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Everyone wishes to know the future!
Although we do not have the magic crystal ball to show us the future, we have interviewed more than forty (40+) international industrialists, academics, and business leaders. They are experts in their area and the drivers behind the industry. Our guests will share their views of the future and potential of the fashion industry with you.
During the interviews, we focused on the following questions:
What are the current challenges?
What are the new main directions in the coming five to ten (5 – 10) years?
What kind of new technologies will become popular?
Will there be any new business models (new ways of doing business)?
What role can a government play?
Will there be any ideology that may bring a big impact?
We fully understand that learners may face the obstacle of terminology and background. We will introduce the background of the fashion supply chain first. Then, we take the learners to attend the interviews week by week, sector by sector. Most importantly, the course content is bilingual in Chinese and English. Learners will enjoy our learning supports.
Suitable for students, consumers, anyone who is interested or working in the fashion business.
- Subjects:
- Fashion retailing and merchandising
- Keywords:
- Retail trade -- Management Clothing trade -- Management Business logistics
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- MOOC
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This award-winning course aims to sharpen your competitive edge in work and life. It empowers you with positive values and practical problem-solving skills, including creative strategies for addressing challenges from COVID-19. Enriched with interesting animations, a new success story and breakthrough pedagogies, this updated version (2.5) effectively helps you master knowledge and skills requisite for a successful life.
- Keywords:
- Creative thinking Learning ability Critical thinking
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Operations management deals with operational planning and control issues, and is needed in all sectors of the society. One of the challenges to operations manager is how to make use of the available resources in the best way for meeting a certain objective. Quantitative approaches are inevitably needed in tackling many of such problems. Operations Research (OR) deals with problem formulation and application of analytical methods to assist in decision-making of operational problems in planning and control. The techniques of OR are useful quantitative tools to assist operations managers, and has a wide applicability in engineering, manufacturing, construction, financial and various service sectors. Operations Research is an applied mathematics subject and is also a course in many engineering and management programmes. This course is designed for both students learning OR and learners who are practitioners in their respective professionals. The mathematical procedures for the OR techniques are introduced in details in the examples provided in the course. This helps learners to master the methodology and the techniques and apply them to achieve their goals through active learning. This course introduces two prominent OR techniques and their extended topics. The Simplex Method for Linear Programming (LP) has been considered one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century. LP is an optimization technique for solving problems such as finding the optimal product mix, production plan, and shipment allocation, in order to maximize the profir or minimize the cost. The Critical Path Method (CPM) is a popular technique employed by project managers in scheduling project activities. Some extended topics of CPM are also introduced to deal with certain special situations in project management. In reality, many systems operate under stochastic environment and the operational problems cannot be solved by the known analytical methods. To this end, the simulation approach is introduced in the last chapter of this course. Simulation is a powerful technique for tackling OR problems under such situations.
- Subjects:
- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Operations research
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- MOOC
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The real-life stroke scenario presented in ANA101x Human Anatomy has invited vigorous discussions on whether fully recovery from a severe stroke is possible and how it could happen. The knowledge of anatomy has arisen a series of queries on body functioning that are commonly implicated in stroke. An extension of human anatomy fundamentals towards functional anatomy has formed the basis of intervention approaches for functional recovery undertaken by different healthcare professionals, which is guiding the ultimate goals of post-stroke rehabilitation program for regaining independence and quality-of-life of the individuals. Therefore, this course is particularly designed to delineate the stroke recovery process and its underlying scientific rationales.
Continuing using the same clinical case of Mr Law, this course walks you through the recovery journey, known as stroke care pathway involving multiple healthcare professionals to compose module ONE. In module TWO, intervention approaches practiced in key healthcare disciplines underpinned by the functional anatomy will be explored. Finally, the course knowledge will be assessed using an experiential approach using a set of mini case studies derived from the mainstream scenario of Mr Law.
- Subjects:
- Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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- MOOC
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Owing to its rapid development in recent years, China has moved into the spotlight of the international arena. While understanding modern China's economy, technology and politics is important, knowing its cultural roots and evolution is no less crucial for seeing a full picture of Chinese culture. This course introduces 5 interesting aspects of traditional Chinese culture.
Key questions of the course
What was the origin of ancient Confucianism? How does ancient Confucian wisdom help us address the modern human predicament?
How does Daoism enlighten us with a butterfly and fish? What is the connection between Daoism and the equality of all living organisms?
Why does Buddhism see our present lifetime to be nothing but suffering? How do the Four Noble Truths help liberate us from suffering?
What is special about Chinese ancient warfare? Who is Sunzi? What is his book The Art of War about? What can we learn from this famous book?
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- China Religion Painting Chinese -- Song-Yuan dynasties Philosophy Chinese
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Design thinking has become very popular recently. It is because many people believe that design thinking can help generate innovative solutions. Many business and non-business organizations are adopting it to resolving their problems. Even business schools and other disciplines include design thinking in their curriculum. Then, what is design thinking, really? And how can it benefit us?
Design thinking is commonly recognized as a problem-solving process that includes five stages - Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test. However, when we compare the design thinking process with the conventional problem-solving process, there are no major differences, except the implementation part. Design thinking looks at problems with a holistic and human-centric perspective. It also tackles complex problems by using a non-linear approach. However, some people claim that considering design thinking as a problem-solving process is too simplistic.
Actually, design thinking should be considered as behaviors and attitudes when dealing with problems. Design thinkers use different thinking styles and attitudes when approaching problems. Design thinkers possess certain personal traits like human-centeredness, having a flexible and creative thinking style, being comfortable with subjective and intuitive judgement, and high self-efficacy. These thinking styles and attitudes help not only in problem-solving but also in finding opportunities. In order to be proficient in design thinking, we should not only understand the design Thinking process, but also have to make ourselves become a design thinker.
This MOOC provides you with core knowledge about design thinking and demystifies design thinking as a process for solving complex and wicked problems.
- Keywords:
- Creative ability Product design Critical thinking
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- MOOC
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MOOC
With rapid globalization and proliferation of social media, businesses and organizations are in face of enormous communication challenges. How to communicate effectively on social media, how to manage social media data analysis as well as handling fake news are definitely at the top of the list.
By seeing challenge as opportunity, this course aims to unfold the communication challenges induced by the rise of social media in business corporations and most importantly, offer solutions to overcome these challenges. In addition, the course serves presents a vantage point to forge an interface of synergy between academics and practitioners to discuss and address global communication challenges. Participants can benefit from meaningful synergy between academics and practitioners as well as learning materials and meaningful multilateral discussions surrounding authentic communication cases and industrial practices engaging both instructors and participants. In sum, this course provides insights for business leaders, senior managerial members, and communication professionals by discussing the major communication challenges encountered by businesses around the world which in turn, helps the participants to advance their career in the ever-changing communication environment.
- Subjects:
- Communication
- Keywords:
- Social media Information technology -- Management
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- MOOC
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MOOC
Owing to its rapid development in recent years, China has been in the spotlight of the international arena. While understanding modern China's economy, technology and politics is important, knowing its cultural roots and evolution is no less crucial for seeing a full picture of Chinese culture. This course introduces 5 interesting aspects of Chinese cultural exchange and interaction with other countries in history.
Key questions of the course:
(1) How did the Silk Road emerge in history? Who was Matteo Ricci? What happened in history regarding the Chinese cultural exchange of religions, arts and sports with the West?
(2) Where is Central Asia? What was Pax Mongolica? What role did silver play in the Saga of the Silk Road?
(3) What cultural exchanges occurred between Vietnam and China? How did Vietnam contribute to the introduction of Buddhism to China through the maritime Silk Road? Which of the Vietnamese princes served as a high-ranking official in the Chinese court of the Ming dynasty?
(4) How did China confront Western colonialism as a global trend in the early 20th century? Who was Sun Yat-sen? How did he connect China with the rest of the world? How did Pan-Asianism arise and go bankrupt?
(5) What is the relationship between rituals, ghosts and alcohol in China? What are the stories behind Chinese medicinal food, correlative cosmology and tea? How many major types of Chinese cuisine are there? What sorts of food were exchanged between China and other countries in history?
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies and Area Studies
- Keywords:
- China Manners customs Politics culture Diplomatic relations
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Owing to its rapid development in recent years, China has been in the spotlight of the international arena. While understanding modern China's economy, technology and politics is important, knowing its cultural roots and evolution is no less crucial for seeing the full picture of Chinese culture. This course introduces 5 interesting aspects of Chinese culture in transformation.
Key questions of the course:
(1) What are the Four Great Classical Chinese Novels? What are the stories about? Why are they so famous and influential in Chinese literature?
(2) What is special about the art of Chinese operas? What are the symbolic meanings behind the face make-up, gestures and costumes? How do the operas serve as a medium for transmitting knowledge in Chinese culture?
(3) Why did the private Confucian academies thrive in the Song dynasty? Why was the famous Donglin Academy suppressed by the state in the Ming dynasty? How were the private academies engaged in the state educational reforms in the late Qing dynasty?
(4) How did New Confucianism emerge as a movement in the 20th century? What were the aspirations of the New Confucians? How did they address modern challenges to the development of Chinese science, democracy and cosmology? Did they succeed in modernizing Confucianism?
(5) What were the traditional expectations of gender roles in China? How was gender politics heightened in the labour force in early New China? What light does the film Li Shuangshuang shed on the gender awareness of Chinese socialism?
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- China Manners customs Civilization Philosophy Chinese Chinese drama Politics culture Chinese fiction Confucianism
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MOOC
Did you know that frailty can affect the quality of life of older people? Did you know that frailty can impose a burden on the significant others of older people? If you are a member of the general public and would like to know about the prevention of frailty and the promotion of healthy ageing, or if you are a healthcare professional who would like to provide the best care for older people and family members in order to combat frailty, this course is for you. The aim of this course is not only to provide theoretical knowledge about frailty, but also to give practical input to help our learners become familiar with frailty and how to manage it. Frailty is a common condition among older people. It is associated with ageing, which is a trend that is becoming a major concern around the globe. Frailty is not only costly in terms of medical expenses, but also imposes a mental and financial burden on the family members of older people with the condition. A person with frailty is also at an increased risk of disease, disability, and death. However, frailty is reversible. Preventing frailty is an important target in the promotion of healthy ageing.
Apart from introducing concepts related to frailty, this course also provides some practical approaches to help individuals, including the older people themselves, caregivers, and healthcare professionals, to monitor and manage frailty in daily life. Short movies and videos are used for illustration. The techniques introduced in this course for managing frailty can be incorporated into daily life, making frailty easier to manage.
This course is designed for anyone interested in the management of frailty. Taking this course will help you to manage the frailty and promote the health of older people around you.
- Subjects:
- Nursing and Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Health behavior Aging Lifestyles -- Health aspects Older people -- Health hygiene
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The course describes the theoretical underpinnings of USR. It showcases some effective practices and activities carried out in institutions around the world. The course also promotes understanding of the USR concept, its implications, impacts, evaluation, possible implementation methods, and replicability. In doing so, it contributes to the expansion and consolidation of the USR movement. It provides a knowledge base for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs from the fundamentals of USR and some existing good practices.
No prior knowledge is required to join the course. This course is for you especially if you are an administrator, a professor, or a professional staff member interested in learning new creative ways from the experts' at the universities to address the needs of society including SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). If you are a government official or a foundation representative seeking ways to strengthen higher education, this course will help you explore future opportunities and directions.
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Adaptive computation is of great importance in numerical simulations. The ideas for adaptive computations can be dated back to adaptive finite element methods in 1970s. In this talk, we shall first review some recent development for adaptive methods with some application. Then, we will propose a deep adaptive sampling method for solving PDEs where deep neural networks are utilized to approximate the solutions. In particular, we propose the failure informed PINNs (FI-PINNs), which can adaptively refine the training set with the goal of reducing the failure probability. Compared with the neural network approximation obtained with uniformly distributed collocation points, the proposed algorithms can significantly improve the accuracy, especially for low regularity and high-dimensional problems.
Event date: 18/10/2022
Speaker: Prof. Tao Tang (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College)
Hosted by: Department of Applied Mathematics
- Subjects:
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Sampling (Statistics) Differential equations Partial -- Numerical solutions Mathematical models Adaptive computing systems
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- Video
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Geospatial information science is a discipline that focuses on using geospatial information technology to understand people, places, nature and processes of the earth. IoT refers to Internet of things, the combination of sensors, software and other technologies to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. The era of IoT brings us opportunities and challenges for geospatial information science. In the keynote, five characteristics and three scientific issues of geo-spatial information science in the era of IoT are summarised.
Even date: 6/9/2022
Speaker: Prof. Daren Li
Moderator: Prof. Christopher Chao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Panel members: Prof. Qingyan Chen, Prof. Qinhao Chen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Internet of things Geospatial data Spatial data mining
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- Video
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Before the advent of computers around 1950, optimization centered either on small-dimensional problems solved by looking at zeroes of first derivatives and signs of second derivatives, or on infinite-dimensional problems about curves and surfaces. In both cases, "variations" were employed to understand how a local solution might be characterized. Computers changed the picture by opening the possibility of solving large-scale problems involving inequalities, instead of only equations. Inequalities had to be recognized as important because the decisions to be optimized were constrained by the need to respect many upper or lower bounds on their feasibility. A new kind of mathematical analysis, beyond traditional calculus, had to be developed to address these needs. It built first on appealing to the convexity of sets and functions, but went on to amazingly broad and successful concepts of variational geometry, subgradients, subderivatives, and variational convergence beyond just that. This talk will explain these revolutionary developments and why there were essential.
Event date: 1/11/2022
Speaker: Prof. Terry Rockafellar (University of Washington)
Hosted by: Department of Applied Mathematics
- Subjects:
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Convex functions Convex sets Mathematical optimization Computer science -- Mathematics
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- Video
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【PolyU 85th Anniversary Interview Series】 Prof. Poon Chung-kwong led PolyU for 18 years. During his tenure as President, PolyU assumed full university status and started a new chapter in its history. In this video, you will learn about how Prof. Poon positioned PolyU in unique roles, helping the University to excel in various aspects and laying a strong foundation for its long-term development.
【理大八十五周年訪談系列】 潘宗光教授帶領理大18年，出任校長期間，理大正式取得大學地位，開展了理大歷史新的一頁。潘教授任內爲理大發展確立獨特的定位，並取得驕人成績，爲理大長遠發展奠定堅實的基礎。立即看片。
- Keywords:
- College presidents History Hong Kong Polytechnic University Interviews Education Higher China -- Hong Kong Universities colleges
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【PolyU 85th Anniversary Interview Series】 Dr Sir Gordon Wu Ying-sheung assumed Chairmanship of the PolyU Council in 1997. Under his leadership of over six years, Sir Gordon guided a number of key PolyU campus development projects. He valued the positive impact hostel life brought to students and took part in the design of the PolyU’s first student hostel located in Hung Hom Bay. In this video, you will learn about Sir Wu’s views regarding education and whole person development as well as his wise words for young people.
【理大八十五周年訪談系列】 胡應湘爵士1997年出任理大校董會主席，在任六年領導理大校園多項重要發展，更親自參與理大第一所位於紅磡灣學生宿舍的設計，非常重視宿舍生活對大學生的成長。想知道胡爵士對學生全人教育的看法以及對年輕人的勸勉？立即看片。
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- History Hong Kong Polytechnic University Interviews Education Higher China -- Hong Kong Universities colleges College buildings
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【PolyU 85th Anniversary Interview Series】 During his Chairmanship of the PolyU Council, Dr the Hon. Victor Lo Chung-wing invited the internationally renowned architect Dame Zaha Hadid to design the Jockey Club Innovation Tower, showcasing PolyU as a vibrant and innovative campus. In this interview, Dr Lo shares that he witnessed the development of another important building at PolyU. Do you know what it is?
【理大八十五周年訪談系列】羅仲榮博士出任理大校董會主席期間，邀請了國際知名的殿堂級建築師Dame Zaha Hadid 女士設計了賽馬會創新樓，為大學的建築群展現了創新形象。羅博士在訪談中更分享了任內見證理大另一重要設施的發展，你知道是甚麼嗎？
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- History Hong Kong Polytechnic University Interviews Education Higher College buildings Universities colleges China -- Hong Kong
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- Video
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【PolyU 85th Anniversary Interview Series】 Dr Marjorie Yang was the first female Council Chairman of PolyU. During her tenure, she actively promoted the translation of research into practical solutions and collaborations between PolyU and industry partners. In this interview, Dr Yang shares a heart-touching experience during her tenure and her efforts in driving sustainability.
【理大八十五周年訪談系列】楊敏德博士是第一位女士出任理大校董會主席。她任內積極推動大學將科研成果轉化為應用，重視大學與業界伙伴的合作。在訪談中，楊博士回顧了在任期間一次感動的經歷，以及她在推動實踐可持續發展所作的努力。
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【PolyU 85th Anniversary Interview Series】 During his tenure as PolyU President, Prof. Timothy W. Tong faced the challenge of changing the undergraduate curriculum from three years to four years. He led the restructure of the curriculum, enhancing it to focus more on the holistic development of students. In addition, Prof. Tong launched a number of initiatives to foster entrepreneurial abilities as well as cultural and artistic development among students. Watch the video now and learn more about the curriculum restructure in those days!
【理大八十五周年訪談系列】唐偉章教授在任理工大學校長期間，面對大學由三年制改為四年制的挑戰，帶領大學課程的革新，令理大教育更重視學生全人發展。此外，唐教授任內先後推出多項舉措，培育學生創業精神，以及文化和藝術的修養。立即看片，回顧當年改制點滴﹗
- Keywords:
- College presidents Hong Kong Polytechnic University Interviews Education Higher China -- Hong Kong Universities colleges
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University education nowadays focuses more on the promotion of students’ knowledge and professional qualifications, as compared to the cultivation of their morals and values. In fact, all the above are equally crucial to whole-person development. In this PolyU 85th Anniversary Public Lecture, we are honored to have Prof. Poon Chung-kwong share with us the relationship between knowledge and self-cultivation, and how they complement each other to fulfill the ultimate purpose of education.
大學教育近年來較著重提升學生的知識與專業水平，品德培養的比重相對較少。事實上全人教育涵蓋以上各方面，缺一不可。理大八十五周年校慶公開講座特別邀了理大榮休校長潘宗光教授與大家暢談學問與修養的關係。兩者兼備，相輔相成，才是教育的最高目標。
Event Date: 16.09.2022
- Keywords:
- College students -- Attitudes College students -- Conduct of life
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The Palace Museum houses a collection of national treasures, which are not only rare and precious artworks, but also serve as vehicles for Chinese philosophy and culture. Since its establishment, the Palace Museum has taken preserving and carrying the Chinese cultural heritage forward as its core mission. In the past few decades, the Palace Museum has endeavoured to activate its collection and make the museum more connected and relevant to the world beyond the museum walls. As a bridge between the past and the present, China and the world, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is committed to the study and appreciation of Chinese art and culture. With a Hong Kong perspective and a global vision, the Museum interprets the Palace Museum’s collection and its culture and presents the essence of Chinese culture and values to a global audience, while advancing dialogue and mutual learning among world civilizations. In this PolyU 85th Anniversary Public Lecture, we are honored to have Dr Louis Ng Chi-wa, the first Director of Hong Kong Palace Museum, presents a public lecture, A New Vision for Carrying the Traditional Culture Forward. We sincerely invite you to embark on a journey exploring cultural heritage through the lecture.
故宮的文物收藏是國之重寶，不僅是藝術珍玩，還有以器明道的文化意義。故宮博物院自成立以來，一直以傳承中華文化為使命。新時代的故宮致力把文物活起來，從館舍天地走向大千世界。香港故宮繼往開來，定位於連繫古今，融通中外，以香港角度，結合環球視野，詮釋故宮文物和文化。香港故宮並致力走向世界，宣揚中國文化的普世價值，推動文化對話和文明互鑑。理大八十五周年校慶公開講座有幸邀請香港故宮文化博物館館長吳志華博士與大家分享「文化傳承的新視野」，一起展開文化傳承之旅。
Event Date: 22.10.2022
- Keywords:
- Art Chinese Historic preservation Civilization Cultural property
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What is your dream? And how to make it come true? Ms Guo Jingjing, the Olympic Gold Medalist, will share with us her story of chasing dreams.
你的夢想是什麼？你有好好努力使它實現嗎？奧運金牌得主郭晶晶女士將與大家分享她追逐夢想的故事。
Event Date: 22.11.2022
- Keywords:
- China Athletes -- Training of Diving
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A chance to have dialogue and interactive match with an Olympic Gold Medalist! On 17 December, the renowned foil fencing athlete and Olympic champion, Mr Cheung Ka-long, will have a live chat at PolyU where he will share details about his athletic and personal life with participants.
一起與奧運金牌運動員在校園對話、台上較量﹗香港著名劍擊運動員張家朗將於12月17日蒞臨 理大 校園，與一眾與會者暢談他在劍術內外的生活點滴。
- Keywords:
- Fencing China -- Hong Kong 張家朗 1997- Fencers Athletes -- Training of
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Professor Yigong Shi will reflect on the challenges in global higher education, based on his 37 years of learning, scientific research, and teaching experience in academia. He will present Westlake University's educational reforms in university operations, governance, talent recruitment, student development, research and academic evaluation, and interdisciplinary studies, which altogether provide new opportunities for future-oriented higher education.
Even date: 6/12/2022
Speaker: Prof. Yigong Shi
Moderator: Prof. Qingyan Chen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
- Keywords:
- Educational change China Education Higher
- Resource Type:
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Learning online is playing an increasingly large part of student life, whether as part of a blended approach, for group work, or even for fully online study. Join us in this webinar where we look at how to learn online, successfully, making the most of the opportunities and tools on offer.
Event Date: 23/8/2022
Facilitator(s): Harbutt, Darren; Ho, Anthony
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design and Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Motivation in education Blended learning Engagement (Philosophy)
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EDC presents a series of showcases that share project deliverables and innovations in TEL, promoting sustainable and impactful practices that resonate across PolyU and beyond. Showcase One proudly presents two departmental interventions funded by PolyU’s Quality Incentive Scheme Stage 1, which promotes eLearning, Teaching and Assessment (eLTA) by grooming and rewarding outstanding performance:
APSS on the Move: Incubation of L&T Strategies before, during and beyond the Pandemic Era.
AAE: Using an online platform, Github, to shape and build the students' problem-solving and learning-to-learn abilities through a flip-class project teaching approach.
Event Date: 13/10/2022
Presenter(s): Chui, Eric; Chu, Rodney; Hsu, Li Ta
Facilitator: Harbutt, Darren
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- Lesson Design, Student Engagement, and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Educational technology Web-based instruction
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- Video
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In this workshop, we will introduce a novel active-learning rewards-based (ALRB) approach supported by a prototype system to motivate students to be more active learners. We will describe how rubrics are assigned to different active learning pedagogies to reward students for their active engagement. The ALRB approach will be demonstrated with a supporting system and rewards will be given to the audience to show how instructors can use the ALRB approach in any face-to-face, hybrid or purely virtual environment.
Event Date: 20/10/2022
Presenter: Harbutt, Darren
Facilitator(s): Ting, Fridolin; Sze, Raymond
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design, Student Engagement, and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Effective teaching Active learning Web-based instruction
- Resource Type:
- Video
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This orientation gives an overview of the role of a programme leader and the process of programme quality management. It elucidates the context for and rationale behind programme design and introduces the key concepts and mechanisms in programme quality management. The orientation is designed primarily for programme leaders who are new to the role. Experienced programme leaders are also encouraged to attend to refresh and update their understanding and share their experience.
Event Date: 24/10/2022
Facilitator(s): Chen, Julia; Ho, Polly; Tam, Kenneth
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design, Student Engagement, and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Effective teaching -- Evaluation Education Higher -- Evaluation
- Resource Type:
- Video
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This orientation gives an overview of the process of course approval and quality management. It walks through the course design and approval process and explains the key concepts in course quality management. The orientation is designed primarily for course leaders and administrators are also encouraged to attend to refresh and update their understanding and share their experience.
Event Date: 28/10/2022
Facilitator(s): Chen, Julia; Ho, Polly; Tam, Kenneth; Huen, Carol
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design, Student Engagement, and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Effective teaching -- Evaluation Web-based instruction -- Design Distance education
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- Video
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This session will revisit the purposes and roles of a Programme Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan (P-LOAP) in quality assurance and enhancement. It will also discuss observations and good practices of how P-LOAP is used for monitoring and enhancing programme effectiveness in achieving its intended learning outcomes. Programme leaders and administrators are encouraged to attend to refresh and update their understanding and share their experience.
Event Date: 9/11/2022
Facilitator(s): Tam, Kenneth; Lo, Dawn
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design, Student Engagement, and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Education Higher -- Aims objectives Education Higher -- Evaluation
- Resource Type:
- Video
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EDC is organising a series of Sharing Sessions that present departmental project deliverables and innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning, promoting sustainable and impactful practices that resonate across PolyU and beyond, and funded by PolyU’s Quality Incentive Scheme on Online Teaching, Stage I.
LSGI: VR for practical and e-Assessment by Dr Lawrence Lau
Event Date: 15/11/2022
Facilitator(s): Mark, Kai Pan; Lau, Lawrence
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Motivation in education Educational technology Educational tests measurements College teaching Web-based instruction
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EDC is organising a series of Sharing Sessions that present departmental project deliverables and innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning, promoting sustainable and impactful practices that resonate across PolyU and beyond, and funded by PolyU’s Quality Incentive Scheme on Online Teaching, Stage I.
ABCT: Effective large class teaching and learning with handy applications by Dr Joe Kim-Hung Lam
CLC: Learning with simple but effective tools by Dr Lam Yan Yan, Dr David Yuen and Dr Cheung Chi Kan (with his teammates)
Event Date: 15/11/2022
Facilitator: Mark, Kai Pan
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Motivation in education Educational technology College teaching Web-based instruction
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EDC is organising a series of Sharing Sessions that present departmental project deliverables and innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning, promoting sustainable and impactful practices that resonate across PolyU and beyond, and funded by PolyU’s Quality Incentive Scheme on Online Teaching, Stage I.
This session proudly presents three departments:
CEE: Digital assessment by Dr Barbara Siu
RS: Blended clinical education of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy programmes by Ms Josephine Wong and Mr Alexander Woo
SHTM: Virtual tours by Dr Mimi Li and Dr Daniel Leung
Event Date: 21/11/2022
Facilitator: Mark, Kai Pan
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Motivation in education Educational technology Educational tests measurements College teaching Web-based instruction
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EDC is organising a series of Sharing Sessions that present departmental project deliverables and innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning, promoting sustainable and impactful practices that resonate across PolyU and beyond, and funded by PolyU’s Quality Incentive Scheme on Online Teaching, Stage I.
This session proudly presents four departments:
AMA: Use of in-class apps and videos to support communication and peer learning by Dr Raymond Sze
MM: Use of in-class apps and videos to support communication and peer learning by Dr Pamsy Hui
APSS: Assessing the wellbeing and needs of SEN students at PolyU during COVID-19 by Dr Ann Li and Dr Lu Yu SN: Virtual hospital by Dr Justina Liu
Event Date: 7/12/2022
Facilitator(s): Kam, Roy
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback, Student Engagement, and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Motivation in education Educational technology College teaching Web-based instruction
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In past few years, hybrid/online teaching has been used during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this workshop, a 4C model: Content, Collaboration, Community and Communication is presented for hybrid/online teaching. To support the 4C model, various teaching/learning tools and resources can be used such as: presentation slides with annotations, chatbox communication, open educational resources, multiple choice exercises, group exercises, class surveys etc. Good practice and useful experience (e.g., how to handle the aforementioned tools smoothly in a class) will be shared through the workshop.
Event Date: 7/12/2022
Facilitator(s): Chan, Henry; Zhou, Laura
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Educational technology College teaching Blended learning Web-based instruction
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EDC is organising a series of Sharing Sessions that present departmental project deliverables and innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning, promoting sustainable and impactful practices that resonate across PolyU and beyond, and funded by PolyU’s Quality Incentive Scheme on Online Teaching, Stage I. This session proudly presents three departments:
AP: Artificial Intelligence by Dr Dennis Leung
CBS: Large-class e-learning applications: Japanese teaching and L2L activities by Dr Jack Chun
ELC: Effective class teaching with apps by Mr Adam Forrester
Event Date: 14/12/2022
Facilitator(s): Mark, Kai Pan
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Internet in education Motivation in education Educational technology College teaching Web-based instruction
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The internationalisation of higher education can be an exciting and rewarding process, opening up new opportunities for the entire academic community. As professionals and citizens of an increasingly connected world, all graduates of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will require international perspectives and intercultural skills. For many faced with the task, it is difficult to know where to start and how to maintain the momentum that is needed. In this workshop, we will explore different approaches to the internationalisation of the teaching and learning process and the student experience bringing examples from other universities/HEIs in different regions of the world.
Event Date: 15/12/2022
Presenter(s): Carla Camargo Cassol da Silva
Facilitator(s): Sager, John
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- International education Education Higher -- International cooperation
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Working across international borders is one of the innumerable challenges facing teachers today. This workshop shows how one teacher works together with a colleague at Nagoya University of College and Business in Japan to use case studies to integrate students from different locations. Join us to find out more.
Event Date: 16/12/2022
Presenter(s): Leung, Vincent
Facilitator(s): Sager, John
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design and Good Practices
- Keywords:
- International education Education Higher -- International cooperation Intellectual cooperation
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The notion of expertise is integral to all forms of institutional and professional practice in many domains – in education, healthcare, social welfare, law, journalism, banking, information technology, marketing, translating and interpreting services etc. It is a concept addressed by scholars across many disciplines – cognitive science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, language/communication studies, among others. There are, however, enduring problems of definition, description and measurement of expertise. Some scholars draw attention to the ongoing ‘crisis in expertise’ and others pronounce the ‘death of expertise’ in contemporary society.
More humbly, I begin with a characterisation of professional expertise very broadly to include scientific, experiential, technological, organisational, legal, ethical and communicative knowledge. This then leads me to the notion of ‘distributed expertise’, which extends beyond the individual remit and the conventional lay-expert divide. For instance, in the healthcare domain, a significant development afforded by internet-based technology is the increased level of patients’ e-health literacy and, consequently, democratisation of expertise. This amounts not only to accessing health information digitally, but also the phenomenon of patients ‘doctoring’ themselves in ‘the now of its presence’, i.e., ‘expert patients’ becoming instrumental in self-diagnosis and even self-treatment.
Additionally, ‘distributed expertise’ is also constitutive of ‘expert systems’, e.g., diagnostic and interventionist technologies as well as decision aids mediated by algorithms and templates. This is what I refer to as the technologization of expertise. I suggest that there is overreliance on ‘expert systems’ by both experts and lay persons in everyday decision making. Access to and use of ‘expert systems’ in optimal ways inevitably necessitates a reconfiguration of the very conditions and consequences of professional expertise.
Event Date: 25/11/2022
Speaker: Prof. Srikant Sarangi (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Hosted by: Faculty of Humanities
- Keywords:
- Information technology -- Social aspects Democratization Expertise
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As a recent New York Times editorial proclaimed, "The Global Order Isn't Working. It's Time for Something Different." To teach environmental history and environmental ethics is to reacquaint ourselves with the facts that we need to try to build, while there is still time, a new cooperative order that understands this: simple fact: that other people and other countries are quite literally "the air we breathe." Moreover, all who claim to be ethical persons must take seriously the notion of inter-generational equity and try to act upon it. This notion should, in theory, come more easily to countries whose traditions have built upon classical/ Confucian learning, for those traditions say that the most important marker of human behavior is working toward common ends (qun 群) while "learning what is enough" (zhi zu 知足). Put another way, many resources within the Chinese tradition may strengthen our resolve to act more constructively in less short-sighted ways.
Event Date: 14/11/2022
Speaker: Prof. Michael Nylan (University of California, Berkeley)
Hosted by: Faculty of Humanities
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- Environmental ethics Intergenerational relations Philosophy Confucian Confucian ethics
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古代中國幅員遼闊，習俗各異，如何實行統一管理是一大難題。秦朝用嚴刑峻法移風易俗，激起東方社會的激烈反抗，很快歸於失敗。西漢初年郡國並行，允許東方王國在一定程度上從俗而治。但王國勢力太大，危及國家的統一，文景二帝不得不收奪諸侯王的自治權。為了避免重蹈亡秦覆轍，儒生們提出“德教”主張，其中又包含“以禮為治”和“以德化民”兩種方案。受其影響，武帝以後的朝廷政策繼續表現出大幅度搖擺，至漢末魏晉才確立了基本符合當時國情的治理模式。
日期：2022年11月22日
講者：陳蘇鎮博士
主辦：香港孔子學院, 中國文化學系
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- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Han Dynasty (China) Politics government Jin Dynasty (China : 265-419) China Public administration Qin Dynasty (China)
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During the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the relaxation of the Ming sea ban, along with the arrival of the Europeans, generated a multipolar environment in East Asia. It revolved around the intra-Asian exchange centered upon Chinese silk and Japanese silver, and a nascent global flow of New World bullion to China and spices for Western Europe. The situation changed during the mid-seventeenth century amid mounting restrictions on overseas contacts from the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan and the consolidation and militarization of Chinese merchants under the Zheng family. By 1683, when the Qing forced the Zheng to surrender and occupied their bastion of Taiwan, China had achieved naval preeminence in the East Asian sea lanes. Other than a few outposts, the Europeans had largely withdrawn from the area north of island Southeast Asia, which remained under the hegemony of the Dutch East India Company. In 1684, the Qing court legalized private trade and travel abroad, prompting another wave of overseas migration. Authorities in China and across eastern maritime Asia enacted policies that kept the Qing merchants and immigrants separate from the earlier Ming loyalists. Additionally, both groups of Chinese were accorded significant political, economic, and legal privileges. This infrastructure, backed by Qing naval power, paved the way for the “Chinese century” in maritime Asia.
Even date: 9/11/2022
Speaker: Dr. Xing Hang
Hosted by: Confucius Institute of Hong Kong
- Subjects:
- Area Studies and Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Qing Dynasty (China) Chinese diaspora Southeast Asia Chinese
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中國古典詩歌非常善於運用視覺畫面來進行情感表達。在這個時候，視覺畫面就類似一種鏡頭語言，它不需要對白旁白，就能使觀眾理解作者希望表達什麼。講座將選取經典詩作，分析其中的運鏡和剪輯技巧，以及這些鏡頭語言可以激發的心理效果。
日期：2022年10月28日
講者：于溯博士
主辦：香港孔子學院
- Subjects:
- Chinese Literature
- Keywords:
- Chinese poetry Criticism interpretation etc.
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世界遺產「左江花山岩畫文化景觀」，綿延105公里，其中最大的單幅岩畫有8000平米。這一遺產有八個謎：何人、何時、出於什麼目的，投入如此巨大的人力物力，在懸崖峭壁之上繪製令人震撼的岩畫群？是用什麼顏料繪製千年不褪色？是怎樣畫上去的？為什麼人的圖像都是蛙形？岩畫中有數百面銅鼓，為什麼？為何這一世界遺產叫「文化景觀」？如今在廣西少數民族地區還有哪些岩畫遺風？
日期：2022年10月13日
講者：萬輔彬教授
主辦：香港孔子學院, 中國文化學系
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Rock paintings China -- Zuo River Valley
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Focusing on tensions and links between national formation and international outlooks, this talk shows how classical world visions persist as China’s modernizers and revolutionaries adopted and revised the Western nation-state and cosmopolitanism. The concepts of tianxia (all under heaven) and datong (great harmony) have been updated into outlooks of global harmony that value unity, equality, and reciprocity as strategies of overcoming interstate conflict, national divides, and social fragmentation. The talk will delve into two debates: the embrace of the West vs. aspirations for a common world, and the difference between liberal cosmopolitanism and socialist internationalism.
Even date: 16/9/2022
Speaker: Prof. Ban Wang
Hosted by: Confucius Institute of Hong Kong, Department of Chinese Culture
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Civilization Diplomatic relations World politics China
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In this CIHK webinar, we will discuss the material conditions of and historical background to the use of Classical Chinese or Literary Sinitic in writing-mediated brush conversation between literati of Sinitic engaged in cross-border communication within Sinographic East Asia or the Sinographic cosmopolis, which corresponds with today’s China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan (including Okinawa, formerly the Ryukyu Kingdom) and Vietnam. Compared with speech as a modality of communication, real-time writing-mediated interaction between talking humans, synchronously face-to-face, seems uncommon. In any society, speaking is premised on one condition: the interlocutors must have at least one shared spoken language at their disposal, but even then, there are circumstances under which speaking is either physically not feasible or socially inappropriate. Could writing function as an alternative modality of communication when speaking is not an option due to the absence of a shared spoken language, as in cross-border communication settings? Whereas real-time writing-mediated face-to-face interaction is rare where a regional lingua franca was known to exist (e.g., Latin and Arabic), there is ample historical evidence of literati of Classical Chinese or Literary Sinitic from different parts of Sinographic East Asia conducting ‘silent conversation’, synchronously and interactively in writing mode using brush, ink, and paper. Such a pattern of writing-assisted interaction is still practiced and observable in pen-assisted conversation – pen-talk – between Chinese and Japanese speakers today, thanks to the pragma-linguistic affordance of morphographic, non-phonographic sinograms (i.e., Chinese characters and Japanese kanji). We will outline the historical spread of Classical Chinese or Sinitic texts from the ‘center’ to the ‘peripheries’, and the historical background to the acquisition of literacy in Sinitic by the people there. Their shared knowledge of Sinitic helps explain why, for well over a thousand years until the 1900s, literati from these places were able to speak their mind by engaging in ‘Sinitic brush-talk’ 漢文筆談 in cross-border communication.
Even date: 13/5/2022
Speaker: Prof. David C. S. Li
Hosted by: Confucius Institute of Hong Kong, Department of Chinese Culture
- Subjects:
- Chinese Language and Language and Languages
- Keywords:
- Chinese characters History Chinese language -- Written Chinese Written communication China East Asia
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清朝皇族婚入女子的財產權受到法律保障，但是皇族女子的財產權則缺乏法律保障，分產的機會也相對稀少。清朝公主出嫁後對於其陪嫁的人丁、動產與不動產並未擁有完整的所有權，僅擁有占有權、使用權與收益權，而不具備轉讓或出售的處分權，其後代對其亦無繼承權。本文以清代滿洲公主的陪嫁莊頭與壯丁為例，運用清代滿蒙漢文檔案材料和官書典籍，輔以其他二手研究文獻，以出嫁蒙古王公之清朝公主的收支為核心，並聚焦於其妝奩上，探討其財產的所有權、管理機制與公主薨逝後的轉讓情況。最後透過研究公主在崇奉藏傳佛教上的花費，說明清朝公主如何在清朝治理蒙古的政策中起到重要作用。
日期：2022年4月28日
講者：蔡偉傑博士
主辦：香港孔子學院
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Princesses China Qing Dynasty (China)
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有關《穆天子傳》周穆王西行地理的研究多矣，然自古未有定論。本研究以顧頡剛的實據地理與神話地理二重結構為理論框架，結合傳世文獻、出土資料與地理實查資料，重探《穆傳》的地理空間。針對有實據之部的地理，本研究強調以當代資料作為地理重構的依據，並發現其主要以戰國早期的晉南及其鄰近地區為核心。針對神話空間，則著重分析其「理性化」的創作思維及其反映的歷史地理脈絡，包含其領土型態、中國觀、世界觀以及交通地理背景。基於上述的歷史地理重構與分析，本研究進一步探討《穆傳》的體裁、國家主體、成書年代、資料依據、作者與讀者以及文本性質，期許對於這部高度爭議的奇書帶來新的認識。
日期：2022年4月8日
講者：雷晉豪博士
主辦：香港孔子學院、中國文化學系
- Subjects:
- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Zhou Dynasty (China) Zhou Muwang Emperor of China active 11th century B.C.-10th century B.C.
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清末民初由文言到白話的文學語言轉型，對中國女性的“發聲”產生了深遠的影響。本次講座將從晚清白話報的白話書寫、女子教科書的流變、性別觀念的生成三個方面展開，結合不同歷史階段的女子教育和社會風俗，考察詞彙、語法和作文觀念的變遷如何改變了女性表達和國人的性別認知。
日期：2022年4月6日
講者：曹曉華博士
主辦：香港孔子學院、中國文化學系
- Subjects:
- Chinese Literature and Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- China Women in literature Feminism Women -- Social conditions
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本演講的出發點是《西廂記》在法國的傳播與接受，從儒蓮、巴贊的戲曲翻譯談起，說明《西廂記》故事如何被十九世紀的歐陸漢學家理解，進而創發出風貌各異的紅娘、鶯鶯與張生等角色類型。本演講也將觸及晚清民初在法國的外交官、留學生，說明他們如何譯介或改編《西廂記》，並與法國文學界激盪出不同模式的文化交流。由此延伸出的議題是熊式一、夏志清等身處英美國家的華人學者，淺析他們如何將《西廂記》置放於知識傳播的脈絡下，讓《西廂記》在二十世紀成為西方讀者認識中國戲曲的重要媒介之一。
日期：2022年3月17日
講者：羅仕龍博士
主辦：香港孔子學院、中國文化學系
- Subjects:
- Chinese Literature
- Keywords:
- Criticism interpretation etc. Chinese fiction
- Resource Type:
- Video
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