by admin | Nov 20, 2022
Professor Stephen Yiu-Wai Chu’s book Main Melody Films: Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China, was partly prompted by the words of President Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2017 when he said: “Our compatriots in Hong...
by admin | Nov 20, 2022
In 1977, NASA launched its two Voyager spaceships to travel to the distant reaches of the galaxy. Attached to each vessel was the ‘Golden Record’, an LP made of gold-plated copper containing 90 minutes of music from around the world, as well as a montage of other...
by admin | May 26, 2022
Making philosophy accessible to a wider audience has been a mission for Associate Professor Dr Joe Lau. He created the Critical Thinking Web a few years ago that has been accessed by thousands of schools around the world to help teach students this skill. More...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021
Pummelling, squeezing and moulding clay into shape, splashing paint across a canvas or moving freely to music should instinctively feel satisfying. Professor Rainbow Ho Tin-hung of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration has put that insight through a...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021
Myanmar’s tumultuous history has not only been a major research focus for Professor Ian Holliday, it has impacted him personally. When the country began to open up just over a decade ago, he was Dean of Social Sciences at HKU. Given the significance of the changes at...
