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Mind Matters

Every week, all around Hong Kong, there are many fascinating talks and lectures happening, on a variety of topics. You can easily find them online by looking at the websites of our universities, societies, and libraries. Here are a great selection of talks for you to listen to, and indulge your... Mind Matters.

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Professor Jay Winter - Escaping the Holocaust: The...

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2024/06/29

In this week's episode, we will be talking about World War II, when the Nazis wiped out the world of Jewish scholarship centred in ‘Yeshivot’ in Europe. But one academy survived intact. Professor Jay Winter from Yale University tells the story of how o...

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Angela Zhang - The Global Race to Regulate AI and Its...

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2024/06/22

In this week's episode, we will be talking about generative AI. Angela Zhang from Asia Global Institute will present her latest book, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs the Private Economy. She will discuss how generative AI has captiv...

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2024/06/15

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Ben Meng - Investing in Climate: The Role of the...

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2024/06/08

In this week's episode, we will be talking about addressing climate change through the capital channel. Ben Meng, Executive Vice President and Chairman of Asia Pacific, Executive Sponsor of Sustainability at Franklin Templeton, will tell us what kind o...

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Professor Paola Catenaccio - Evolving discourse of...

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2024/06/01

In this week's episode, we will talk about urban sustainability discourses in linguistics. Professor Paola Catenaccio from the University of Milan will tell us more on the discursively mediated nature of sustainability projects and argues for an enhanc...

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Professor Thomas DuBois - Business History without...

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2024/05/25

In this week's episode, we will talk about China’s cattle trade in the pre-1949 period. Professor Thomas DuBois from the Beijing Normal University in China will tell us how the history of the cattle industry that had no centralised accounts and no cle...

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Professor Marina Bondi - Museum discourse: Websites...

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2024/05/18

In this week's episode, we will talk about how museum websites use their affordances to engage the younger generations in different educational activities. Professor Marina Bondi from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy will present to ...

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Professor Martin Kern - The Shijing in the Warring...

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2024/05/11

In this week's episode, we will talk about the presence of Shijing poetry during the Warring States. A substantial number of Warring States and Western Han texts related to the Shijing have come to light in recent years, including philosophical treati...

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Professor Martin Kern - The Voice of the Historian in...

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2024/05/04

In this week's episode, we will talk about ancient Chinese historiography. Early Chinese historical writing differs from ancient Greek and Roman historiography in that it does not emphasise the voice of the historian. Instead, it prefers to keep the hi...

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Professor Martin Kern - Rethinking Authorship in...

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2024/04/27

In this week's episode, we will talk about authorship in early China. In pre-imperial China, individual authorship was not valued as much as the collective roles involved in the creation and interpretation of texts. Professor Martin Kern from Princeto...

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Dr. Matthew Lowenstein - New Perspectives on the...

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2024/04/20

In this week's episode, we will discusses the new opportunities presented by sources available to scholars of business and economic activity in Qing and Republican-era China. Dr. Matthew Lowenstein from Hoover Institution introduces us to some useful c...

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Distinguished Fireside Chat with Former Foreign...

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2024/04/13

In this week's episode, we will have the Former Foreign Minister of Singapore George Yeo share his thoughts on China’s relationship with the world and the publication of his book the Musings Series One, Two, and Three. George Yeo was invited by the the...

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Professor Catherine Chan - Blacky, Tramp, and Bobby:...

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2024/04/06

In this week's episode, we will look into Hong Kong’s anti-dog movement that climaxed during the ‘Hong Kong Clean Campaign’. Professor Catherine Chan from Lingnan University sheds light on the darker side of Hong Kong’s progressive seventies when thou...

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Dr. Weipin Tsai - The Making of China’s Post Office, HKU

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2024/03/30

In this week's episode, we will look into China’s post office. The make of it traces the origins and early development of the country’s modern postal system and goes beyond the bounds of institutional history to explore the political manoeuvrings, econ...

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David Allison - Fight your way out: The...

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2024/03/23

In this week's episode, we will look into Japan’s overland invasion of India in 1944. David Allison is a lawyer whose interest lies in the military history of Commonwealth forces in Asia from the Second World War to the present. He tells us how the me...

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Professor Lawrence Lau and Dr. Shan Hui - Bottom Out:...

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2024/03/16

In this week's episode, we will talk about China and the world economy. This year’s Two Sessions in Beijing provide an opportunity for us to refocus, re-evaluate, and re-envision China's economic trajectory and its relations with the world. The Univers...

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Professor Guoqi Xu - Sports for National Rejuvenation...

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2024/03/09

In this week's episode, we will talk about the history of Chinese and Americans through the lens of sports. Professor Guoqi Xu from The University of Hong Kong discusses why the period 1890 to 1920 was so important in both Chinese and American history,...

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Dr. Jackie Wang - Engendered Enterprises: Women and...

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2024/03/02

In this week's episode, we will talk about Chinese women and business in twentieth-century China. Dr. Jackie Wang from The University of Hong Kong found out how the changing social norms of the era provided a fertile context for women to explore diffe...

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Professor Duol Kim - Pre-modern Growth,...

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2024/02/24

In this week's episode, we will look into the living standards of pre-modern Japanese and Korean societies. Professor Duol Kim from Myongji University uses data on the height of Koryo dceased individuals who died on the street or in institutions withou...

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Professor Michael Puett - Culture and History: Yu...

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2024/02/17

In this week's episode, we’ll continue to look at the work of Yu Ying-shih. He is one of China’s most famous historians and is known for his mastery of sources for Chinese history and philosophy. Professor Michael Puett from Harvard University will tel...

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