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 | |||||
| 10/01/2025 (Fri)
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
675 | Overcoming Adversity |
Mr. Leo Lam |
1,420 | |
| 22/01/2025 (Wed)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
676 | Sino-US Relations during the Second Presidency of Donald Trump: Adjustment and Trend1
New Asia Lectures on Contemporary China |
Prof. Cheng Li | 1,420 | |
| 14/02/2025 (Fri)
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
677 | How to Think Philosophically about Love | Dr. Lau Po Hei | 1,420 | |
| 28/02/2025 (Fri)
11:30 a.m. – 1:15p.m. |
678 | On Bowen yueli: Learning and Ethical Accomplishment in the Confucian Imagination1
The Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture |
Prof. Alan Chan K.L. | 1,420 | |
| 12/03/2025 (Wed)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
679 | Shipwreck Ceramics in and from Southeast Asia1 | Prof. Stacey Pierson | 1,420 | |
| 28/03/2025 (Fri)
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
680 | To be updated
Yen Kwo Yung Lecture in Life Sciences |
Prof. Joseph JY Sung | 1,420 | |
| Public Lectures | |||
| Date & Time | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota |
| 18/01/2025 (Sat)
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
When a Canton servant met a British Supercargo: China and the World in the Eighteenth Century | Prof. CHING, May Bo | 50 |
| 01/03/2025 (Sat)
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
The Universality and Cultural Specificity of Confucian Filial Care | Prof. Alan Chan K.L. | 50 |
| 15/03/2025 (Sat)
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
To be updated | Prof. Sidney C. H. CHEUNG | 200 |
| 29/03/2025 (Sat)
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
To be updated | Prof. Joseph JY Sung | 50 |
| Colloquium
Formats: On-site: Hui Kwok Hau Hall |
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| Date & Time | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota |
| 14/03/2025 (Fri)
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Cobalt Blue and Ceramic Design in Tang Dynasty China1 | Prof. Stacey Pierson | 200 |
| SRRSH Event (Count as ONE attendance per academic year) | ||||
| Date & Time | Topic | Type | Registration Quota | |
| 08/01/2025 (Wed)
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. |
A Tale of Love in the Bamboo Grove: Musical Imagination in Cantonese Opera | Cantonese Opera Performance | 800 | |
| 14/01/2025 (Tue)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
CHè The Rite of Spring | Dance Performance | 400 | |
| Other cultural events organized by Sir Run Run Shaw Hall (Count as ONE attendance per academic year) | ||||
| Students may refer to the ‘Events’ session of SRRSH website (https://www.srrsh.cuhk.edu.hk/en/events) for details of various cultural events and complete registration accordingly. Please make sure you saved the confirmation email and attend the registered event. By the end of the semester, the College will collect the related attendance record with supporting proof via online form. | ||||
Remarks:
¹ Conducted in English Language.
2 Conducted in Putonghua.
| Brief introduction of the speakers | |
| Speaker | Brief Introduction |
| Mr. Leo Lam | Alumni of New Asia College, CUHK
Founder of Hong Kong Rehabilitation Power Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons, 1996 |
| Prof. Cheng Li | Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Founding Director, Centre on Contemporary China and the World, HKU |
| Dr. Lau Po Hei | Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, CUHK |
| Prof. Alan K.L. Chan | Provost, J.S. Lee Professor of Chinese Culture, CUHK |
| Prof. Stacey Pierson | Visiting Scholar, Department of Fine Arts and Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK Professor of the History of Chinese Ceramics at SOAS, University of London |
| Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung | Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences)
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Distinguished University Professor, Nanyang Technological University |
| Prof. May Bo Ching | Professor of History at the Department of Chinese and History, the City University of Hong Kong
Distinguished Professor of the Pearl River Scholars of Guangdong Province (Sun Yat-sen University) |
| Prof. Sidney C. H. Cheung | Professor of the Department of Anthropology
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts Director of the B.A. program of Cultural Management |
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 Events attendance records, among which at least ONE must be an assembly.
(A designated cultural event organized by Sir Run Run Shaw Hall and a cultural event organized by Sir Run Run Shaw Hall can be regarded as two of the six attendance requirements per academic year.)
For students undertaking teaching practice or fieldwork placement as a compulsory requirement of their major studies during part of the term for three weeks or more, they may apply for an exemption of reducing 2 times of attendance for the particular term. The application details will be announced via email in the term.
(This arrangement is approved by the Committee on Biweekly Assembly at its meeting of 2023/2024.)
The first Bi-weekly Assembly of this term will be held on 10 January 2024 (Friday) at 11:30 a.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., 3 January 2025 (Fri)
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. Kayla Zhong (email: nacassembly@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.