1. Go Farming@NA 2024/25

The Committee on Environmental Protection of New Asia College would like to invite our students and staff to join “Go Farming@NA (2024-25)”, to work on organic farming and enjoy the fun of farm life being with the nature. Apart from organic farming, there are various activities such as agricultural talk, farm visit or harvest day to be organized in the near future with priority for members of “Go Farming@NA”.

Practical farm works (1st Round):
Date & Time: 18 October (Fri), 2:30pm – 5:00pm OR 25 October (Fri), 2:30pm – 5:00pm
Venue: NA farm (outside Chih Hsing Hall’s front entrance)
Quota: 20 (first come first served)

Online Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13695672

Deadline: 11 October 2024

Enquiry: Mr. Jack Wong  (Tel: 3943-1690; Email: jackwong@cuhk.edu.hk) or Miss Angela Leung (Tel: 3943-9589; Email: angelaleung@cuhk.edu.hk) of the Dean of Students’ Office.

To enhance cultural exchange and academic research, the “Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History” has been organised since 2007. This year, we are honoured to have invited Professor Dorothy Ko, Professor of History, Barnard College, Columbia University, to deliver the following two lectures in November:

1st Lecture

The Story of the Swordsmith Couple Ganjiang-Moye and Gender Politics in Confucian Ethics

Moderator: Professor He Xi, Associate Professor, Department of History, CUHK

Date: 9 November 2024 (Saturday)

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Language: Cantonese

Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History

2nd Lecture

The Commercial Ethic and Spirit of Artisans in Early Modern and Modern China

Moderator: Professor David Faure, Emeritus Professor, Department of History, CUHK

Date: 12 November 2024 (Tuesday)

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Language: English

Venue: Cho Yiu Conference Hall, G/F, University Administration Building, CUHK

Participation in person or online via Zoom is welcome.