GE2017-01A/B/C
人生在世，尋尋覓覓，不同階段有不同渴求，這些追求更彷彿成了我們當下的人生意義。從小到大，我們或被灌輸、或自主建構各種價值觀，各人自有一套處世之道，對事物有輕重取捨之分。究竟我們要怎樣才「活得好」？活得好即是幸福快樂？心理學家及精神科醫生Carl Jung提出「人沒法忍受無意義的人生」，那麼我們如何定義自己的人生？我們找來幾位教授，分享他們怎樣看生命中最好、最重要的東西，也會於最後一節來聽聽你們的故事。
Life is a process of searching for and pursuing our goals in different life stages and, ultimately, for the meaning of life itself. We construct our own personal values and priorities based on what we are told or what we have proactively learned. So how we can live well? Does living well equal pursuing happiness? Psychologist and psychiatrist Carl Jung said, “Man cannot stand a meaningless life”. So, how can we define the meaning of our life? In this series, professors are invited to share their views on the best things in life, and you are invited to share your stories with them during the final session.
GE2017-01A
#1 19/9 (Tue) 18:45 - 20:45
Speaker: Prof. Joseph Chan 陳祖為教授
Prof. Joseph Chan was educated at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSocSc), the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc), and the University of Oxford (DPhil). He teaches political theory and researches in the areas of Confucian political philosophy, contemporary liberalism and perfectionism, human rights, and civil society. Joseph was head of the Department of Politics and Public Administration from 2002-2004 and 2011-2013, and founding director of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance, Faculty of Social Sciences, from 2003-2009. He was Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the University’s Common Core Curriculum Committee from 2007-2016, and has been an elected member of the University's Council since November 2015.
Language: Cantonese
Registration (HKU students only): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=51967
GE2017-01B
#2 28/9 (Thu) 18:45 - 20:45
Speaker: Prof. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren
Prof. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren has been Director of Common Core Curriculum since June 2014. Prior to joining HKU, he served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Learning and was the inaugural Director of the First Year and Pre-Major Programs at the University of Washington Bothell. With a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, Gray’s current scholarship focuses on cross-disciplinary learning in the global university and how philosophy, literature, social theory, and the arts intersect with urban space. He spent 2009-10 as a Fulbright Scholar in General Education, based at HKU, and assisted in the development of the HKU Common Core Curriculum.
Language: English
Registration (HKU students only): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=51969
GE2017-01C
#3 12/10 (Thu) 18:45 - 20:45
Speaker: Prof. Petula Ho 何式凝教授
Prof. Petula Ho is at the forefront of gender and sexuality, qualitative research and cross-cultural comparative studies. Her main contributions have been centred on identifying injustice and discrimination, whether hidden or evident, and being unafraid to produce research that challenges dominant ideas about “the way things are” through new theoretical ideas and innovative research methodologies. She is active in research and publication, her recent works include, Everyday Life in the Age of Resistance (2015), Umbrella Politics Quartet (co-author) (2015), documentary films and research based multi-media theatre “Labouring Women Devised Theatre” (2016).
Language: Cantonese
Registration (HKU students only): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=51970
#4 26/10 (Thu) Time: 18:45 - 20:45
Speakers: You and the professors
Language: English & Cantonese
Venue: KK101, K.K. Leung Building
Co-organiser:
Life is a process of searching for and pursuing our goals in different life stages and, ultimately, for the meaning of life itself. We construct our own personal values and priorities based on what we are told or what we have proactively learned. So how we can live well? Does living well equal pursuing happiness? Psychologist and psychiatrist Carl Jung said, “Man cannot stand a meaningless life”. So, how can we define the meaning of our life? In this series, professors are invited to share their views on the best things in life, and you are invited to share your stories with them during the final session.
GE2017-01A
#1 19/9 (Tue) 18:45 - 20:45
Speaker: Prof. Joseph Chan 陳祖為教授Prof. Joseph Chan was educated at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSocSc), the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc), and the University of Oxford (DPhil). He teaches political theory and researches in the areas of Confucian political philosophy, contemporary liberalism and perfectionism, human rights, and civil society. Joseph was head of the Department of Politics and Public Administration from 2002-2004 and 2011-2013, and founding director of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance, Faculty of Social Sciences, from 2003-2009. He was Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the University’s Common Core Curriculum Committee from 2007-2016, and has been an elected member of the University's Council since November 2015.
Language: Cantonese
Registration (HKU students only): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=51967
GE2017-01B
#2 28/9 (Thu) 18:45 - 20:45
Speaker: Prof. Gray Kochhar-LindgrenProf. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren has been Director of Common Core Curriculum since June 2014. Prior to joining HKU, he served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Learning and was the inaugural Director of the First Year and Pre-Major Programs at the University of Washington Bothell. With a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, Gray’s current scholarship focuses on cross-disciplinary learning in the global university and how philosophy, literature, social theory, and the arts intersect with urban space. He spent 2009-10 as a Fulbright Scholar in General Education, based at HKU, and assisted in the development of the HKU Common Core Curriculum.
Language: English
Registration (HKU students only): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=51969
GE2017-01C
#3 12/10 (Thu) 18:45 - 20:45
Speaker: Prof. Petula Ho 何式凝教授
Prof. Petula Ho is at the forefront of gender and sexuality, qualitative research and cross-cultural comparative studies. Her main contributions have been centred on identifying injustice and discrimination, whether hidden or evident, and being unafraid to produce research that challenges dominant ideas about “the way things are” through new theoretical ideas and innovative research methodologies. She is active in research and publication, her recent works include, Everyday Life in the Age of Resistance (2015), Umbrella Politics Quartet (co-author) (2015), documentary films and research based multi-media theatre “Labouring Women Devised Theatre” (2016).
Language: Cantonese
Registration (HKU students only): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=51970
#4 26/10 (Thu) Time: 18:45 - 20:45
Speakers: You and the professors
Language: English & Cantonese
Venue: KK101, K.K. Leung Building
Co-organiser:
| Quota: | 60 in each session |
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 19 Sep 2017 | 18:45 - 20:45 | KK101 |
| 28 Sep 2017 | 18:45 - 20:45 | KK101 |
| 12 Oct 2017 | 18:45 - 20:45 | KK101 |
| 26 Oct 2017 | 18:45 - 20:45 | KK101 |