi-purpose Area 及 Digital Interactive Lab (網上同步直播)講者：丁新豹教授、劉智鵬教授、鄭宏泰博士內容：在中國歷史上，憑營商致富以建立個人與家族名聲地位，書寫傳奇，屬極不容易之事。在近現代社會，華商能走出「四民之末」的社會與文化制約，崛起成繁榮商業、豐盈民生的核心力量，吸引了中外社會高度重視。本講座藉香港華商在開埠以還於不同領域拼出亮麗成績、積累巨大財富的現象，探討驅使華商敢於創業、勇於開拓背後的力量源泉所在。
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman:Eileen Chang at the University of Hong Kong HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-10-03 | Speaker: Professor Nicole Huang, Department of Comparative Literature, HKUDate: Friday, September 30, 2022Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pmVenue: Multipurpose Area of Ingenium, 2/F, Main Library
香港大學馮平山圖書館九十周年館慶系列：校友作家講座 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-09-16 | 校友作家講座日期：2022年9月9日 (星期五)時間：下午 2:30 – 4:30地點：總館二樓 Digital Interactive Lab (網上同步直播)講者：羈魂先生(主持)、胡燕青女士、洛楓女士、演然先生內容：四位香港大學中文學院的校友，齊聚圖書館一起「書」話當年，談文學、寫作、中文學院、學會和馮平山圖書館，與我們分享當年佚事及文學創作點滴，讓讀者在書香中體會不一樣的作家故事。(講座以廣東話進行)
昨日的影 今日的光 — 粵語片劇照風華半世紀 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-09-14 | 講者：阮兆輝先生 Mr Franco Yuen著名粵劇演員，八歲開始演出電影及粵劇，有「神童」、「萬能泰斗」等稱號。李焯桃先生 Mr Li Cheuk-To影評人，M+ 香港電影及媒體策展人，香港電影評論學會會長。徐堂先生 Mr Tsui Tong劇照師、副導演、製片，香港第一代戲曲界、娛樂界攝影記者。楊紫燁女士 Ms Ruby Yang曾導演和剪輯多部影片與紀錄片，並獲得多個國際獎項。執導的《潁州的孩子》獲 2007 年第 79 屆美國斯卡最佳紀錄短片獎，《仇崗衛士》(2010) 獲第 83 屆奧斯卡最佳紀錄短片獎提名，2011 年獲邀擔任奧斯卡金像獎評委。日期：27. 8. 2022時間：11am - 12:30pm地點：香港大學圖書館 二樓 Ingenium分享會以廣東話進行 (conducted in Cantonese)
昨日的影 今日的光 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-09-14 | BOOK TALK: 28 July 2022 (Thu) 15:30 - 7:00pmVENUE: lngenium, 2/F, Main Library, HKUBook Talk Speakers:Ms. Ruby YangMr. Law Kar Professor Lui Tai-Lok Mr. John Tsang
Poverty Alleviation in Responding to UN Sustainable Development Goals (2030): A Case in Hong Kong HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2022-08-08 | Speaker: Prof. Paul Siu Fai Yip Moderator: Prof. Keith Richburg Date: 26 May 2022 (Thursday) Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm Venue: 2/F Multi-purpose Area, Main Library, HKU & Zoom Language: English
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Book Talk: Chinas Russian Princess, the Silent Wife of Chiang Ching kuo HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-12-07 | Details: https://www.lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_07.htmlSpeaker: Mark O'NeillModerator: Julian M. StargardtDate: 20 October 2021 (Wednesday)
Book Talk - Painting Myanmar’s Transition HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-10-05 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_06.htmlPainting Myanmar’s Transition presents paintings by and concise companion interviews with eighty artists. Ian and Aung Kaung showcase work produced by local artists during a period of significant reform.In the 2010s, Myanmar moved away from half a century of rigid military rule and a wave of liberalization spread across the country. Artists eagerly embraced the new freedoms and, in so doing, captured their nation at a time of considerable fluidity. Collectively, the paintings from the 2010s and the interviews from 2020 reveal the lived experience of Myanmar’s reform years and the aspirations expressed by citizens for the future. They assume an almost elegiac quality in the aftermath of a 2021 military coup that brought the transition to a crashing halt and cast a dark cloud over society.Placed alongside each other, the eighty paintings and the reflections of the artists who created them offer rare insights into a landmark decade in Myanmar. Together, they conjure a set of nuanced understandings of a pivotal Southeast Asian state navigating complex political change and building dreams that, in the event, were all too suddenly shattered.
Book Talk: All At Sea: A Memoir HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-08-03 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_03.htmlAbout the BookALL AT SEA describes the career of a ship captain and salvage master from the time when he joined his first vessel to his present status as a marine consultant in Hong Kong. He writes of the remarkable changes he has seen and experienced in a career which has spanned more than half a century. By turns amusing and thought-provoking, this is an enjoyable tale of a most interesting life.About the SpeakerALAN LOYND left school at sixteen and joined the merchant navy as a deck cadet. At the time, the British merchant navy was at its peak and general cargo ships dominated the world’s shipping lanes. After six years with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary he joined the Swire Group and served with the China Navigation Company, Swire Pacific Offshore and Hongkong Salvage & Towage for the next thirty years. After serving on a wide variety of ship types, he obtained his master mariner’s certificate in 1980. For most of his career he was based in Hong Kong, where he still lives and works. In a career spanning more than fifty years, the author describes a period of remarkable change. From general cargo ships which loaded items of cargo individually and spent long periods in port, to the advent of the container revolution, and the introduction of the mega-ship, Alan Loynd has seen an industry transformed. For twenty years he was a salvage master, and became an expert in salvage and towage. Among his most interesting accomplishments was the recovery of a Boeing 747 from Hong Kong harbour in 1993, but he also describes many other salvage operations where he and his team battled fires or flooding to bring stricken ships safely back to port. He now runs his own marine consultancy where he specialises in towage and salvage, marine accident investigation, expert witness work, towage approval and supervising the construction of new tugs. He also writes a monthly tug column for an Australian publisher. Alan Loynd is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute and the International Tugmasters Association, and a Freeman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners.
Book Talk: Mingled Voices International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthologies, 1-5 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-08-03 | http://webcms.lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_04.htmlAbout the Book MINGLED VOICES 5 contains the work of ninety poets. The one hundred and sixty or so poems were selected from those entered for the International Proverse Poetry Prize in 2020, the fifth such annual international competition administered from Hong Kong.The International Proverse Poetry Prize was jointly founded in 2016 by Dr Gillian Bickley and Dr Verner Bickley, MBE, in association with the annual international Proverse Prize for unpublished book-length fiction, non-fiction or poetry, submitted in English, which they also founded, in 2008.Poems could be submitted on any subject or topic, chosen by each poet, or on the subject chosen for 2020 by the Administrators, “Hunger” (interpreted in any way each writer chose). There was a free choice of interpretation, form and style. Included in the anthology are the poems that won the first, second, and third prizes. Selection to appear in the anthology was also awarded as a prize by the judges for the Prize. This year, special mention is additionally made of three of these poets.Poems were submitted from around the world by writers with a variety of previous writing experience. Brief biographies of many of those whose work is represented in Mingled Voices 5 are included in the anthology as well as authors’ background notes on their work.About the Speakers:Shikha Bansal has worked as a book editor for several years in the publishing industry both in Hong Kong and India. She lives in Hong Kong.Liam Blackford, a millennial, is a West Australian poet, lawyer and writer living and working in Hong Kong. He was born and grew up in suburban Perth. He has also previously lived in Shanghai. He writes poetry in Chinese as well as in English.Pei-kai Cheng graduated from Yale with a Ph.D in History. He is a poet, essayist, calligrapher, and cultural historian, professor, former Chair of Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee, Founding President of China Institute for Knowledge (Our Hong Kong Foundation), and Founding Director of Chinese Civilisation Center, City University of Hong Kong. Helen Davis was born in South West Wales, near the Carmarthenshire coast, and has lived in Hong Kong for twenty years. She has a background in social work, law and education.Ahmed Elbeshlawy is a scholar of comparative literature, author of three academic books, and the poetry collection, Savage Charm, published by Proverse Hong Kong in 2019. Daniel Hamilton was winner of the Proverse Prize 2018 for his poetry collection, “The Hummingbird Sometimes Flies Backwards”.Sadie Kaye is a TV & radio writer-performer. She can currently be heard performing her humor column 'Sharp Pains' on RTHK’s ‘123 Show’, which is also published as a monthly column in the SCMP. ‘War of Voices’ is her first poem. Susan Lavender is an Anglo-Italian poet, an actress, voice acting coach, radio newsreader, yoga practitioner and solicitor. She performs in theatre and at literary events. Jun PAN (Janice) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. C. N. Rajalakshmi (Raji) is a Language Teacher living in Hong Kong. Her poems appear in many international anthologies and online poetry platforms.José Manuel Sevilla (1959 Barcelona, Catalonia), business director, playwright and poet, has lived in Hong Kong since 2003. He won the Asian Cha Encountering Poetry Contest and his book “The Year of the Apparitions” was published in 2020 by Proverse Hong Kong.Luisa Ternau was born in Trieste, North-Eastern Italy. She has lived, worked and studied in a number of countries around the world including the past ten years in Hong Kong. Luisa holds an MA in English literature from King’s College, University of London.Bibiana Tsang has just completed her undergraduate career at HKU and will soon pursue a graduate degree at UPenn to study Chinese paintings. Some of her work is published in academic journals and local poetry anthologies. RECORDINGS (overseas poets)Vinita Agrawal is an award winning author of four books of poems. She edited an anthology on climate change titled “Open Your Eyes” in 2020. She recently co-edited the Yearbook of Indian poetry in English. She is on the advisory board of the Tagore Literary Prize.Thea Biesheuvel was born in The Netherlands but migrated, with her family, to Australia at age 15. the change from writing in Dutch to writing in English took some time, especially when writing creatively. She also married and had three sons while that adjustment took place. She's been published in various magazines and anthologies as well as publishing her own writing. She has visited Hong Kong (and Europe) and much enjoyed her interaction with other writers there.Additional Speakers: Maria Elena Blanco (Cuba)Carol Flake ChapmanNeil Douglas Aiden HeungJP LinstrothJack MayerJeddie Sopohronius . George Watt
Book Talk: 2021香港書展「文化七月」: 陶傑分享會 「我的心靈書櫃」 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-08-03 | About the Talk生命中充滿許多課題，偶爾會遇到卡關，一本好書或會令你獲得全新啟發重拾前行力量。究竟香江才子陶傑的書櫃，有何精彩的心靈勵志讀物？他會在現場細說，在網絡時代，為何更需要閱讀文學？About the SpeakerChip Tsao.jpeg陶傑(Chip Tsao)，原名曹捷，曾居於英國16年，為華文作家及傳媒工作者。其寫作風格幽默，與梁文道、蕭若元、劉細良、王慧麟、馬家輝等被香港傳媒並稱為「香江才子」。1991年，陶傑應武俠小說名作家查良鏞的邀請，回港任《明報》副刊副總編輯，兼寫專欄《泰晤士河畔》、《黃金冒險號》。後來曾任《華僑日報》副總編輯，1993年任英文日報《東快訊》政治編輯。現時，陶傑在香港撰寫《蘋果日報》「黃金冒險號」、《壹週刊》「坐看雲起時」、《am730》「陶傑醒你」、《頭條日報》「踏莎行」、《明報周刊》「摩星嶺上」、《爽報》「透心涼」等專欄，並在香港商業電台晚間主持《光明頂》節目。https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_05.html
Meet the Director, Elizabeth Lo HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-05-11 | About the MovieThrough the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, STRAY explores what it means to dogs to live life on their own terms. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life — and their own canine culture. Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on solitary adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds refuge with the security guards who care for her. The disparate lives of Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians who share the streets with them. Whether they lead us into bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of these strays act as windows into the overlooked corners of society: women in loveless marriages, protesters without arms, refugees without sanctuary. The film is a critical observation of human civilization through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing.https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_02.html
Book Talk - The ABCs of Building Control in Hong Kong HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-04-15 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_01.html"Handbook of Building Control in Hong Kong" provides expertise knowledge even for those who are not professionals to understand how the design of buildings is legally regulated. There are chapters covering the historical background, the control on development, design and site as well as the statutory administrative procedures. It is the wish of the authors to reveal the legislative control behind buildings for everyone so the restraints of building design will be understood and eventually improved to be adaptable to modern living and the future generations.
HK Historical Photos - Frank Fischbeck Collection HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2021-02-04 | This video is supports the exhibition held in the Exhibition Area of the Main Library from October - December 2020.The online exhibition can be viewed at https://www.ffchk2020.hku.hk.All Rights Reserved
Community Engagement - Yuki Chan (Project Manager, Sustainability Office, HKU) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Yuki Chan is the Project Manager of the HKU Sustainability Office. She works extensively on students and staff engagement and collaborate with various stakeholders to push forward sustainability vision and goals on the HKU campus. Projects she leads include the Ditch Disposable Campaign, the Disposable Plastic Free Campus Policy and the HKU Edible Spaces initiative. She has keen interest in sustainable agriculture, and has attained the Permaculture Design Certificate by the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in 2018.
Workshop Conclusion - Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren (Professor and Director of the Common Core, HKU) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | ...
Innovation at Work - Carrie Chan (Co-Founder & CEO, Avant Meats Company Limited) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Carrie Chan is a seasoned business executive with a passion for the environment, particularly the impact of our food supply on the planet. Her expertise is in general management and project delivery. She managed major real estate developments from ground zero to full operation. She co-founded Avant Meats, the first cultivated meat technology company of Hong Kong, China.Avant Meats is a biotechnology company with patent-pending solutions that enable businesses to produce animal meat and protein without raising or catching and slaughtering the animal. The Company’s pilot products are fish meat and marine proteins. Thanks to our technology, we customise the nutritional profile of our cultivated fish meat while keeping them free from heavy metals, microplastics, radioactive contaminants, parasites, and antibiotics.
Design curriculum and pedagogy – Luisa Mok (Lecturer, HKUST) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Luisa Mok - Lecturer, Division of Integrative Systems and Design, School of Engineering, HKUST.Luisa Mok attained her Doctor of Arts in Design from Aalto University, Finland. Besides, she also has a background in anthropology. Having her first career in industrial design industry, her experiences in design practice and academic research have built up her strength in bridging the two in order to offer practical, elegant solutions for real-life problems. She has been teaching in the Division of Industrial Design in the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, and now she is residing in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong. In the technology university, she develops design courses and research merging design and technology for the greater socio-environmental good. About research work, Luisa focuses on strategic design for sustainability transitions, which belongs to the emergent research work in sustainability design research community.
Opening Remarks - Peter Sidorko (University Librarian, HKU Libraries) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Peter Sidorko has enjoyed a career in academic libraries spanning thirty-five years with eighteen of those at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is currently the University Librarian at HKU (2011- ) and was previously the Deputy University Librarian (2001-2010). Peter is also a past President-elect, of the Hong Kong Library Association (2010-2011).Peter is an avid believer in the power of libraries and their ability to shape a person, a community, a society, all for the better. He has presented at almost 100 conferences and seminars, several of which have been published as proceedings. His recent (October, 2019) keynote presentation at the 8th Rizal Library International Conference was entitled 21st Century libraries and librarians: Creating a better world and his recent article Information literacy for a better world (Library Journal (China) (2019, Vol.38. No.8)) attest to his belief in the power of libraries.
Opening Remarks - King Lau Chow (Dean of Students, HKUST) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | King L. Chow, Professor of Life Science, Chem. & Biol Eng. and Public Policy at HKUST, has a background of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. At HKUST, he served as the Academic Director of the Common Core Program, Directors of the Molecular Biomedical Sciences Program, Bioengineering Program, and International Research Experience Program. He was the Director of Interdisciplinary Programs Office overseeing the development of Environment and Sustainability, Public Policy, Risk Management and Business Intelligence, Technology Management and Innovation Programs, and promoting Design Thinking. He holds the position of Dean of Students covering all student support activities and heads the Center for Development of the Gifted and Talented that nurtures and supports gifted students. His own research focuses on neural development, synthetic and evolutionary biology. He actively engages in developing academic programs at HKUST and other institutions, and serves on advisory boards of different Foundations and Universities. He has taught a broad range of subjects from science, engineering, social science and humanity with a focus on problem-solving. He delivers classes in traditional lectures, exploratory-project-based courses, MOOC and extensive flipped classes at both undergraduate and graduate level, earning him the School of Science Teaching Award, the Michael G. Gale Medal of distinguished teaching at HKUST.
Prepare an SDG agenda Hong Kong - Waltraut Ritter (Founder, Knowledge Dialogues) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Waltraut Ritter is founder of Knowledge Dialogues, specializing in applied research on innovation and knowledge society, and works for government agencies, public and private research institutes and international organisations such as OECD, UNESCAP, and UNESCO on SDGs and learning cities. She served on the Digital Strategy Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong government between 2010-2017 and is a member of the International Council on Knowledge Management. She has an M.A. in Information Science from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and an M.B.A. in International Business from Anglia University, Cambridge. She was visiting professor for knowledge management at the NTU School of Communications and is adjunct faculty at the Singapore Management University. She currently works on a multi-stakeholder programme on urban data and sustainable mobility in Hong Kong.
Participatory Keynote Encounter- Cesar Jung-Harada, Senior Lecturer, HKU Design+ HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Cesar Jung-Harada is Senior Lecturer, HKU Design+ Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Programme | Founder and Director, MakerBay | Founder and Director, Scoutbots | TED Senior Fellow
Wrap up - Nicol Pan (Head of Tsz Shan Institute) & Joseph Chan (Senior Lecturer, HKU) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-12-04 | Dr Nicol F.C. Pan - Head of Tsz Shan InstituteDr Nicol F.C. Pan is the Head of Tsz Shan Institute (TSI), a progressive spiritual organization dedicated to the efforts of making contemplative wisdom, compassion and ethics relevant and accessible to the contemporary societies. She steers the educational and research new initiatives in spirituality and innovation, the application of contemplative practices and care ethics in well-being, health care, sustainable development and leadership, and the intersection between spirituality and other disciplinary fields such as relational art and positive psychology. Prior to that, Nicol was the Associate Director of the Common Core Curriculum at the University of Hong Kong, spearheading technological innovations and experiential based projects in the interdisciplinary contexts. She has worked in the field of education for many years with a particular focus on pedagogical innovations and eLearning, including the application of Virtual Reality technology. In her past capacity as an educational researcher and instructional designer, Nicol worked across academic disciplines, as well as with non-academic institutions and commercial companies in developing eLearning programs, including Cathay Pacific and the Police Academy.Joseph Chan - Senior Lecturer, Innovation and Information Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, HKU.Joseph Chan is the Associate Director of Centre for Asian Entrepreneurship and Business Value and is leading the ‘Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation’ programme at HKU Business School. His expertise is on design thinking and digital Economy related to blockchain technology and cross-disciplinary innovation strategy. Joseph has been researching decentralized trust computing technology and its market adoption, advising the commercialization of this technology application. He has been a speaker at the public events and masterclasses in San Francisco, London, Beijing, Zhuhai, Macau and Hong Kong.Joseph is a professional architect and has involved in a number of smart city, urban design and architecture projects in Europe, Middle East and China including the Saadiyat Island at Abu Dhabi and the special economic zone, Dubai International Financial Centre, at UAE, the international and local environmental retail store development roll-out for Tesco UK, and the ‘Innovative Design and Smart Construction for Schools’ in HK.Joseph is also an educator who inspires the students, across different levels and disciplines, to be creative. The students would use the design thinking to solve business, design, social and technical problems – they are aspired to be innovative and to develop their own authentic style.
Opening Remarks - Gray Kochhar-Lindgren (Director, CommonCore@HKU) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-11-26 | Gray Kochhar-LindgrenLindgren is Professor and Director of the Common Core at the University of Hong Kong. A Fulbright Scholar and the recipient of several teaching awards, most recently from HKU and the UGC as the team-leader for Transdisciplinarity-in-Action, he has also taught in Switzerland, Germany, and the United States. Having initiated GLADE (Global Liberal Arts Design Experiments) to encourage international partnerships, he is also collaborating with colleagues across campus on The Passion Project: Creating Work You Love and on an undergraduate research project organized around three of the SDGs: Critical Zones: Gender, Cities, and Well-Being. The author, most recently, of Urban Arabesques: Philosophy, Hong Kong, Transversality, he is currently working on Wilding the University; Noir: Philosophy, Art, Ecology; and Pinxtos: Essays and Aphorisms.
Learning Resources - Dr Esther Woo (Deputy University Librarian / Fung Ping Shan Librarian, HKU) HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-11-24 | Dr Esther Woo is the Deputy University Librarian / Fung Ping Shan Librarian at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to taking on this role, she had supervised the provision of lending services and administrative services in the University Libraries. In support of HKU Sustainability Strategy 2030, she is coordinating several initiatives to advocate UN’s Sustainability Development Goals through reading promotion, library exhibitions and events.
Book Talk - Design DNA of Mark I - 22 Sept 2020 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-10-05 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2020_01.htmlOvercrowding and unsanitary living conditions had been chronic problems in Hong Kong since the mid-19th and well into the mid-20th century...
Introduction of the HKU e-Learning Resource Hub HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2020-08-24 | The HKU E-Learning Resource Hub is a campus-wide initiative suggested in the Focused Review of e-Learning conducted by the e-Learning Committee in 2019. The Review Group recommended that a centralised online platform be developed, and the promotion of e-learning resources on campus be strengthened to enable teachers and students to take advantage of the assets available in various locations. Besides the major platforms for online courses, e-learning projects and services, the hub has integrated many other resources created/maintained by faculties and support units to assist learning and teaching in an online mode.This project was coordinated by the University of Hong Kong Libraries (HKUL) with inputs from the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), Information Technology Services (ITS), and Technology Enhanced Learning Initiative (TELI). The interface is designed with keyword search functionality and filtering/sorting options by resource types, purpose of use, contributing unit and user group. A suggestion box is also provided at the bottom of the Hub’s homepage for recommendations of useful e-learning resources available in HKU and other online sources.
Book Talk: LibFest 2019 - Curling Up With the Infinite: The Creative Pleasures of Reading HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-12-27 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/CC2019_01.htmlAbout the Talk:As friends of reading, we will share with one another about where and what we like to read, about the magic of childhood and the navigation of adulthood, about the poetics of reading and the idiosyncrasies of reading styles, and about the wealth of possibilities for creativity that reading creates. How we will wonder together in this interactive session, has reading changed our lives?
Book Talk: 「黃慶雲與香港大學」專題講座 Huang Qingyun and The University of Hong Kong in History HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-10-14 | About the TalkProfessor Ting Sun-pao Joseph will share a general overview on how The University of Hong Kong plays an important academic role and about several famous Scholars who taught at HKU and how they inspired and influenced Huang Qingyun (黃慶雲) towards her development as a pioneer of children's literature in Hong Kong.After the fall of Guangzhou during the anti-Japanese War (1938), Huang Qingyun (黃慶雲) continued her studies at HKU. Her two semesters proved critical to her future emergence as a legend in the world of children’s literature. She published the only Chinese-language children's magazine in China and Hong Kong during World War II, and later served as Vice President of the Guangdong Writers Association. Later, she received the Best Artist Award from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2009.The exhibition talk, moderated by Professor Lee Chack Fan will invite Ms Wong Hung-kin and Fok Yuk Ying, PhD to take a walk down memory lane and share memories of Huang Qingyun (黃慶雲). 香港大學中文學院是本地歷史最悠久的大學中文學系，我們有幸邀請到丁新豹教授，與我們回顧幾位香港大學知名學者的理論，對當年黃慶雲在香港大學所走過路途的影響，乃至成為香港兒童文學先驅的足印。1938年至1939年，抗日戰爭廣州淪陷，黃慶雲到香港大學繼續學習。但她在香港大學雖然只度過很短的兩個學期，卻是她走向文學之路很重要的一章。她在第二次世界大戰期間出版了中國和香港唯一的中文兒童雜誌《新兒童》半月刋，後來擔任廣東省作家協會副主席。 於2009年獲香港藝術發展局「年度最佳藝術家獎(文學藝術) 」。本次展覽講座由李焯芬教授主持，也將邀請霍玉英博士和著名作家黃虹堅女士，回憶分享黃慶雲的貢獻和成就。Details: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2019_08.html
Book Talk: Cultural July - Creative Writing with UK fantasy writer Natasha Pulley HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-10-14 | 𝑫𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.About the SpeakerNatasha Pulley (born 4 December 1988) is a British author. She is best known for her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street which won a Betty Trask Award. About the BookThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a sweeping, atmospheric narrative that takes the reader on an unexpected journey through Victorian London, Japan as its civil war crumbles long-standing traditions, and beyond. Blending historical events with dazzling flights of fancy, it opens doors to a strange and magical past.Details:https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2019_07.html
Book Talk: 水泥森林中的武者 - 武術文化訪談錄 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-06-13 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2019_05.html
Book Talk: Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-06-10 | https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2019_04.htmlUnderground Front is a pioneering examination of the role that the Chinese Communist Party has played in Hong Kong since the creation of the party in 1921, through to the present day. The second edition goes into greater depth on the party’s view on “one country, two systems”, “patriotism”, and “elections”. The introduction has been extensively revised and the concluding chapter has been completely rewritten in order to give a thorough account of the post-1997 governance and political system in Hong Kong, and where challenges lie. Christine Loh endeavours to keep the data and the materials up to date and to include the discussion of some recent events in Hong Kong. The appendices on the key targets of the party’s united front activities also make the book an especially useful read for all who are interested in Hong Kong history and politics, and the history of modern China.
The Common Core Student Learning Festival on 24 April 2019. HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-05-08 | The Common Core Student Learning Festival was held at the 2/F Ingenium, Main Library on 24 April 2019.
Nobel and Laskar Laureates of Chinese Descent in Literature and Science Book Launch HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-04-15 | This book celebrates the accomplishments made by many of the notable scholars of Chinese descent, with 11 Nobel, 4 Lasker and 1 special feature Laureate with Wolf Prize in Physics. All these Laureates have made significant contributions in their respective field. The story began almost a century ago when the Boxer Indemnity Scholarships brought to the U.S. some of China's best and the brightest. Particle physics would not be the same. Biomedical science, fiber optics, and global warming would not be the same either. Not without the pioneering achievements of these scientists. Creativity requires bridging the intellectual divide between the humanities and sciences as in Nobel Prize for Literature. With Gao Xingjian and Mo Yan, their exhilarating inter-connected stories give us more than mere life of literature. They gave us the vehicle to explore the relationships among culture, economics, geopolitics, and innovation in the New Millennium. Like any prize subject to selection by a committee, some awards might have been subjected to their fair share of contradictions and controversies. The purpose of this book is to document the intellectual struggles and the triumphs of these scholars. By chronicling what they have gone through, we hope to inspire the next generation of scholars to emulate and to learn from these pioneers in their quests for the ultimate success.
Book Talk: Journeys with a Mission HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-03-05 | Journeys with a Mission: Travel Journals of the Right Revd George Smith, first Bishop of VictoriaDetails: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2019_02.html
Book Talk: Colouring Old Hong Kong HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2019-01-31 | Details: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2019_01.html
Joseph Needham Slideshow Dedication HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2018-12-10 | Video By:HKU Libraries Public Relations and Development Images and Photos from:Joseph Needham Foundation for Science and CivilisationUniversity Archives, HKU
Book Talk: Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2018-11-12 | Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World-The Inside Story of Jho Low and the 1MDB Scandal Details: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2018_07.htmlCredit: Video produced by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong.
Book Talk: Polio - The Odyssey of Eradication HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2018-11-05 | Book talk given on 11 October 2018Details: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2018_06.html
Book Talk: Origin and End of the 1967 Riots in HK - 香港六七暴動始末 解讀吳荻舟 HKU Libraries (HKUL) 2018-09-27 | For details on the book and the speaker visit: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2018_05.html
