The College organizes Bi-weekly Assemblies regularly to enrich students’ knowledge on University life, social issues, arts and culture through a series of talks. The College also organizes numbers of public lecture by inviting people from all walks of life to speak and share on different topics, aiming to enrich students’ knowledge of Chinese culture and various topics, and broaden their horizons.
Dates and topics of the Bi-weekly Assemblies and public lectures & workshop of this term are as follows:
| Bi-weekly Assemblies
Formats: On-site: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall |
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| Date & Time | No. | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota | |
| On-site | |||||
| 13/09/2023 (Wed) 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
659 | Success in a Career: the Sharing of My Personal Recipe1 | Dr. Kwai Lam WONG | 1,420 | |
| 22/09/2023 (Fri) 11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
660 | The 74th Founders’ Day cum Scholarship Presentation Ceremony2 | Professor Michael King-man HUI, MH | 1,340 | |
| 04/10/2023 (Wed) 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
661 | Tracing the Source: Confucian Classics the Book of Poetry and the Analects New Asia Lectures on Confucianism3 |
Professor Wanli YU | 1,760 | |
| 27/10/2023 (Fri) 11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
662 | Inheritance and Innovation of Chinese Traditional Culture New Asia Lectures on Contemporary China |
Dr. Louis NG | 1,760 | |
| 03/11/2023 (Fri) 11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
663 | Philosophy and Intercultural Understanding | Prof. Kwok-ying LAU | 1,760 | |
| Public Lectures | |||
| Date & Time | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota |
| 07/10/2023 (Sat) 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Confucius’s Joy and Concern: Seen from Confucian Classics New Asia Lectures on Confucianism3 |
Professor Wanli YU | 50 |
| 09/10/2023 (Mon) 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
Stone Classics in Han and Wei Dynasties: Similarities and Differences between New Text School and Old Text School New Asia Lectures on Confucianism3 |
Professor Wanli YU | 50 |
| 02/11/2023 (Thu) 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
“Comparative Approaches to the Study of Chinese Intellectual History: Reflections on the Work of Yu Ying-shih”1 | Professor Michael Puett | 50 |
| 05/11/2023 (Sun) 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Culture and History: Yu Ying-shih, Weber, and Approaches to Comparative History1 | Professor Michael Puett | 50 |
| 25/11/2023 (Sat) 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Historical Development of Hong Kong over Two Millennia | Professor SIU Kwok Kin | 50 |
| Colloquium | |||
| Date & Time | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota |
| 12/10/2023 (Thu) 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
The moral controversy of meat-eating | Dr. Pak Nin KWOK | 100 |
| SRRSH Event | |||
| Date & Time | Topic | Type of Event | Registration Quota |
| 05/10/2023 (Thu) 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
“Diary VII • The Story Of…… “ | Dance Performance | 600 |
Remarks:
¹ Conducted in English Language.
² Scholarship recipients who are invited to attend the Ceremony do NOT need to register at the RAS.
³ Conducted in Putonghua.
| Brief introduction of the speakers | |
| Speaker | Brief Introduction |
| Dr. Kwai Lam WONG | Former Managing Director and Chairman, Asia Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd. |
| Professor Michael King-man HUI, MH | Vice Rector (Academic Affairs), The University of Macau Honorary Fellow, New Asia College |
| Professor Wanli YU | Chair Professor, Ma Yifu Academy of Zhejiang University |
| Dr. Louis NG | Museum Director of Hong Kong Palace Museum |
| Prof. Kwok-ying LAU | Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy of CUHK |
| Professor Michael Puett | Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University |
| Professor SIU Kwok Kin | Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, Hong Kong Chu Hai College |
| Dr. Pak Nin KWOK | Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy of CUHK |
All full-time undergraduate students (except students of Medicine, Nursing and Chinese Medicine, who are having clinical training) are required to attend college assembly within their normative study period. Students must register for and attend the following number of Bi-weekly Assemblies and/or public lectures/ colloquium in this term of this academic year:
- THREE Bi-weekly Assemblies OR
- TWO Bi-weekly Assemblies and ONE public lecture/ colloquium
(A designated cultural event organized by Sir Run Run Shaw Hall can be selected as one of attendance requirements per academic year)
The first Bi-weekly Assembly of this term will be held on 13 September 2023 (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall.
Students must register for the required number of Bi-weekly Assemblies and public lecture/ colloquium at the RAS website: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ras. The captioned web-site will be open for on-line registration during the following periods:
From 11:00 a.m., 04 September 2023 (Mon)
to 12:00 noon of 2 working days before each Assembly/ public lecture/ colloquium
Due to limited seats, students can only attend one public lecture/ colloquium in each term. All College students may register for the public lecture at the aforementioned period.
All Assemblies and public lectures (unless otherwise indicated) will be conducted in Cantonese. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided to non-local students at the Bi-weekly Assemblies. Please contact Ms. Amy Lau (email: hotinglau@cuhk.edu.hk or telephone: 3943 1584) of the Dean of Students’ Office at least three working days in advance if this service is needed.