GE2020-07/08/09
疫情肆虐，我們被迫留家抗疫，也許是時候望望塵封的書架，翻開那本早應閱讀、但因為各種原因或藉口遲遲未讀的好書。
在這個不一樣的新學期，除了依舊有港大校友、香港首位華人保安司黎慶寧主持的讀書會外，通識也將於網上舉辦一連串與閱讀有關的活動，邀請嘉賓及同學分享讀書心得。
正在閱讀的你，不論身處世界那個角落，也可以加上 #CoReadingAtGE ，並在Facebook或Instagram tag @hkcedars.ge ，與大家分享。
我們疫下獨自讀書，也一起讀書。
As the COVID-19 crisis has confined us to our homes, there has never been a better time to tackle the books on our ‘to read’ list. In addition to our signature face-to-face Book Club, book talks and sharing by veteran speakers and HKU students will be held online. With this multifaceted Book Club, books will continue to connect us and give us good company wherever we are.
Let’s start by sharing a picture of the books you are reading, under the hashtag #CoReadingAtGE, and tag us (Facebook and/or Instagram: @hkucedars.ge).
Follow the hashtag, as book recommendations by our guests will be posted regularly. In spite of social distancing and lockdowns, a community of HKU book lovers will be formed and, will continue to co-read with each other.
GE2020-07
Book Club: In Love and War
Required Readings:
• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
• World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
War and love are themes from which great epics spring – think Helen of Troy (Iliad). Put them together in modern day language and you have one of the most moving novels on the human experience of World War I (Birdsong) where war and love are interspersed. But, while prose tells a good story, poetry expresses the deepest feelings at the bottom of our hearts best. A reading of World War One British Poets cannot fail to be heart-rending. On the other hand, the German novel All Quiet on the Western Front (published in 1929 but later burnt by the Nazis) reveals the full horror of war from the other side of “no man’s land”. In addition, great music – both classical and popular – has also been inspired by WWI, and we will encounter some of the best in both genres, plus brilliant documentaries on war and its consequences, in history and in culture.
As always, we expect interactive participation by all members of the Book Club.
▍Host: Mr. Peter Lai 黎慶寧先生
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU; the first ‘local’ Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Government
Dates: 26/9, 3/10, 10/10, 17/10, 24/10 & 31/10 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Venue: GE Gatherland2001 and/or Conducted via online platform (subject to the latest teaching and learning arrangements)
Language: English
Fee: $200 (Enrolled students will receive paperback copies of all three books by mail. A deposit of $100 will be refunded upon full attendance.)
Quota: 10
Enrolment for "Book Club: In Love and War" is FULL.
GE2020-08
Talk: Currently Reading
講座：正在閱讀
2015年提出在通識創辦讀書會的校友劉進圖，多年來讓一班港大書迷聚首一堂，閱讀人生。今次他移師網上，一口氣推介四本好書，誠邀所有喜歡讀書的同學和通識讀書會校友參與。
Thanks to veteran journalist and HKU alumnus Mr. Kevin Lau, GE Book Club was formed in 2015 and has gathered generations of HKU book lovers over the years. Mr. Lau will speak at an online book talk this time, sharing four of his chosen good reads, which will give you some enlightenment.
Recommendations:
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg
Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences by Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
▍Speaker: Mr. Kevin Lau 劉進圖先生
Creative Content Director, One Media Group
Date: 15/9 (Tue)
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation will be provided upon prior request by 9/9 (Wed))
For HKU students, staff, and former GE Book Club members only.
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 9/9 (Wed):
► HKU Students and staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71574
GE2020-09
Book Sharing by Students
On the last weekday of each month, we will have a one-hour, online Book Club. Hosted by HKU students, this Book Club will be the perfect place for you to find a clan of kindred spirits who love the same book. The student host will lead the one-off discussion. Your beliefs and values may be challenged. You may leave with many questions that do not have any final or definite answers. But definitely, you will learn that there is so much more to a book than just the reading of it.
Dates: 30/9 (Wed), 30/10 (Fri) & 30/11 (Mon)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: English
Quota: 10
#1 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (30/9)
Student Hosts: Yvonne Jin (BSc Year 3) & Rachel Liu (BSocSc Year 3)
Full text (for HKU students only) available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hkuhk/detail.action?docID=3009973
#2 Atomic Habits : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (30/10)
Student Host: Michelle Wong (BBA(Law) & LLB Year 3)
#3 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (30/11)
Student Host: Miuccia Chan (BA Year 3)
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 9/9 (Wed):
#1 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (30/9)
► HKU Students - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71575
#2 Atomic Habits : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (30/10)
► HKU Students - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71577
#3 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (30/11)
► HKU Students - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71578
在這個不一樣的新學期，除了依舊有港大校友、香港首位華人保安司黎慶寧主持的讀書會外，通識也將於網上舉辦一連串與閱讀有關的活動，邀請嘉賓及同學分享讀書心得。
正在閱讀的你，不論身處世界那個角落，也可以加上 #CoReadingAtGE ，並在Facebook或Instagram tag @hkcedars.ge ，與大家分享。
我們疫下獨自讀書，也一起讀書。
As the COVID-19 crisis has confined us to our homes, there has never been a better time to tackle the books on our ‘to read’ list. In addition to our signature face-to-face Book Club, book talks and sharing by veteran speakers and HKU students will be held online. With this multifaceted Book Club, books will continue to connect us and give us good company wherever we are.
Let’s start by sharing a picture of the books you are reading, under the hashtag #CoReadingAtGE, and tag us (Facebook and/or Instagram: @hkucedars.ge).
Follow the hashtag, as book recommendations by our guests will be posted regularly. In spite of social distancing and lockdowns, a community of HKU book lovers will be formed and, will continue to co-read with each other.
GE2020-07
Book Club: In Love and War
Required Readings:
• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
• World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
War and love are themes from which great epics spring – think Helen of Troy (Iliad). Put them together in modern day language and you have one of the most moving novels on the human experience of World War I (Birdsong) where war and love are interspersed. But, while prose tells a good story, poetry expresses the deepest feelings at the bottom of our hearts best. A reading of World War One British Poets cannot fail to be heart-rending. On the other hand, the German novel All Quiet on the Western Front (published in 1929 but later burnt by the Nazis) reveals the full horror of war from the other side of “no man’s land”. In addition, great music – both classical and popular – has also been inspired by WWI, and we will encounter some of the best in both genres, plus brilliant documentaries on war and its consequences, in history and in culture.
As always, we expect interactive participation by all members of the Book Club.
▍Host: Mr. Peter Lai 黎慶寧先生
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU; the first ‘local’ Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Government
Dates: 26/9, 3/10, 10/10, 17/10, 24/10 & 31/10 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Venue: GE Gatherland2001 and/or Conducted via online platform (subject to the latest teaching and learning arrangements)
Language: English
Fee: $200 (Enrolled students will receive paperback copies of all three books by mail. A deposit of $100 will be refunded upon full attendance.)
Quota: 10
Enrolment for "Book Club: In Love and War" is FULL.
GE2020-08
Talk: Currently Reading
講座：正在閱讀
2015年提出在通識創辦讀書會的校友劉進圖，多年來讓一班港大書迷聚首一堂，閱讀人生。今次他移師網上，一口氣推介四本好書，誠邀所有喜歡讀書的同學和通識讀書會校友參與。
Thanks to veteran journalist and HKU alumnus Mr. Kevin Lau, GE Book Club was formed in 2015 and has gathered generations of HKU book lovers over the years. Mr. Lau will speak at an online book talk this time, sharing four of his chosen good reads, which will give you some enlightenment.
Recommendations:
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg
Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences by Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
▍Speaker: Mr. Kevin Lau 劉進圖先生
Creative Content Director, One Media Group
Date: 15/9 (Tue)
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation will be provided upon prior request by 9/9 (Wed))
For HKU students, staff, and former GE Book Club members only.
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 9/9 (Wed):
► HKU Students and staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71574
GE2020-09
Book Sharing by Students
On the last weekday of each month, we will have a one-hour, online Book Club. Hosted by HKU students, this Book Club will be the perfect place for you to find a clan of kindred spirits who love the same book. The student host will lead the one-off discussion. Your beliefs and values may be challenged. You may leave with many questions that do not have any final or definite answers. But definitely, you will learn that there is so much more to a book than just the reading of it.
Dates: 30/9 (Wed), 30/10 (Fri) & 30/11 (Mon)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: English
Quota: 10
#1 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (30/9)
Student Hosts: Yvonne Jin (BSc Year 3) & Rachel Liu (BSocSc Year 3)
Full text (for HKU students only) available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hkuhk/detail.action?docID=3009973
#2 Atomic Habits : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (30/10)
Student Host: Michelle Wong (BBA(Law) & LLB Year 3)
#3 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (30/11)
Student Host: Miuccia Chan (BA Year 3)
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 9/9 (Wed):
#1 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (30/9)
► HKU Students - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71575
#2 Atomic Habits : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (30/10)
► HKU Students - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71577
#3 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (30/11)
► HKU Students - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71578
Talk
(15 Sep 2020)
2015年提出在通識創辦讀書會的校友劉進圖，多年來讓一班港大書迷聚首一堂，閱讀人生。今次他移師網上，一口氣推介四本好書，誠邀所有喜歡讀書的同學和通識讀書會校友參與。
Thanks to veteran journalist and HKU alumnus Mr. Kevin Lau, GE Book Club was formed in 2015 and has gathered generations of HKU book lovers over the years. Mr. Lau will speak at an online book talk this time, sharing four of his chosen good reads, which will give you some enlightenment.
Recommendations:
For HKU students, staff, and former GE Book Club members only.
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 9/9 (Wed):
► HKU Students and staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71574
Thanks to veteran journalist and HKU alumnus Mr. Kevin Lau, GE Book Club was formed in 2015 and has gathered generations of HKU book lovers over the years. Mr. Lau will speak at an online book talk this time, sharing four of his chosen good reads, which will give you some enlightenment.
Recommendations:
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg
- Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences by Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry
- Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
For HKU students, staff, and former GE Book Club members only.
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 9/9 (Wed):
► HKU Students and staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=71574
| Speaker(s) 講師: | Mr. Kevin Lau 劉進圖先生 |
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| Medium 語言: | Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation will be provided upon prior request by 9/9 (Wed) |
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 26 Sep 2020 | 15:00 - 18:00 | GE Gatherland and/or Online Platform |
| 30 Sep 2020 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Platform |
| 03 Oct 2020 | 15:00 - 18:00 | GE Gatherland and/or Online Platform |
| 10 Oct 2020 | 15:00 - 18:00 | GE Gatherland and/or Online Platform |
| 17 Oct 2020 | 15:00 - 18:00 | GE Gatherland and/or Online Platform |
| 24 Oct 2020 | 15:00 - 18:00 | GE Gatherland and/or Online Platform |
| 30 Oct 2020 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Platform |
| 31 Oct 2020 | 15:00 - 18:00 | GE Gatherland and/or Online Platform |
| 30 Nov 2020 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Platform |
Bio of Instructor(s) 導師簡介:
Mr. Peter Lai 黎慶寧先生
After graduating with first-class honours at HKU in 1973, Mr. Lai joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer. From 1985 Mr. Lai was almost continuously engaged in Sino-British negotiations on the future arrangements for Hong Kong and was appointed a Member of the Sino-British Land Commission (1991 – 1994). In late 1994 he was appointed the first 'local' Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Government. He left the civil service on 1 August 1998. Mr. Lai is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU.
Mr. Kevin Lau 劉進圖先生
劉進圖畢業於香港大學法律學院，獲法學士及法律專業執業文憑，後獲倫敦經濟及政治科學學院之法學碩士，在香港從事新聞工作30年，曾擔任《明報》主筆及《明報》總編輯，現為萬華媒體創意企劃總監。