HSUHK 3rd Asian Studies Seminar 2019-2020 Date: 16 January 2020 (Thursday) Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Venue: D406 Topic: Stress Management and Mental Well-Being Guest Speaker: Dr. Edgar Chow Please click this link for more information. Meeting with Personal Tutor
In 2020, two study tours have been organised by the Department to visit Taiwan and Mayazaki, Japan. / In Taiwan, students have visited various institutions, like The National Taiwan University (NTU), National Policy Foundation, TVBS, and the National Human Rights Museum, and witnessed the Presidential Election on Jan 11, 2020. / In Mayazaki study tour, students learned the original…
The Department is very much delighted to have Prof. Wayne Patterson to stay with us as the Asian Studies Visiting Scholar for this semester.
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Prof. Patterson is currently Professor of History at St. Norbert College, USA. He is an expert in modern East Asian history and has held visiting professorships at Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of California-Berkeley, Korea Univesity, and Yonsei Univesity, among others. His research publications cover imperialism, immigration and diaspora, and the missionaries in Asian countries. More recently he co-authored the book, Modern East Asia: A History (San Diego: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2019). He will teach the module, ASI2001 International Relations of Asia, for our BSocSc-AS majors.
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His office is in M529 and can be reached at waynepatterson@hsu.edu.hk / ext. 668. Let’s join hands to welcome Prof. Patterson!
The Department of Social Science cordially invites you to join our SSC Research Seminar with details as follows: Date: 12 December 2019 (Thursday) Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Venue: M502 Speaker and Topic: Dr. Shiru WANG: Constructing the National Identity in Hong Kong Dr. Rami CHAN: “Did Macau Government Learn a Lesson? The Crisis Management of Typhoon Hato and…
The Department of Social Science Research Seminar / (DATE CHANGED) Tea Science and Culture in Undergraduate Asian Studies / Speaker: Dr. Dan Choffnes (Visiting Scholar in Asian Studies, Department of Social Science and Associate Professor of Biology and Asian Studies Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin (USA)) Date: 14 27 November 2019 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00 – 15:00 11:00 – 12:00 Venue:…
CALL FOR PAPERS / International Conference Heritage Conservation along the Belt and Road Zones: Between Politics and Professionalism / 4-5 June 2020, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been regarded as “the most significant and far-reaching initiative that China has ever put forward”. The primary aim…
Due to the recent social unrest, The University has decided that all remaining face-to-face classes in the first semester will be cancelled. Detail arrangements about learning and assessment will be announced by the Registry as soon as possible. Students are asked to take care of your personal safety, health and emotions, honour your own duties, and strive for an…
Jointly organized by the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong and the Department of Social Science, HSUHK / Talk on Kimono Culture Date: Oct 16 (Wed) Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm Venue: D201 Speaker: Master Nobuaki Tomita 冨田伸明老師 * The event will be conducted in Japanese with Cantnonese translation / 社會科學系現誠邀閣下出席由日本駐香港總領事館和本系合辦之講座： / 主題：日本駐香港總領事館 X 香港恒生大學社會科學系：和服文化講座 日期：2019年10月16日（星期三） 時間：下午6時正至下午7時30分 地點：D201,…
SSC Research Seminar 2019/20/Library Event: / Book Talk on《情動於中 : 生死愛慾的哲學思考》(Butterflies in the Stomach: A Philosophical Investigation of Human Emotions) / Date: October 10, 2019 (Thursday) Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm Venue: G/F, Space for All @ HSUHK Library Speaker: Dr Wong Muk Yan (Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)
Trajectories, strategies, practices of second-generation Hong Kong transnational families (RGC/FDS/2019-2021)/ / Principal Investigator: Dr. NGAN Lok Sun, Lucille / This research seeks to explore the migration trajectories of second-generation Hong Kong transnational families in relation to their motives, strategies, practices, challenges and outcomes. After securing foreign passports and attaining overseas tertiary education, many younger immigrants who emigrated to western…
