75th Anniversary Lecture cum the 36th Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture, New Asia College

Welcoming Dinner

College Head Professor Sun-On Chan (right) presenting a souvenir to speaker Professor Alan Chan (left)

First lecture: Confucian Harmony and the Ethical Transformation of Complexities; speaker Professor Alan Chan (left) and moderator Professor Lai Chi-tim (right)

Second lecture: On Bowen yueli: Learning and Ethical Accomplishment in the Confucian Imagination; speaker Professor Alan Chan (left) and moderator Professor Huang Yong (right)

Third lecture: The Universality and Cultural Specificity of Confucian Filial Care; speaker Professor Alan Chan (left) and moderator Professor Leung Yuen-sang (right)

[May 2025 issue]

The “Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture” is organised to enhance academic and cultural exchanges. Invited speakers in the past years are all distinguished scholars in different fields of Chinese culture. Since 2013, the lecture series has been endowed by the “Mr. Chan Chi-sun Chinese Culture Fund”.

Celebrating the 36^th anniversary of the lecture series, and as one of the 75^th Anniversary events of New Asia College, the College was honoured to have invited Professor Alan K.L. Chan, J.S. Lee Professor of Chinese Culture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong as our speaker. Professor Chan delivered three public lectures on the contemporary meaning of Confucianism to College students, staff and the general public between late February and early March 2025.

The three lectures included the first lecture jointly organised with the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), CUHK, on 21 February 2025 at LT3, Lee Shau Kee Building with Professor Lai Chi-tim, Executive Associate Director of the ICS as the moderator; the second lecture held on 28 February 2025 at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall with Professor Huang Yong of the CUHK Department of Philosophy as the moderator; and the third lecture jointly organised with Hong Kong Public Libraries on 1 March 2025 at Hong Kong Central Library with Professor Leung Yuen-sang, Emeritus Professor of the CUHK Department of History, as the moderator. The three lectures attracted more than 1,500 local and overseas audiences of various backgrounds to participate both online and offline.

Lecture Review:
1st Lecture 2nd Lecture 3rd Lecture