Please come and join the HKUHK Asian Cultural Week 2019 on 8-12 April 2019. Excellent and interesting events included: Asian Cultural Experience Award Presentation Ceremony, Hong Kong and Korea Film shows, Talks on Indian Love affairs, Yoga Class, Tea Sharing Party, Japanese Comics Workshops, Exhibitions from Kumamoto and Miyazaki Travel and Goods, Karaoke Singing Contest,…
Miss Maggie Wong and students form the Asian Studies programme (BSS-AS) joined a local tour in Ping Lai Path where they learnt about the history, religion and lifestyle of the ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong. The tour was wrapped up by a delicious halal meal! Students from the module ASI1002 “Individual and society” were engaged…
The latest issue of the SSC Newsletter is available now! Have a look on our new Academic Staff, Achievements on Research Projects and Grants, Past events, and more news! You can view current and previous issues of Newsletter via this link: https://ssc.hsu.edu.hk/newsletter/…
The School of Humanities and Social Science held the School Award Presentation Ceremony on 17 Nov 2018. 8 students from the Asian Studies (BSS-AS) and Creative Cultural Industries (BA-CCI) programmes were awarded the Dean’s List Honour and the Best Progress Award. Dean’s List CHAN Ho Yin (AS) FONG Lok Tim (AS) HE Suying (AS) LAU…
The Third Asian Studies Seminar was held on November 15, with two distinguished guest speakers’ sharing on Japanese Culture. Topic 1: 日本料理から見られる香港と日本の文化の違い Itadakimasu! From culinary to cultural differences between Japan and Hong Kong Speaker: Mr. Kitagawa Shintaro Main Chef at Hong Kong Tsukiji Yamataka (A famous Japanese restaurant) Language: Japanese (with Cantonese interpreter) Topic 2: 永遠說不清楚的日本人…
The Department of Social Science has held the book launch of 《大隧同源：大老山隧道與瀝源發展歷程》with sharings from the three writers from our Department. Date: 1 November 2018 Time: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Facilitators: Dr. Rami Chan, Dr. Joe Poon and Dr. Christopher Au Yeung Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F of the Library The Book is now available in major…
Dean’s List Awards Presentation Ceremony The Department of Social Science held its Achievement Awards Presentation Ceremony on 18 Oct 2018 to honour the Den’s list students of the Bachelor of Social Sciences – Asian Studies (BSS-AS) programme. This year, a total of 6 students were named to the Dean’s List. They are: LO Kar Li…
Faith in Finance: Gender and the Politics of Value in Islamic Finance Speaker: Dr. Laura Elder (Asian Studies Visiting Scholar, Department of Social Science) Dr. Laura Elder is our Asian Studies Visiting Scholar. She is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Global Studies and Program in Intercultural Studies, Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame.…
