To promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong, the Libraries has created the University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club. The Reading Club will sponsor a series of book talks featuring leading members of Hong Kong intellectual community.
Fall 2017
The Silver Way: China, Spanish America and the Birth of Globalisation, 1565-1815
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Speakers: |
Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales |
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Roderico C. Atienza (Deputy Consul General of the Philippines in Hong Kong) |
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Date: |
15 November 2017 (Wednesday) |
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Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves
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Speaker: |
Professor Peipei Qiu 丘培培 (Vassar College, USA) |
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Moderator: |
Professor Clara Wing-chung Ho 劉詠聰 (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
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Date: |
19 October 2017 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Spring 2017
Ch'ing Cash: Rise and Fall of the Qing Dynasty seen through its coinage
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Speaker: |
Dr Werner Burger |
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Moderator: |
Dr Florian Knothe |
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Date: |
7 June 2017 (Wednesday) |
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Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Inside the World's Major East Asian Collections: "One Belt, One Road" and Beyond
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Speakers: |
Dr Patrick Lo, Dr Dickson Chiu (HKU), Professor Ricardo Mak (HKBU) |
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Moderator: |
Peter Sidorko |
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Date: |
27 April 2017 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
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Language: |
English and Cantonese |
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Speaker: |
Xu Xi |
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Moderator: |
Dr Stacilee Ford, HKU |
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Date: |
23 March 2017 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Piecing Together Sha Po: Archaeological Investigations and Landscape Reconstruction
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Speakers: |
Mick Atha (Archaeologist & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, CUHK) and Kennis Yip (Archaeologist) |
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Moderator: |
Mr Hing-Wah Chau (Curator, Intangible Cultural Heritage Office) |
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Date: |
9 February 2017 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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