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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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00:29:18

Professor Michael Puett - Work of Yu Ying-shih, CUHK

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2024/02/10

In this week's episode, we will look into 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, his ability to synthesise them on a wide range of topics, and f...

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00:29:19

Dr. Vivian Kong - Multiracial Britishness, HKU

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2024/02/03

In this week's episode, we’ll talk about what it means to be British in the former British colony of Hong Kong. Dr. Vivian Kong from the University of Bristol has written a book ‘Multiracial Britishness’ to trace the experiences of multiracial resident...

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00:29:38

Professor Zhiwu Chen - War and the Origins of Chinese...

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2024/01/27

In this week's episode, we’ll talk about the origins of Chinese civilization. Archaeological discoveries since 1921 have established that complex societies, as represented by densely-populated walled cities, first arose in North China instead of the s...

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00:29:17

Professor Ji Li - At the Frontier of God's Empire: A...

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2024/01/20

In this week's episode, we’ll talk about Manchuria during the early twentieth century. With the help of a wealth of primary sources, family letters, and visual depictions of village scenes collected by a French Catholic missionary, Alfred Marie Caubriè...

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00:29:28

Professor Daniel Bell - The Dean of Shandong

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2024/01/13

In this week's episode, we’ll learn about a book called The Dean of Shandong, written by Professor Daniel Bell, the Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, and the former Dean of the School of Political Science...

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00:30:00

Professor Elizabeth Sinn - The On Tai Insurance...

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2024/01/06

In this week's episode, we will talk about the first Chinese-owned and operated insurance company in Hong Kong - The On Tai Insurance Company. Even as the first to be incorporated as a limited joint-stock company under the Company Ordinance, it is unkn...

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00:29:12

Professor Zhiwu Chen - What Can Archaeological Data...

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2023/12/30

In this week's episode, we will look into Chinese history from the archaeological perspective. Professor Zhiwu Chen, the Director of Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at HKU ...

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00:29:47

Professor Brian Wong - In the Age of Security:...

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2023/12/23

In this week's episode, we will look into world geopolitics and global governance. With the ongoing two wars in Ukraine and in Gaza, as well as the civil war in Yemen and tensions flaring up in the South China Seas… Professor Brian Wong, the Assistant...

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00:29:24

Dr. Elizabeth Ingleson - Dragon Lady Traders of the...

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2023/12/16

In this week's episode, we will look into the US-China trade relations with the example of an US-based company, Dragon Lady Traders, which imported clothing from China in the 1970s. Dr. Elizabeth Ingleson from the London School of Economics and Politic...

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00:30:00

Professor Rodney Jones - Artificial intelligence and...

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2023/12/09

In this week's episode, we will have a look into the use of AI. We now rely heavily on different kinds of conversational AI such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant to solve problems and facilitate working processes. Professor Rodney Jones from the Un...

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Professor Kendall Johnson - Translating the...

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2023/12/02

In this week's episode, we will have a look into the American Declaration of Independence, introduced by the American missionary Reverend Elijah C Bridgman of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions in 1838. With 2026 marking the 250...

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Dr. John Wong - Staging Hong Kong (Studies) in...

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2023/11/25

In this week's episode, we will have a look into the role of Hong Kong in directing regional and global flows in terms of travel and broader geopolitical dynamics. Dr. John Wong, Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Science at the University of...

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00:29:13

Professor Debin Ma - States and Wars : China’s Long...

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2023/11/18

In this week's episode, we will have the University of Oxford’s Professor Debin Ma back and analyse China’s road to unity over the years. He has compiled a large amount of data about political regimes and incidences of warfare, and argues that the myth...

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00:29:16

Contrasting past of modernization between Japan and...

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2023/11/11

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00:29:13

John Yan - Recent Amendments to the Copyright...

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2023/11/04

In this week's episode, we will talk about the copyright bill in Hong Kong.The copyright amendment bill had twice failed to pass the legislature, in 2011 and 2014. Last year the Legislative Council approved the bill’s final reading after it was again t...

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00:27:56

Mr. Kim McCoy - Advancing Hong Kong Animal Law, HKU

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2023/10/28

In this week's episode, we will take a look at Hong Kong’s animal laws. Despite the increasing concern in our society on the issue of animal welfare, shocking animal abuse cases still appear in the newspapers from time to time, and there still is a dis...

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00:27:18

Professor Robin Yates - The Evolution of Law in the...

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2023/10/21

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. We've chosen ten for you to lis...

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00:29:22

Professor Michael Batty - Urban planning and cities,...

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2023/10/14

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. We've chosen ten for you to lis...

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00:28:38

Professor Parks Coble - The Collapse of Nationalist...

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2023/10/07

In this week's episode, we will learn about the failure of the Nationalist China in the early 20th century. Professor Parks Coble from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US has recently written a book, revealing the critical weaknesses of its st...

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00:28:28

Professor John Bateman - Digital Humanities and...

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2023/09/30

In this week's episode, we will find out about digital humanities (DH). They are increasingly engaging with artefacts and performances that go well beyond much of the field's origin in written texts, but many of the theories and practices common in the...

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