GE2020-29/30/31
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.
GE2020-29
Book Club: George Bernard Shaw – Challenging Society and its Morals
Readings:
▍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: 6/2, 27/2, 6/3 & 20/3 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Venue: To be announced 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
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 20/1 (Wed):
► HKU students only - Registration quota for "GE2020-29 Book Club: George Bernard Shaw – Challenging Society and its Morals" is FULL.
Payment details:
- Account Name: The University of Hong Kong
- Bank Name: HSBC
- Account Number: 002-222834-001
GE2020-30
也許你真的不如你所想那樣
You Are Probably Not What You Think You Are
你會問：我應該是最清楚自己的那個人，為何還會有看不透自己的時候？
你不是要「找回」或「做回」你自己，而是要「辨認出」自己，每一個當下的自己。認出當下的這個你、這些你正在做甚麼，想甚麼，怕甚麼，愛甚麼，嘗試在分裂的自己中平衡情緒、慾望和行為，重建一個整合和清晰的「自己」圖像非常重要，能助你成長，脫離困境，找到喜悅和樂活的方向。
你不是來看我，你是來看你自己，和自己相認。
本課程教你學做自己的私家偵探，從微觀外表、說話習慣、身體語言和身體狀態開始，初步掌握「看通透」自己或別人的法門，進一步探索包括家庭、成長、戀愛史等的「過去」背景，細看你「目前」正在說、想、問和做着甚麼。從外到內層層深入，認出自己當下的真面，看到問題的源頭，為自己解困，避免替自己判錯症，犯下人性的五大死穴，並學習調校和照顧自己的具體方法，提高心性修為，重塑一個美麗自信、清安自在的自己。
▍Host:
素黑（Black）
Date: 4/2 (Thu)
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Venue: HKU and/or conducted via online platform (subject to the latest teaching and learning arrangements)
Language: Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation in English will be provided for HKU students upon request 7 days prior to the event)
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 20/1 (Wed):
► HKU Students and Staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73223
► Alumni and Public - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=73224
GE2020-31ABC
#CoReadingAtGE: Book Sharing by Students
On the last weekday of each month, we will have a one-hour online Book Club. This Book Club is curated, hosted, and led by GEST student hosts. It will be the perfect place for you to find a tribe of others who love the same book. From ethics to love and freedom, various topics will be covered during the enthusiastic discussion based on the books.
GE2020-31A
“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro (RESCHEDULED)
“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.”
GE2020-31B
“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott (CANCELLED)
“I don't like favours, they oppress and make me feel like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent."
▍Student Host: Anna Long (Master of Education (Teaching Science in International Contexts))
Date: 26/2 (Fri)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: English
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 20/1 (Wed):
► HKU students only: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73226
GE2020-31C
Details to be announced.
Date: 31/3 (Wed)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: English
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.
GE2020-29
Book Club: George Bernard Shaw – Challenging Society and its Morals
Readings:
- Heartbreak House
- Major Barbara
- The Doctor’s Dilemma
- The clash of morality between Christian charity and the military-industrial complex, as in Major Barbara; or
- The conflicts of medical and personal ethics, as in The Doctor’s Dilemma or
- The class-ridden society that brought Britain into World War I – 'civilisation tearing itself to pieces' – in Heartbreak House.
▍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: 6/2, 27/2, 6/3 & 20/3 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Venue: To be announced 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
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 20/1 (Wed):
► HKU students only - Registration quota for "GE2020-29 Book Club: George Bernard Shaw – Challenging Society and its Morals" is FULL.
Payment details:
- Account Name: The University of Hong Kong
- Bank Name: HSBC
- Account Number: 002-222834-001
GE2020-30
也許你真的不如你所想那樣
You Are Probably Not What You Think You Are
你會問：我應該是最清楚自己的那個人，為何還會有看不透自己的時候？
你不是要「找回」或「做回」你自己，而是要「辨認出」自己，每一個當下的自己。認出當下的這個你、這些你正在做甚麼，想甚麼，怕甚麼，愛甚麼，嘗試在分裂的自己中平衡情緒、慾望和行為，重建一個整合和清晰的「自己」圖像非常重要，能助你成長，脫離困境，找到喜悅和樂活的方向。
你不是來看我，你是來看你自己，和自己相認。
本課程教你學做自己的私家偵探，從微觀外表、說話習慣、身體語言和身體狀態開始，初步掌握「看通透」自己或別人的法門，進一步探索包括家庭、成長、戀愛史等的「過去」背景，細看你「目前」正在說、想、問和做着甚麼。從外到內層層深入，認出自己當下的真面，看到問題的源頭，為自己解困，避免替自己判錯症，犯下人性的五大死穴，並學習調校和照顧自己的具體方法，提高心性修為，重塑一個美麗自信、清安自在的自己。
▍Host:
素黑（Black）
Date: 4/2 (Thu)
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Venue: HKU and/or conducted via online platform (subject to the latest teaching and learning arrangements)
Language: Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation in English will be provided for HKU students upon request 7 days prior to the event)
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 20/1 (Wed):
► HKU Students and Staff - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73223
► Alumni and Public - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=73224
GE2020-31ABC
#CoReadingAtGE: Book Sharing by Students
On the last weekday of each month, we will have a one-hour online Book Club. This Book Club is curated, hosted, and led by GEST student hosts. It will be the perfect place for you to find a tribe of others who love the same book. From ethics to love and freedom, various topics will be covered during the enthusiastic discussion based on the books.
GE2020-31A
“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro (RESCHEDULED)
“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.”
GE2020-31B
“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott (CANCELLED)
“I don't like favours, they oppress and make me feel like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent."
▍Student Host: Anna Long (Master of Education (Teaching Science in International Contexts))
Date: 26/2 (Fri)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: English
Online registration starts at 10:00 on 20/1 (Wed):
► HKU students only: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73226
GE2020-31C
Details to be announced.
Date: 31/3 (Wed)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Format: Conducted via online platform
Language: English
(31 Mar 2021)
“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.”
Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro (石黑一雄)’s 2005 dystopian fiction Never Let Me Go tells the story of three close friends - Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy - starting from their childhood in the idyllic boarding school of Hailsham in the English countryside, through their tumultuous rite of passages, and ultimately end with their adulthood as organ donors and caretakers. Throughout the years, the friends’ lives are intertwined closely together as they fall in and out of love, drift apart and reconcile, navigating heartbreaks, hope, and discovering the truth about the world beyond the walls of Hailsham.
The term “dystopian” often calls to mind bleak visions of the future wherein the Earth is destroyed and its resources depleted, robots enslaving mankind, with no place or time for peace and humanity, etc. Yet in Ishiguro’s story, one instead finds an ideal world where children are taught arts and literature, and paint and write poetry; one has to tread very carefully to find the subtle hints or traces of dystopia lurking underneath the still surface. It is against this dystopian backdrop that we, as readers, together with the characters, question what it means to have a soul, to be human, and how to live a complete life.
Registration:
► HKU students only - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73980
Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro (石黑一雄)’s 2005 dystopian fiction Never Let Me Go tells the story of three close friends - Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy - starting from their childhood in the idyllic boarding school of Hailsham in the English countryside, through their tumultuous rite of passages, and ultimately end with their adulthood as organ donors and caretakers. Throughout the years, the friends’ lives are intertwined closely together as they fall in and out of love, drift apart and reconcile, navigating heartbreaks, hope, and discovering the truth about the world beyond the walls of Hailsham.
The term “dystopian” often calls to mind bleak visions of the future wherein the Earth is destroyed and its resources depleted, robots enslaving mankind, with no place or time for peace and humanity, etc. Yet in Ishiguro’s story, one instead finds an ideal world where children are taught arts and literature, and paint and write poetry; one has to tread very carefully to find the subtle hints or traces of dystopia lurking underneath the still surface. It is against this dystopian backdrop that we, as readers, together with the characters, question what it means to have a soul, to be human, and how to live a complete life.
Registration:
► HKU students only - https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=73980
| Speaker(s) 講師: | Student Host: Alicia Le (BA Year 4) |
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| Medium 語言: | English |
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 04 Feb 2021 | 18:00 - 19:30 | HKU and/or Online Platform |
| 06 Feb 2021 | 15:00 - 18:00 | HKU and/or Online Platform |
| 26 Feb 2021 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Platform |
| 27 Feb 2021 | 15:00 - 18:00 | HKU and/or Online Platform |
| 06 Mar 2021 | 15:00 - 18:00 | HKU and/or Online Platform |
| 20 Mar 2021 | 15:00 - 18:00 | HKU and/or 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.
素黑 （Black）香港及內地知名療癒師作家，心共振療癒顧問總監、生命管理顧問， 2020香港書展年度主題「心靈勵志」代表作家。她創辦「麻木樹」療癒工作室，研發聲療工具如定心銅磬及自療音叉，及監製情緒療癒系列芳療油。經典作《好好愛自己》銷量突破一百萬冊；《好好修養愛》上架初週已超越一直位居排行榜榜首的《喬布斯傳》；《一個人不要怕》為大學教授向學生推薦之指定讀本及修行人廣閱之讀物。