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‘Non-Extractive Architecture’ by Sofia Pia Belenky
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-28 15:35:32
‘Migrating Commons’ by Nahyun Hwang
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-28 15:35:32
‘Neighbours’ by Philip Ursprung
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-28 15:35:32
Exploration and Education: Public Lecture by Dr Wong How Man
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2023-09-21 15:46:05
‘Less is Less’ by David Neustein
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-11 18:02:32
Public Lecture | Vinu Daniel
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-04-04 18:16:05
Most landscapes are entirely artificial. There are so many imported plants there. They may look beautiful, but they don't feel they belong there. We started to understand that the swamps, pits, and other ecologies that we so often build over are more real and important than whatever we make on the c...
Public Lecture | Mies in Motion | Dietrich Neumann | TUE 28 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-03-23 12:21:22
Inspired by the theme of the lecture series, this presentation will look at examples of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's architecture and furniture, which were designed specifically for bodies in motion and discuss the critical discourse around the notion of "flowing space," frequently associate...
Public Lecture | 2 Short Films as a Moving Language | Roan Ching-Yueh 阮慶岳 | FRI 24 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-03-23 11:50:05
Andrei Tarkovsky's advice to young filmmakers: Sacrifice Yourself for Cinema. I didn't sacrifice but directed / produced 2 films to pay tribute to people I look up to (writer Chi Teng Sheng / 七等生 and architect Lee Chen Kuen / 李承寬). It's a non-architecture but a precious life lesson to sp...
Public Lecture by Prof Roesler
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Uploaded on 2023-03-07 15:35:24
Public Lecture The "Sixteen Spheres" Meditation Practice of the Kadampa School of Tibetan Buddhism Invited speaker: Prof. Ulrike Roesler Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, University of Oxford Time: 7-9 pm (HKT) | 31 Mar 2023 (Fri) Venue: CPD3.04, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Tower Centennia...
Public Lecture
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Uploaded on 2023-03-01 16:33:13
[Speaker: Prof. Imre Galambos, University of Cambridge] The Changing Face of Filial Piety: The Śyāma Jātaka in Dunhuang and beyond
Public Lecture | Form, Content, and Total Design | Yung Ho Chang 張永和 | MON 13 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-28 16:21:24
Through a range of projects of building as well as furniture, product, clothing, and other designs, attempts are made to redefine form as the deep framework that organizes structure and space rather than as figure or image, content as life scenarios rather than as functions, and total design as the ...
Public Lecture | Weaponized Craft | Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto | TUE 7 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-20 17:48:09
Reiser+Umemoto, RUR Architecture is an internationally recognized architecture office and design atelier founded in 1986 by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto. The firm works across continents and scales with projects ranging from large scale cultural and infrastructural projects to detailed object, fu...
From Shelter to Digital Architecture - Practice of Atelier-3 第三工作室團隊工作簡述/從簡易庇護所到數位建築 | Hsieh Ying Chun 謝英俊
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-13 15:07:00
The easiest way to solve the problem of survival, the reconstruction of homes in the disaster area under the principle of sustainability, the concept and method of operation of resident participation, digital technology and object-oriented design, and the aesthetics that the designers care most.
Is It Truly Necessary?
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-02 11:57:08
Shingo Masuda (b. 1982) founded joint practice with Katsuhisa Otsubo (b. 1983), Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo in 2007 after graduating from the Musashino Art University respectively. Their solo exhibition entitled "Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo: Is It Truly Necessary?" was held at TO...
HKU Science Public Lecture Series: Reading Your Mind - Mathemagics (Nov 18, 2022)
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-10-17 09:41:44
In this talk, we will look into this question from a magic game. The magician gives you a set of 'mindreading' cards - several cards printed with different numbers. You pick a number of your choice, and then the magician can read the number in your mind in no time......
Public Lectures Series Fall 22
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-10-14 12:41:10
HKU Department of Architecture Fall 2022 Public Lecture Series Action/Reaction
Time: 6:30pm Venue: KB419, Knowles Bldg

Oct 25 Joanlin Au 歐中樑 Director, JA Design Architects Oct 28 Elva Tang and Claude Godefroy Founding Partner and Director, Henning Larsen Hong Kong Nov 4 Sara Klomps Directo...
[ Oct 11, 18 & 25] Tung Lin Kok Yuen Lecture Series: Technology and change in the 21st-century Sino-Tibetan Buddhist sphere
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Uploaded on 2022-09-23 14:42:13
[ Oct 11, 18 & 25] Tung Lin Kok Yuen Lecture Series: Technology and change in the 21st-century Sino-Tibetan Buddhist sphere Speaker: Dr. Catherine E. HARDIE
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture on 'Deriving Transportable Knowledge with Multi-institutional Electronic Health Records Data' by Tianxi CAI,ScD
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2022-08-11 23:21:15
The growing availability of electronic health records (EHR) data opens up opportunities for biomedical research that improves patient care. Generalizable knowledge can be derived from multi-institutional EHR data. Transporting EHR-driven algorithms across healthcare systems, however, is highly chall...
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture on 'Autoregressive Networks' by Professor Qiwei YAO on July 27, 2022
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2022-07-23 00:42:44
We propose a first-order autoregressive model for dynamic network processes in which edges change over time while nodes remain unchanged. The model depicts the dynamic changes explicitly. It also facilitates simple and efficient statistical inference such as the maximum likelihood estimators which a...
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture on 'Empirical likelihood based inference for functional means with application to wearable device data'
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2022-06-15 17:59:52
by Professor Ian McKeague on June 20, 2022. This talk discusses a nonparametric inference framework for occupation time curves derived from wearable device data. Such curves provide the total time a subject maintains activity above a given level as a function of that level. Taking advantage of the m...
Public Lecture: ‘Desert Island Buildings’ by Alessandra Cianchetta | 12 April | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-04-04 17:50:07
12 April, 2022 (Tuesday) | 6 - 7pm | Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
'Desert Island Buildings' by Mark and Jane Burry | 29 March | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-03-21 17:00:10
29th March, 2022 (Tuesday) | 6 - 7pm | Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
HKU Science Public Lecture Series - RNA-based Therapeutic Approaches (Apr 21, 2022)
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-03-18 15:08:03
In this talk, Dr Li will give an overview about RNA molecules, followed by a detailed introduction to the history of RNA based therapeutic development, with emphasis on RNA based vaccines, particularly those used against COVID-19.
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture - Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-03-04 11:04:01
China's overseas development program has fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists due to its growing scale but lack of transparency. Banking on Beijing unpacks the evolving aims and impacts of China's global development finance. It demonstrates that China almost exclusively p...
Desert Island Buildings by Hua Li 華黎 | 1 March | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-25 11:29:33
1 March, 2022 (Tuesday) | 6pm - 7pm | Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
Public lecture - Understanding Climate Change: Reviewing the Past and Mapping Out Future Implications
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-02-23 10:14:25
In the first part of this talk, Dr Jed O KAPLAN will introduce the findings of recent climate change research based on this landmark report and answering questions. Thus, in the second part of this talk, he will overview the opportunities and risks presented by emerging climate change mitigation and...
"Desert Island Buildings" by CLÉMENT BLANCHET | 22 February | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-16 13:38:00
22 February 2022 (Tuesday) | 6pm - 7pm| Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
Mental Wellness Research Cluster Public Lecture: Pleasures of Suffering (February 18, 9am)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-02-09 18:23:03
Drawing on research from developmental psychology, social psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics, Professor Bloom suggests that we are driven by non-hedonistic goals; we revel in difficult practice, we aspire towards moral goodness, and we seek out meaningful lives.
HKU Architecture Public Lecture Series | Spring 2022 | Desert Island Buildings
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-04 09:51:20
Six buildings, a book, and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the architecture of their lives. Based on the seminal BBC Radio 4 Show, Desert Island Discs, first launched in 1942, the Spring Lecture Series at the University of Hong Kong will adopt this format to provide a ...
HKU Science Public Lecture Series - Mathematics in Games (Feb 17, 2022)
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-01-17 10:21:30
In this talk, Dr Tak Wing CHING will go through some examples to demonstrate how mathematics can be used to play various kinds of games. Audience can understand the talk even better if with some basic knowledge in probability. In the end, Dr Ching will briefly mention some background of game theory ...
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture: Is the River Chief System the Final Solution to China's Water Governance Problem?
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2022-01-13 10:38:48
How does the system work? Can it dramatically improve the quality and integrity of Chinaâs water resources? What are the opportunities for and challenges to China's effective water governance?
[Jan] The 9th MaMa Charitable Foundation Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Uploaded on 2021-11-25 12:12:38
The 9th MaMa Charitable Foundation Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies: A Monkey Jumps and Britain Awakens to Mahayana: Aspects of the Westward Spread of Chinese Buddhism by Professor T. H. Barrett (Emeritus Professor, SOAS, University of London) Date: Jan 06, 13 and 21 Time: 6:30-8:30pm Online@HKUCB...
"The Publicness of Architecture - How to engage in intersectional struggles over housing and public space" by Gabu Heindl | 16 November
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-10 12:54:24
16 November, 2021 (Tuesday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Science Public Lecture Series - How Invisibility Cloaks Work (Nov 5, 2021)
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-10-25 12:19:28
In this talk, Professor ZHANG will introduce the concept of metamaterials, explain how they interact with light, and present some of the fundamentals and applications of metamaterials such as the aforementioned negative refraction and invisibility cloaks.
Public Lecture: 'Architecture as an impetus' by Yuko Nagayama 永山祐子
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-20 14:49:17
28 October, 2021 (Thursday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Public Lecture: 'A Strategic Practice of Urban Design' by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-19 15:26:59
26 October, 2021 (Tuesday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Public Lecture: 'Revealed by surface: A re-engagement with cultural objects through 3D documentation' by Carlos Bayod Lucini
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-04 16:05:23
5 October, 2021 (Tuesday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Public Lecture: 'Speculating about Speculation' by Aric Chen
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-27 14:56:25
30 September, 2021 (Thursday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Architecture Public Lecture Series | Fall 2021
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-13 18:01:55
Sep 23, 30; Oct 5, 26, 28; Nov 16 8:30pm-9:30pm (HKT)
Public Lecture: 'Undisciplined Practices' by Lola Sheppard | HKU Department of Architecture | 23 September | 20:30 | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-10 16:41:23
Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture: China's Investments in Malaysia (May 18, 3pm)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-05-04 11:05:17
In this lecture, the speakers will examine state-state relations and new forms of state business relations that have emerged with an increase in China's foreign direct investments in Malaysia. Focusing on investments in the industrial sector and through in-depth case studies, they adopt a novel fram...
Cities 2050 Research Cluster Public Lecture - Urban Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: from Science to Solutions (April 28, 10am)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-04-15 12:48:29
This lecture will begin with a description of a project being planned at Yale University on scalable urban climate solutions. The project aims to tackle the global climate crisis from the perspective of urban carbon mitigation and urban climate adaptation.
HKU DLA Public Lecture: "Design of Neighbourhood Landscapes with Urban Ecosystem Services" (Speaker: Dr. Tan Puay Yok)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-08 18:39:13
21 April 2021 (Wednesday) 1pm - 2pm Via Zoom Meeting Code: 984 4905 9215 Password: 981852
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: "Architectural and Narrative Interactions" (Speaker: Sophia Psarra)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-07 12:13:11
13 April 2021 (Tuesday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: "Architectures of Hospitality" (Speaker: Irina Aristarkhova)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-31 18:06:24
9 April 2021 (Friday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU DLA Public Lecture: "Ecosystem Service: Spatial Heterogeneity, Anisotropic Flows, and Landscape Planning / Design Implications"
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-25 17:58:58
8 April 2021 (Thursday) 1pm - 2pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 910 5815 7948 Password: 015728
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: "Architecture: A Habitat for Homo Economicus" (Speaker: Douglas Spencer)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-23 17:55:40
30 March 2021 (Tuesday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Quick Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Division of Landscape Architecture Public Lecture: "Urban Nature and The Great Sanitary Awakening" (Speaker: Dr. Gianni Talamini)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-23 15:17:50
12 April 2021 (Monday) 1pm - 2pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 975 4895 6891 Password: 502428
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: The Female Capital in the Architecture and The City (Speaker: Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-19 15:06:09
23 March 2021 (Tuesday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture: Informal Governance in China's Border Controls (March 24, 3pm)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-03-09 16:34:29
Drawing on fieldwork findings in Sino-Russian, Sino-Kazakhstani, and Sino-Vietnamese borders, Professor Ngo compares the formal and informal practices in different checkpoints along China's borders. It reflects on the strategic incoherence in state practices, and argues that at each border checkpoin...
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Individuals and Groups (Speaker: Asao Tokolo)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-08 10:55:20
March 19 (Friday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Quick Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
「賽馬會惜水・識河計劃」公開講座:「智」者用水
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-03-05 16:56:09
JC-WISE Public Lecture: Be a Smart Water User
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Becoming Léman – Travels Beyond Borders (Speaker: Dieter Dietz)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-01 12:21:44
March 5, 2021 (Friday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom
HKU Landscape Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture - Interactions with Nature in the City (Speaker: Tony Ip)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-26 17:30:24
March 15 (Monday) 1pm - 2pm Via Zoom
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture - From the Globe to the Ground: Terra Forma's Potential Cartographies by FRÉDÉRIQUE AÏT-TOUATI
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-22 11:08:34
26 February, 2021 (Friday) 18:30 - 19:30 (HKT) Via Zoom

HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Piecing a City Together by Taking its Objects Apart (Speaker: Shin Egashira)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-16 15:47:41
23 February 2021 (Friday) 18:30 - 19:30 (HKT) Via Zoom
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Drawing Out Knowledge | Speakers: Deane Simpson & Theo Deutinger
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-10 12:46:39
19 Feb 2021 (Friday) | 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Via Zoom
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture - Authoritarian Citizenship: a Paradox? (February 26, 9am)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-02-08 15:12:38
The concept of citizenship has long been associated with democratic states. Yet, ordinary people in authoritarian states also engage in a range of citizenship performances, from begging officials to intervene to protesting for rights. How should we conceptualize authoritarian forms of citizenship?
HKU Architecture Public Lecture Series | Spring 2021
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-01-28 18:54:27
Department of Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lectures
FREE SPACE. Urban design as a political tool.
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-01-26 17:23:05
Public Lecture by Olga Aleksakova & Julia Burdova
Contemporary China Public Lecture - The Evolution of Sino-Singaporean Relations: A Historical-geographical Perspective (January 20, 4pm)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2021-01-06 12:20:34
In this lecture, Dr Lim will explore China-Singapore relations from two seemingly contradictory trajectories -; deepening geo-economic integration and differing geopolitical orientations.
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture - China and the Problem of Influence in International Relations (December 11, 10am)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2020-11-26 16:26:24
China's re-emergence over the last few decades meant its growing influence has been felt across many dimensions by both its regional neighbors and other states. China is reshaping its relationships throughout Asia and beyond as it engages economically, diplomatically, culturally, and militarily.
Public Lecture : 'From Geography to Technology - are bricks any different than wine' by Francoise Fromonot and Guillaume Othenin-Girard
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-20 11:06:54
27 November, 2020 (Friday), 18:30 - 20:30
'From Dr. No to No Time to Die - parodies of intelligence agency and artificial intelligence' by Andreas Ruby and Thomas Tsang
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-18 16:07:11
20 November, 2020 (Friday) 6:30 - 8:30pm
Public Lecture : 'From Charlotte Perriand to Charles & Ray Eames - architecture and domesticity' by Gary Chang and Eric Schuldenfrei
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-06 14:56:01
12 November, 2020 18:30 - 20:30
Contemporary China Research Cluster Public Lecture: Detecting Social Desirability in Public Opinion Surveys in China (November 17, 4:30pm)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2020-11-04 12:04:18
Social desirability is a serious problem that distorts the results of face-to-face public opinion surveys. In this lecture, Professor Tang will introduce the method of survey experiment and show how social desirability in China can be successfully detected, and how a weighting technique can be devel...
'From Antonioni's Chung Kuo to the Red Dragon - Western critical view of the East' by Ting Guo and Tao Zhu
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-02 12:34:50
5 November, 2020 (Thursday) 18:30 - 20:30 (HKT) Zoom
'From Utzon to Leplastrier - the edge of the possible to framing the view' by Catherine Lassen and Angela Pang
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-10-22 15:50:40
30 October, 2020 6:30pm-8:30pm, Zoom
Science Public lecture@Zoom - Origins of the Galápagos Archipelago's Land Animals by Dr Jason Richard ALI, Department of Earth Sciences
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2020-10-20 12:51:16
The lecture will talk about the construction of a pretty complete scenario that explains the origins of the Galápagos Archipelago's Land Animals with the use of DNA sequencing.
Critical Eyes: Roll, Action, Cut! - 'From Koolhaas to Rem - the other architect' by FranÇoise Fromonot and Nasrine Seraji
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-10-12 15:35:23
29 October, 2020 (Thursday) 18:30 - 20:30 (HKT)
Contemporary China Public Lecture: Is There a "Second Shift" for Women? (October 15, 3:30pm)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2020-09-30 17:35:56
Dr. Kan Man Yee compiled and harmonized time use data of China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Beijing from 1980s to 2010s with date of European and Anglophone countries. Overwhelming evidence for the "second shift" in Japan, South Korean, Taiwan, Central European countries, and Southern E...
Critical Eyes: Roll, Action, Cut! - 'From Jane Jacobs to Phyllis Lambert - the city as dream' by Phyllis Lambert and Clover Lee
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-14 11:57:11
HKU Architecture 17 September 2020, 20:00-22:00
[HKU Department of Architecture] Critical Eyes: Roll, Action, Cut! - 'From Vertov to Godard - city as stage, suburbs as alter ego' by Frédéric
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-07 16:19:04
HKU Architecture Fall 2020 Public Lecture Series
Contemporary China Research Public Lecture on Subethnic Relationship among Chinese Immigrants (July 3, 11am)
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2020-06-29 13:12:03
Chinese immigrants form the largest ethnic minority group in Canada. Often they are seen as a homogenous group of people sharing the same cultural and historical heritage in the public discourse. Dr. Miu Chung Yan from The University of British Columbia will share the findings of a recent study of i...
ZOOMIN: Visiting Professor Talks @ HKU Architecture - by Gloria Cabral and Guillaume Othenin-Girard | 26 May | 18:30
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-05-20 11:49:08
May 26, 2020 (Tuesday), 18:30 - 20:00 (HKT)
ZOOMIN: Visiting Professor Talks @ HKU Architecture - by Jing Liu and Sony Devabhaktuni
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-05-08 16:01:32
As the conception of space is fundamental to the discipline of architecture, SO - IL has ruminated on the possible shapes of our time through the architecture projects of all scales and temporal limits. In this lecture, founder Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg will discuss SO-IL's projects within t...
ZOOMIN: Visiting Professor Talks @ HKU Architecture - Špela Videčnik and Juan Du
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-05-05 10:01:03
Inspiring Limitations May 12, 2020 18:30 - 20:00 (HKT)
Public Lecture : 'Counter Investigations' by Eyal Weizman | 7 February 2020│18:30│KB419, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-01-24 12:44:08
Counter Investigations presents a selection of recent investigations undertaken by the agency into incidents occurring in different contexts worldwide. In parallel, the lecture outlines concepts that raise related historical, theoretical and technological questions.
HKU Architecture Public Lecture : 'A Participatory Architecture Told From Six Strategies' by Giancarlo Mazzanti
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-10-31 09:24:02
Giancarlo Mazzanti has dedicated his professional life to improve the quality of life through the design of the environment and the idea of social equality. This lecture presents six strategies represented in six projects of ours that we developed so we can create an open and participative architect...
HKU Architecture: 'Challenges in the Conservation of Modern Architecture in Brazil' by Nivaldo Vieira de Andrade Jr.
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-10-24 09:50:13
Nivaldo Vieira de Andrade Jr. is a Brazilian architect and urban designer. He received his PhD in Architecture and Urban Design from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador, Brazil. He is a Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of UFBA and currently the National President of the Instit...
2019 HKU Architecture Artist-in-Residence - Perry Kulper | 28 October - 1 November 2019 | Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-10-23 10:51:09
HKU Architecture Artist-in-Residence - Perry Kulper
HKU Architecture - "Reconciling African Space Making with the Transforming African Cities" by Peter Rich│25 October 2019│18:30│KB419, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-10-18 11:28:38
Africa's multi mythological constructs, which are often different from our own, underpin how we access its multiple world views. Peter Rich will demonstrate in his own work and attempt to build better neighborhoods and communities and the use of community facilities as a catalyst to potentially trig...
Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series: Chasing Fireworks from Black Holes
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-10-14 14:56:29
Black holes are probably the least understood yet the most fascinating celestial objects in our universe. In this talk, Dr Jane Dai will talk about the "fireworks" produced by black holes which light up their surrounding space-time.
HKU Architecture - "In Conversation with Lee Bul"│3 October 2019│19:00│KB419, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-09-25 15:16:08
Department of Architecture Fall 2019 Public Lecture Series In Conversation with Lee Bul Date: October 3, 2019 (Thursday) Time: 19:00 - 20:15 Venue: KB419, Knowles Building, HKU Language: Conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese Speakers: Lee Bul, artist Cole Roskam, Associa...
Five Decades of Space Law: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Space Commercialization
Law Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-09-24 14:49:00
This lecture will discuss possible approaches to deal with selected legal issues related to space commercialization and explore what mechanisms could be established to manage space resource exploitation in future.
HKU Architecture - Public Lecture "The City and Its Public Space Dialogue (2)" by Roan Ching-Yueh & Li Juchuan
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-09-23 12:02:03
Department of Architecture Fall 2019
Public Lecture Series The City and Its Public Space Dialogue (2)
Date: September 27, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Venue: KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Speaker: Roan Ching-Yueh 阮慶岳
Lecture title: Awakening of the Citizens
Speaker: Li Juchuan 李...
Public Lecture on Digital Identity: Towards Inclusion or Even Greater Divide?
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-04-29 18:59:49
Speaker: Professor Barbara Meynert Adjunct Professor Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Science Oak Anniversary Public Lecture Series: Earth and Beyond: Exploring the Past, Present and Future
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-04-11 11:52:46
This lecture will give a taster of the breadth of research earth scientists do across different time scales.
"OPEN Questions" Public Lecture by Li Hu, Department of Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-04-10 09:14:46
Architect Li Hu, founding partner of OPEN Architecture, will share with the audience observations drawn from more than a decade of architectural practice in Beijing. Through a series of questionsâthe starting points for some of OPENâs latest projects on culture and educationâLi wil...
'A House, A Palace' Public Lecture by Iñaki Ábalos, 18:30-20:00, 9 April 2019
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-04-03 14:29:36
"Material Culture" is a key concept from the point of view of thermodynamic materialism: to look into material culture is a way of activating attention, of making cultural and technical data and geological and historical times unfold their alchemical creativity. This is the way in which th...
"Choose Your Tower: Housing beyond Uniformity" by Winy Maas
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-03-26 11:15:22
Winy Maas explores the specific aspects of tower designs to consider the phenomenon of high-rise architecture as an invitation to designers, planners and politicians to envision and realize a more varied Hong Kong cityscape through a focused investigation of Hong Kongâs housing typologies and ...
"Architecture & Environment" by Kazuyo Sejima
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-03-25 13:02:39
Kazuyo Sejima received a degree in architecture at the Japan Women's University in 1981. In 1987 she opened her own studio in Tokyo and then in 1995, together with Ryue Nishizawa, she founded SANAA. In 2010 Kazuyo Sejima was appointed director of the Venice Biennale. In the same year, Kazuyo Sejima ...
"Resonances" by Alberto Veiga
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-03-22 09:25:13
Lecture Abstract Transcending the point in time at which our architecture emerges and establishes a temporal link between past, present and future it is a fundament in our way of understanding architecture. An architecture that aspires to belong to a place, preserving its singularity but at the same...
"Vital" by David Benjamin│26 March 2019│18:30│KB419, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-03-20 12:45:39
This lecture will describe each project as a prototype. Prototypes allow us to address today's urgent questions with today's available tools. They let us come up with radical ideas and develop them through making and testing. Our prototypes anticipate and welcome rapid change. They cultivate the des...
"Constructions on Sites and Paper" Public Lecture by Beate Hølmebakkk & Per Tamsen │22 March 2019│18:30│KB419, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-03-15 12:22:20
The lecture will be a presentation of selected projects by Manthey Kula. It will focus on built work, but also on one of the office's unbuilt "paper projects". Beate Hølmebakk will talk about Manthey Kula's approach to design and about how some of the professors from her own educati...
Professor Yung Ho Chang Public Lecture Series - III. Brick: Pushing Rationality & IV. South: Re-orienting Space (18/19 March)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-03-12 15:33:52
Brick: Pushing Rationality Following the logic of a particular material in design is almost a doctrine in architecture, but some architects think differently. Brick is used as specific case in discussion ; South: Re-orienting Space In terms of human habitation, the dichotomy of East & West is ge...
Public Lecture on "Developmentally on Track: Supporting our Youngest Learners"
Education Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-02-21 10:21:03
This public lecture brings together renowned researchers and advocates for holistic development and learning of our youngest citizens. Their research, conducted in different regions of the world, elucidates the factors that affect young learners' developmental outcomes, has implications for supporti...
Academy for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE) - Inauguration Ceremony and Public Lecture Series
Education Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-02-12 09:49:58
Faulty of Education of HKU is establishing the Academy for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE), a new platform for multi-faceted work around teacher education broadly defined and a think tank for innovative research, practice and learning â locally, regionally and internationally. ALiTE is...
Public Lecture: Research in Psychiatry
Dept of Psychiatry, SClinMed
Uploaded on 2019-02-11 11:53:36
To register, please reply to: (for HKU students & staff): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?UEID=62121 (for alumni & public): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=62121
Housing Models in the European City
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-01-25 18:52:33
by Jonathan Sergison│29 Jan 2019│18:30│KB419
Public Lecture on The Digital Architecture of Time Management
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2019-01-18 15:10:37
Speaker: Professor Judy Wajcman Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology London School of Economics and Political Science
China's South: Changing Perspectives
HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci.
Uploaded on 2018-11-20 12:18:39
冼為堅傑出訪問教授席 (人文學科) 講座 Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities Lecture
Public Lecture on Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-11-13 12:28:05
Speakers: Professor Ian Holliday Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) The University of Hong Kong, Professor Roman David Head of Department of Sociology and Social Policy Lingnan University
Contemporary China Research Public Lecture on Conflicts and Collaborations: Charting the Trajectory of U.S.-China Relations
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-11-09 16:24:13
Speaker: Mr Douglas H Paal Vice President for Studies Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics by Professor L.J. WEI
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2018-10-22 17:07:32
'Moving beyond the comfort zone in practicing translational statistics for clinical studies' Over the years, the process of designing, monitoring, and analyzing clinical studies for evaluating new treatments has gradually fallen into a fixed pattern. Clinical trialists have sometimes been slow to ut...
Public Lecture on 'Flood Risk Modelling: Methodology and Challenges' by Professor Dr. Hansjörg Albrecher on October 29, 2018
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2018-10-12 00:50:09
Public Lecture given by Professor Dr. Hansjörg Albrecher Title: Flood Risk Modelling: Methodology and Challenges Date: October 29, 2018 (Monday) Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Venue: KK102, 1/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU Tea Reception at 5:30 pm
Faculty of Science Public Lecture: Reveal the Secret of Life by Chemistry
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-10-04 15:10:30
The genetic information in life flows from DNA to RNA to protein. In this talk, the speaker will discuss how chemistry has contributed to elucidate the genetic flow.
(HKU Psychiatry) Public Lecture by Professor Michael Wong
Dept of Psychiatry, SClinMed
Uploaded on 2018-09-14 15:19:36
Public Lecture: On Being a Neuropsychiatrist: Explaining the Brain & Mind - Understanding the Self & Person By: Professor Michael Wong Date: 27 Sept 2018 Time: 18:00-19:00 Venue: Seminar Rm 5, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building HKU students and staff: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_reg...
LUI Che Woo Prize - Prize for World Civilisation 2018 Laureate Public Lecture
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2018-09-07 16:44:45
Topic: Solutions for the Learning Crisis: Building Foundations to Move Beyond Schooling to Learning Speaker: Dr Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Pratham Education Foundation
Peace and World Security: Building a New International Dialogue
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-09-04 10:13:55
Speaker: HE Jose Ramos-Horta Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1996) President of East Timor (2007 - 2012)
Public Lecture: Treasures of Diversity: The Vast Richness of Hong Kong and Italian Coastal Waters
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-08-23 14:42:15
This lecture will introduce the burgeoning marine diversity of both Hong Kong and Italian coastal waters.
The effects of ancient astronomy on the history of human development by Prof Sun Kwok
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2018-05-24 10:04:08
Prof Sun Kwok, the current President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Astrobiology, will illustrate the power of the armillary sphere in predicting celestial motions with a mobile app developed to simulate the mechanical armillary sphere. This lecture is jointly organised by Hon...
WilkinsonEyre: Exploring Boundaries
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-11 12:32:46
Architecture is seen as both an art and a science, gaining from both the intuitive and the analytical, with inspiration from nature, culture, technology or experiments through drawing and modelling. Furthermore, WilkinsonEyre believes an imaginative response to brief and context is best delivered th...
OMA Asia / Work in Progress
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-11 12:27:50
Partner-in-charge of the Hong Kong office Chris van Duijn will introduce a selection of OMA's most recent work in Asia. OMA is currently engaged in the design of a broad variety of typologies of diverging scales throughout Asia, ranging from the redevelopment a former colonial and industrial site in...
Public Lecture: OMA Asia / Work in Progress
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-02 12:20:59
Partner-in-charge of the Hong Kong office Chris van Duijn will introduce a selection of OMA's most recent work in Asia. OMA is currently engaged in the design of a broad variety of typologies of diverging scales throughout Asia, ranging from the redevelopment a former colonial and industrial site in...
Public Lecture: The Structure of the Universe: A Cosmic Spider Web
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-04-10 11:18:35
This talk will show how astronomers measure the distribution of galaxies in the sky, and why a simple consideration of gravity on matter fluctuations in the early Universe produced the Cosmic Web.
China's 21st Century Strategy: The Colombo Lotus Tower and the Belt and Road Initiative
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-03-26 15:15:56
Born in Sri Lanka, the former American diplomat and UNESCO commissioner, Professor Patrick Mendis will examine the long-history of religious and cultural exchanges between the Buddhist Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom for a glimpse into the prospects for the 21st century.
Departtment of Architecture presents 2018 Spring In-Progress Lecture Series
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-23 11:56:48
The Department of Architecture launches its 2017-2018 Public Lecture Series, on the work of its faculty. The âIn-Progressâ series will critically examine the relevance of a vast number of issues in relationship to architecture. The Teaching staff will share their most recent work/ resear...
Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series:
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-03-13 12:32:23
The lecture will introduce why So Mei is vulnerable to exploitation and how we could save them.
Public Lecture: Gravity at the Limits
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-02-13 09:40:27
Gravity is the most important force governing the structure of the Universe. In this talk, the speaker will introduce gravity related phenomena under the most extreme and violent conditions, including supernova explosions, neutron stars, and black holes, which are the final products of massive star ...
Public Lecture: The Impacts of Fisheries and Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-01-24 09:46:42
The lecture will introduce impacts of fisheries and global warning on marine ecosystems.
'Hong Kong's Housing of Last Resort: Engagement and Intervention' by Juan Du
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-01-22 12:07:41
Pervasive housing problems such as unaffordability, overcrowding and substandard services exit in the wealthy city of Hong Kong. Due to the disproportionately high cost of private real estate, many low-income groups that do not qualify for public housing turn to the informal supply of squatter settl...
Public Lecture: Inspired by Lipids
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-01-16 16:29:35
The lecture will show the insights of basic lipid research in the applications for medicine, agriculture and the environment.
Behind the Scenes at The US National Academy of Medicine: Shaping the US and Global Agenda for Health and Medicine by Professor Victor Dzau
Dept of Surgery, SClinMed
Uploaded on 2018-01-16 16:02:41
Victor J. Dzau is the President of the National Academy of Medicine. In addition, he serves as Vice Chair of the National Research Council. He is Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University and the past President and CEO of the Duke University Health System. He is ...
Public lecture and Elite Seminar on “Urban Resurgence: the Making of Inequality in Global Cities”
Dept of Law
Uploaded on 2018-01-10 16:47:35
It is the first seminar in the MAChDS Elite Seminar Series 2017-18. The speaker, Prof. John Rennie Short is an urban and political geographer and Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland (UMBC). His research explores cities, history of cartography and geopolitics. This ...
Public Lecture: The Galactic Graveyard and the Ultimate Fate of Our Sun
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2018-01-04 15:32:56
Stars, the key building blocks of all galaxies, are born in collapsing gas clouds, live their lives as nuclear fusion reactors, and eventually die. Massive stars live fast and die young, exploding as supernovae after only a few million years. In this talk, the speaker will talk about the late stage ...
Department of Architecture Public Lecture Series: 'Weird' by Dr Cole Roskam
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-27 15:28:41
In 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping pronounced an end to all "weird" architecture, or 奇怪的建筑, in China. Designers, academics, & pundits scrambled to determine the specific aesthetic, material, or scalar parameters of this so-called architectural weirdness. In the subsequent ...
'Altitude: Building Hong Kong' by Ulrich Kirchhoff
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-21 10:35:42
Has Hong Kong lived up to its promise as the future of architecture and urban planning? Are we still living in the laboratory for high density and future models of habitation? How are we as architects reacting to takeover of architecture designed by marketing teams and economists? What are the mecha...
Ethos Pathos Logos
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-21 10:29:10
A rhetorical discussion between Professor Kalliope Kontozoglou & Professor Nasrine Seraji on International competition for the new Cyprus Archeological Museum
'Machinic Multiplicities' by CHRISTIAN J. LANGE
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-04 10:03:26
Architecture has always been deeply linked to tradition, site, and context. The collaboration between many different trades of skilled labor that were specific to a place was in part responsible for the diversity of architectural expression. With the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, buildings...
Public Lecture - Concrete Approximations by Olivier Ottevaere, Department of Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-20 16:19:39
Through the lens of specific materials and the interaction with their active properties, the practice work focuses on alternative procedures of construction that challenge typical generic forms of building.

In developing unique methods of fabrication, the aim is to create designs that have the po...
Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Sci & Technology: 'Risk and Randomness' by Prof. Dr. Paul Embrechts on NOV 29, 2017
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2017-10-12 17:41:15
Based on personal experiences, I will first discuss the two items mentioned in the title: risk and randomness. These experiences relate to a catastrophic flooding in the Netherlands in 1953 and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. A brief historical discourse will br...
Changing the World with Ideas? The Challenges of a Political Philosopher-Turned-Politician
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2017-09-12 09:35:41
Speaker: Professor Jiang Yi-Huah Former President of Taiwan Professor, Department of Public Policy College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences City Univesity of Hong Kong
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics on 'Analysis of Massive Genome, Exposome and Phenome Data' by Professor Xihong LIN
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2017-06-14 19:14:27
Massive 'ome data, including genome, exposome, and phenome data, are becoming available at an increasing rate with no apparent end in sight. Examples include Whole Genome Sequencing data, multiple metal data, digital phenotyping data, and Electronic Medical Records. Whole genome sequencing data ...
50th Anniversary Public Lecture on 'The Poisson Paradigm' by Professor Sheldon Mark ROSS on May 25, 2017
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2017-04-28 18:38:03
The Poisson Paradigm is one of the most useful results of probability. It relates to situations where there are multiple trials, with each trial being either a success or a failure. The paradigm says that if each trial has a small probability of being a success and if the trials are either independe...
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics on 'Statistical models for complex extreme events' by Professor Anthony Davison on May 18, 2017
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2017-04-20 18:45:26
Awareness of the importance of risk assessment for complex extreme events has greatly increased in recent times. Leading examples of such events are floods and heatwaves, attributed to global change, and crashes in financial markets, often attributed to mis-estimation or mis-understanding of the dep...
Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series: "The Rules of Sex"
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2017-03-02 15:56:16
This lecture will discuss the evolution of sex and sexuality in animals.
AGI Lecture: From Rustbelts to Brainbelts
Asia Global Institute
Uploaded on 2017-03-02 11:54:52
How can worldâs outdated manufacturing and industrial zones become modern hotbeds of design and transformation? Join the Asia Global Institute as it hosts author Antoine van Agtmael for a lecture inspired by his book The Smartest Places on Earth.
Public Lecture: Beyond Nano-Tech: Particle Beams Drive Molecular Engineering and Ato-Technology
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2017-02-27 14:45:39
This lecture will talk about the applications of neutron science in tackling global problems.
Public Lecture: Solar Energy - Energy for the Future
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2017-02-23 15:56:50
This lecture will talk about different solar energy technologies and the challenges in reducing the cost and achieving wide scale applications.
CANCELLED: 50th Anniversary Public Lecture on 'Application of Statistical Models in Commercial Banks' by Dr. Agus Sudjianto on March 30, 2017
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2017-02-13 20:27:44
Mathematical and statistical models are extensively used in Commercial Banks for various purposes either to run the business or to fulfill regulatory requirements. Among the most critical usage is to evaluate the Bankâs financial health and its ability to sustain severely adverse economic scen...
50th Anniversary Public Lecture on 'The Power of Statistics' by Professor Howell Tong on March 9, 2017
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2017-02-13 20:02:24
In layman language and through real examples, this talk will highlight how Statistics, as a powerful tool in Data Science, can help us extract the maximum amount of information from observational data in our daily life. The examples will be drawn from breast cancer, the SARS epidemic in 2003 in Hong...
AGI Global History Lecture Series: The Idea of China - Looking through the Lens of Global Sport
Asia Global Institute
Uploaded on 2017-02-08 15:08:11
What is China? What is Chineseness? Join the Asia Global Institute as it hosts Professor Guoqi Xi for a lecture on the connections between China's burning desire in global sports and the question of "What is China and the quest for Chineseness". He will also examine how memberships in ...
Public Lecture 'Can we save coral reefs? If so, how?'
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-10-17 09:13:07
This lecture will talk about the decline and rescue of reef corals worldwide.
Public Lecture on 'Basel III, Solvency II and Beyond: a Critical Appraisal' by Professor Dr. Paul Embrechts on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2016-10-04 22:11:35
The regulatory landscape is undergoing considerable changes worldwide. The 2007-2009 Financial Crisis brought into question several aspects of regulation for banking, the so-called Basel guidelines. At the same time, demographic and economic developments (e.g. longevity, low interest rates) are caus...
Public Lecture co-organised by Faculty of Science & Graduate School: Gold Clusters, Colloids and Nanoparticles
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-09-19 15:16:17
This lecture will talk about the unique physical and chemical properties of gold that made it highly prized and gave it a mystical significance.
LUI Che Woo Prize for World Civilisation Laureate Public Lecture
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2016-09-14 18:56:05
Date: October 5, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
Enquiry: 2219 4892 (CPAO, HKU)
Public Lecture: From Bits to Qubits and from Earth to Space: an Unbreakable Way to Transmit Secret Information
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-09-06 10:23:14
This lecture gives an overview on quantum cryptography and quantum information processing, highlighting recent advances in the field including the science behind the first ever quantum communication satellite "Micius" launched in China.
Public Lecture by Professor Zhong Nan-Shan on Emerging Infectious Diseases
School of Public Health
Uploaded on 2016-05-10 10:48:11
Professor Zhong Nan-Shan will consider the lessons learned in coping with the outbreaks of various infectious disease crises, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), avian and swine influenza virus, Ebola, and most recently Zika and share with us ...
Public Lecture on May 3 by Dr Kelvin Lim (from University of Minnesota Medical School)
Dept of Psychiatry, SClinMed
Uploaded on 2016-04-27 12:08:58
Public Lecture 'Neuromodulation for Enhancing Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia' by Dr Kelvin Lim (Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School) Date: May 3, 2016 (Tuesday) Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm Venue: Seminar Room ...
Public Lecture by Professor Christoph Anderl
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Uploaded on 2016-04-26 11:57:51
Details: www.buddhism.hku.hk/newsevents.html Online registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=41894
Public Lecture by Toyo Ito
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2016-04-13 15:10:51
This talk will cover Toyo Ito's philosophy on architecture and his design of National Taichung Theater (NTT), as well as Artistic Director Victoria Wangâs vision for running the theater and how the content and software of the theater correspond to the design and purpose of the piece of arc...
Public Lecture "Prototype for a Scientific Classification of Mental Disorders" by Dr Robert Miller (Honorary Fellow, University of Otago
Dept of Psychiatry, SClinMed
Uploaded on 2016-04-06 15:55:29
Public Lecture "Prototype for a Scientific Classification of Mental Disorders" by Dr Robert Miller (Honorary Fellow, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand) Date: April 12, 2016 (Tuesday) Time: 7pm to 8pm Venue: Sr 5, LG/F, Lab Block, 21 Sassoon Rd Language: English Fee: Free of Char...
Public Lecture by Professor Xiulan Zhang
Dept of Soc Work & Social Administration
Uploaded on 2016-03-17 15:49:01
Changing the Social Norms of Smoking in China: Unfolding the Interplay among Health, Economics and Politics in a Rapidly Changing Society 改變中國吸煙的社會規範:快速社會變遷中的健康、經濟和政治因素互動 Date: April 11, 2016 (Monday) Time: 6:30-7:30pm (Tea Reception st...
A public lecture entitled: 'Global Health with Justice: Toward a Framework Convention on Global Health'
Law Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-03-07 14:28:01
The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law University of Hong Kong Global Health with Justice: Toward a Framework Convention on Global Health Friday, 11 March 2016 5:00 - 6:30 pm Academic Conference Room, 11/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Professor Lawrence O. Go...
Public Lecture: Informing Management of the World's Largest Groundwater Systems with Simply-Structured Model Analysis
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-02-22 12:19:27
This lecture will talk about Informing Management of the World's Largest Groundwater Systems with Simply-Structured Model Analysis.
The Kadoorie Institute
The Kadoorie Institute
Uploaded on 2016-01-29 12:32:37
Public Lecture on Meeting the Decarbonization Goals of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris: COP21
Public Lecture "Greasing Photosynthesis: From Membranes to Lipid Droplets"
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-01-19 12:31:05
This lecture will discuss plant engineering in relation to photosynthesis and biofuel production.
Public Lecture "China's Role in the Canadian Oil Sands"
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-01-18 16:28:25
This talk will discuss the global implications of developing oil sands.
Public Lecture: Open Innovation and Public-Private Partnerships
Knowledge Exchange Office
Uploaded on 2016-01-07 13:01:46
by Professor Raj Thampuran, Managing Director, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
Public Lecture "Our Cosmic Selves" by Professor Ray Jayawardhana
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-12-07 12:15:38
This talk will explore how cosmic explorations provide a new perspective on ourselves and our place in the universe.
Public Lecture by Professor Stanislas Dehaene - Understanding consciousness and its disorders
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Uploaded on 2015-12-04 15:12:47
All are welcome / No registration is required Details: www.buddhism.hku.hk/newsevents.html
HKU Centennial Distinguished Chinese Scholars Public Lecture on 'Probability and Statistics in Big Data Analysis 大資料與概率統計'
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2015-11-11 17:45:38
Big data analysis is different from traditional analysis. Big data analysis often draws conclusions directly from data, while traditional analysis is based on logical deduction, in which conclusions are consequences of some suitable reasons. Therefore probability & statistics is one of the bases...
Public Lecture: Ocean Optimism: Success stories in ocean conservation
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-10-27 17:30:54
Public Lecture "Ocean Optimism: Success stories in ocean conservation" by Professor Nancy Knowlton, Visiting Research Professor of HKU School of Biological Sciences, Sant Chair of Marine Science, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History.
Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Uploaded on 2015-10-06 17:28:47
'Who committed the Black Death crime in 1347-1353? -A case from UCOS (Unsolved Crime & Open Case Squad)' by Professor Howell Tong
Contemporary China Studies Public Lecture Regime Support in China
Social Sciences Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-09-30 12:17:07
Speaker: Professor Bruce Dickson Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies Professor of Political Science and International Affairs George Washington University
The Kadoorie Institute
The Kadoorie Institute
Uploaded on 2015-09-29 17:23:47
Public Lecture on Tools for Re-building Resilient, Dynamic and Democratic Local Economies
Public Lecture: Big History: Connecting Knowledge to form a Modern, Scientific Origin Story
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-09-22 15:34:29
You are cordially invited to attend a Public Lecture entitled âBig History: Connecting Knowledge to form a Modern, Scientific Origin Storyâ, to be delivered by Professor David Christian, Director of Big History Institute, Macquarie University, Sydney & Co-founder of the Big History P...
Public Lecture: The Extreme Life of the Sea
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-09-14 16:28:38
The Faculty would like to invite you to attend the Public Lecture "The Extreme Life of the Sea", by Professor Steve Palumbi. The lecture will be held on October 7, 2015 (Wednesday) at 5:30 pm at Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House in the main campus of The University of Hong Kong.
New Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy and the Three-Parent Baby Conundrum: The Family Law Perspective
Law Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-08-26 15:53:23
A public lecture entitled "New Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy and the Three-Parent Baby Conundrum: The Family Law Perspective" by Dr Dr Jens M. Scherpe on Wednesday, September 2015 
ALL ARE WELCOME 
Registration: http://www.cmel.hku.hk/events/upcoming-events/lecturers&nbs...
The Humanistic Bach 人文 ‧ 巴赫
School of Humanities
Uploaded on 2015-08-14 18:46:43
An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Among Three Humanities Scholars on the Humanistic Elements of J. S. Bachâs Compositions 三位人文學者通過跨學科的對話 為三百年前的巴赫創作解構其中的人文思想
Public Lecture "Pluto: New Horizons"
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-06-15 12:39:46
The New Horizons spacecraft will fly by Pluto, making its closest approach on July 14, 2015. It will give us the first detailed look of this dwarf planet, which has fascinated scientists and the general public ever since its discovery in 1930. What do we know about Pluto? Why is it classified as a d...
Public Lecture on Governing China’s Energy Transition
The Kadoorie Institute
Uploaded on 2015-03-11 11:43:41
Identifying the Supporting and Constraining Factors
Highlights of "What Defines A Global University?"
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2015-01-23 17:06:15
A Public Lecture by Professor Sir Eric Thomas
What Defines a Global University? (Full Lecture)
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2015-01-23 16:41:20
A Public Lecture by Professor Sir Eric Thomas
PUBLIC LECTURE - Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
Education Faculty
Uploaded on 2015-01-12 12:45:26
"What Defines a Global University?" Public Lecture by Professor Sir Eric Thomas
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2015-01-12 10:58:50
Date : January 12, 2015 (Monday) Time: 5:30pm | Tea Reception 6:00pm 
Public Lecture: Advancements in Assessment Technology in Sciences
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2014-12-16 11:48:18
On February 3, 2015 at 5:30 pm (light refreshments from 5 pm) @Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House, HKU. Medium: English Speaker: Dr HsingChi von Bergmann, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
Public Lecture by Porsche Designer Mr. Pinky Lai
Business & Economics Faculty
Uploaded on 2014-09-17 15:57:28
About the lecture: Mr. Pinky Lai is the first Chinese ever to become a car designer. Graduated in Industrial Design (BA) with honors at the Instituto Superiore del’Industrie Artistiche in Rome, his talent won him numerous awards including German Design Award and Autonis (Berlin). Mr. Lai is also a...
Public Lecture on The Economics of Low Carbon Cities
The Kadoorie Institute
Uploaded on 2014-09-17 15:09:06
Public Lecture co-organized by Faculty of Science & Faculty of Engineering
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2014-09-04 09:24:04
Public Lecture by Professor David Pui "An Integrative Approach to the Study of PM2.5 Pollutants in China: Rationale, Instrumentation, Effects, Sources, and Mitigation by Filtration"
Public Lecture by Prof Wong Ching Ping
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2014-07-30 11:18:54
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Public Lecture: Darwin's "abominable mystery" and the search for the first flowering plants
Science Faculty
Uploaded on 2014-01-28 15:21:26
Public Lecture on Sustainable Development and Human Health: the Role of Health Impact Assessment
The Kadoorie Institute
Uploaded on 2013-12-11 16:24:02
Public Lecture Series "In Science as in Life, Every Day is a New Adventure!"
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture by Prof. Charles Schencking - The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan
Dept of History
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Public Lecture: Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future
Science Faculty
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Contemporary China Studies Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in 'Contemporary Statistics: Glamour Risk
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Public Lecture on Values, Principles and Design in Mathematics Education
Education Faculty
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Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics: 'Statistics, Risk and Regulation' by Professor Dr. Paul Embrechts
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Public Lecture on Democracy – The Long and Winding Road
Social Sciences Faculty
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Public Lecture co-organized by Faculty of Science and Department of Physics "Why Can't Time Run Backwards?"
Science Faculty
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Contemporary China Studies Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Public lecture by Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor: The Elements of Life and Medicines
Science Faculty
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Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics on 'Statistics
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Public Lecture: Islamophobia and Islamophobes
Law Faculty
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Public Lecture for 'The Beginning of the Western Scientific Tradition: Its First Revolution' by Professor Fong-ching CHEN
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Science Public Lecture - From Protoplanetary Disks to Extrasolar Planets
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture on 'Big Data, Official Statistics
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Contemporary China Studies Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Public lecture by Y C Wong Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics: There is no integer between 0 and 1
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture: Bridge to China by Prof. Edward Ng
Ctr of Dev & Resources for Students
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Hong Kong APE Study Centre Public Lecture by Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Business & Economics Faculty
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Global Citizenship Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Public Lecture Series "Our Place in the Universe"
Science Faculty
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A Public Lecture by Prof. Roel Sterckx on February 17, 2012
HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci.
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Public Lecture Series "The Emperor’s New Lessons: How and Why Did Emperor Kangxi Learn Western Science and Mathematics?"
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture by Prof. Paul Evans
Dept of Politics & Public Administration
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A Public Lecture by Prof. Ronnie Po-chia Hsia
HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci.
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HKU100 Event: Public Lecture 'Statistics and Society: Emerging Challenges in Official Statistics' by Professor Paul Cheung on November 15, 2011
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Social Sciences Public Lecture - Cambridge and Higher Education in the UK: The Challenges for an International University
Social Sciences Faculty
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“Postgraduate Education Trends in the U.S. and Beyond” – Public Lecture by Dr Debra W. Stewart
Graduate School
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Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Public Lecture
Ctr of Dev & Resources for Students
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Project WATERMAN Public Lecture on Fisheries Management and Red Tide Early Warning System for Hong Kong
Dept of Civil Engineering
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Public Lecture Series “What's Math got to do with it?"
Science Faculty
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Marriage in Cosmopolitan China - A Public Lecture by Professor Deborah S. Davis
HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci.
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Project WATERMAN Public Lecture on 3D Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Dept of Civil Engineering
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Project WATERMAN Public Lecture on Real-time Beach Water Quality Forecast for Hong Kong (Speaker: Professor Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN)
Dept of Civil Engineering
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中國歷史上大國的興衰 - A Public Lecture by Professor Hsu Cho-Yun
HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci.
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Public lecture : Biology past and biology future: where have we been and where are we going?
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture by Tom Logsdon, March 28 2011 (Monday) 7:00pm, Loke Yew Hall, HKU
School of Humanities
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General Education Public Lecture
General Education Unit
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General Education Public Lecture
General Education Unit
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Public lecture : Opportunities and Challenges In Developing Sustainable Biofuels from Cellulosic Plant Biomass
Science Faculty
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Public lecture: Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
Science Faculty
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Public lecture : The Origins of Earth-like Planets
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture: Enhancement of Post-Secondary Science Education: Using Problems as the Vehicle to Learn
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture by Professor Anne Watson
Education Faculty
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Saw Swee Hock Public Lecture in Statistics on 'Contemporary Frontiers in Statistics' by Professor Peter Gavin HALL, FRS
Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science
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Global Citizenship Public Lecture: Four-year Trends from the Global Peace Index
Social Sciences Faculty
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Social Innovation Public Lecture: Age-friendly Cities with Cooperation
Social Sciences Faculty
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General Education Public Lecture
General Education Unit
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GE Public Lecture
General Education Unit
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Public Lecture: An Imagination of the New Territories
General Education Unit
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Global Citizenship Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Global Citizenship Public Lecture: A New Era of the US-China-Japan Triangle
Social Sciences Faculty
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Public Lecture by Faculty of Science
Science Faculty
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Public Lecture by Prof. Chris Webster
Dept of Urban Planning & Design
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Faculty of Science Public Lecture
Science Faculty
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Social Innovation Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Global Citizenship Public Lecture
Social Sciences Faculty
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Faculty of Science Public Lecture
Science Faculty
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