The Hong Kong Association for European Studies

The Hong Kong Association for European Studies

Forthcoming Activities

Seminar Series - Three British Political Thinkers

John Stuart Mill: Freedom, Individuality and Happiness (約翰·密爾：自由、個性與幸福）
By Dr Chow Po Chung, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 23 September 2011 (Friday) 1900-2100
Venue: Council Chamber (SWT501), Shaw Tower, Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
(in Cantonese)

Isaiah Berlin: An Unconventional Liberal (以賽亞·柏林：非一般的自由主義者)
By Prof Scott Veitch, Paul K. C. Chung Professor of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong 28 October 2011 (Friday) 1900-2100
Venue: Council Chamber (SWT501), Shaw Tower, Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
(in English)

Friedrich von Hayek: the Constitution of Liberty（海耶克：自由的構成）
By Prof Wong Yiu Chung, Head and Professor, Department of Politics, Lingnan University 25 November 2011 (Friday) 1900-2100
Venue: Council Chamber (SWT501), Shaw Tower, Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
(in Cantonese)

Recent Activities

Seminar Series

Jan 28 - Mar 25, 2011 - Politics and Culture: The European Experiences (Third Series) (click here for details)

Sep 24 - Nov 26, 2010 - Politics and Culture: The European Experiences (Second Series) (click here for details) (2nd Seminar - "Beyond the Gulag: Solzhenitsyn and Dissent in the Soviet Union") (3rd Seminar - Britain in the 1960s: Happy Days or Prelude to a Long Road Down?)

2010 - Three Contemporary French Thinkers (click here for details)

2009 - Three European Political Thinkers (click here for details)

2008 - Politics and Culture: The European Experiences (click here for details)

Workshops and Conferences

Workshop: "Dynamics of Contention: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and China", 2006 2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 9, in Room 802, David C. Lam Building, HKBU. The speakers were:

2:30 pm : Session 1

Dr. Li Lianjiang, HKBU, Protest Leaders and State-Society Relations in the Chinese Countryside.

Pr. Chen Feng, HKBU, Individual Rights and Collective Rights: Labor’s Predicament in China.

Discussion introduced by Dr. Stephanie Balme, CUHK.

4:15 pm: Session 2

Dr. Lam Wai Man, HKU, Changing Patterns of Social Movements in Hong Kong.

Pr. Richard Balme, HKBU, The Dynamics of Civil Society and Protest in European Countries.

Dr. Didier Chabanet, HKBU, Anti-globalisation Movements and European Integration.

Discussion introduced by Dr. Kenneth Chan, HKBU.

International Conference on “EU-Asia Relations: Building Multilateralism?”, 20-21 May 2005, with the GIS Dept of BU

Colloque international, "Jules Verne, Romancier", samedi le 7 mai 2005, avec le departement de GIS a BU / International conference, "Jules Verne, Novelist", Saturday 7 May 2005, with the GIS Dept of BU (details)

Academic Conference: "Patriotism: European and Chinese Perspectives", 6 November 2004 (details) (the programme)

Seminars

Seminar "Tourism Marketing in Europe – Strategies to Capture China Outbound Travel", by Prof. Dr. Gerd Schwandner (International Management and Marketing Strategies, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany), 5:00 to 6:30pm, 9 February 2006, in Room 802, David C. Lam Building, HKBU. Co-organized with the GIS Dept. and LEWI (Europe-China Programme) of HKBU.

Seminar "European Humanities: A Lost Cause?”, 5.30 to 6.30 pm, 15 December 2005, in Room 218 (Convocation Room), Main Building, Hong Kong University. The speakers were:

Dr Wayne Cristaudo, Programme Coordinator, European Studies, HKU, on “The Modern World as a European Invention?”

Mr Michael Müller-Verweyen, Director of the Goethe-institut, on "German Studies as Cultural Studies - A European Perspective"

Ms Xuan Thu Le, Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies. Chinese University of Hong Kong, on "Humanism and Humanities"

Showing of film L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Inn) with debate on International Students Exchange, 6.30 pm, Thursday 24 November 2005, ACC109, Jockey Club Academic Community Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University (with Department of Government and International Studies and in conjunction with L’Association Français Langue Etrangère Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Association of French Teachers) (details)

Seminar on Ireland's Path to Economic Development, 7 October 2005, with the GIS Dept of BU

Seminar and AGM, 16 December 2004, Place: Room T18, Island Learning Centre (OUHK), Shun Tak Centre/4F, Sheung Wan, Seminar (6.30 pm), European Perspectives on the Bush Administration (details)

"Understanding the History of European Integration as a Whole: Suggestion for an Analytical Framework", Dr Fabrice Larat, 28 October 2004 (Thursday), 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Room 802, David C. Lam Building, HKBU (details)

"Employment Policy and Unemployed Movements in the European Union", Dr Didier Chabanet, 11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m., 21 October 2004 (Thursday), Room 802, David C. Lam Building, HKBU (details)

City University of Hong Kong Department of Public and Social Administration, "The New Member States and the EU", Dr Klaus Goetz (LSE), 4.00–5.30 pm, Monday 5 July 2004 (details)

"The Anglo-French North Pole: Editing and Translating Verne's Adventures of Captain Hatteras", Dr William Butcher, GIS Dept, HKBU, 3 May 2004 (details)

"International Relations Post-9/11", M. Hubert Védrine, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1997-2002 (details)

In conjunction with the Alliance Française; EUROPEAN FILM CLUB, Film: “JOAN OF ARC”, with a discussion moderated by Dr.Stephen Palmquist, 27 November (details)

In conjunction with The Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia, Film: “Andrei Rublev”, with a debate moderated by Jean-Michel Sourd, 24 February 2004 (details)

Visit to Hong Kong and talk of Mr Richard Balfe, MEP, "Institutional Developments of the European Union: A View from the European Parliament", 20 February 2004 (details)

The objectives of the Association are

to contribute to better understanding in Hong Kong of European affairs and culture, and in particular of the European Union
to promote teaching and research in European Studies, which necessarily includes cultural and language components; to foster links between academic institutions in Hong Kong
to foster links between these institutions and similar bodies in Europe
and to encourage dialogue between those with an interest in European Studies.

Membership

The members of the Association come from all the main universities and colleges in Hong Kong as well as from the various European cultural institutes and consular representations in Hong Kong. Membership is open to students and to those from a non-academic background.

The Association is a member of ECSA-WORLD, the global association of European Community Studies Associations sponsored by the European Commission.

The HKAES is run by an elected committee, chaired by a President. The current President is Professor Ting Wai of Baptist University (tel: 3411 5647, fax: 3411 5799, email: tingwai@hkbu.edu.hk), and the current Secretary is Mrs. Hyewon Kim Kang (email: hyuhye@hotmail.com) of The University of Hong Kong. Enquiries are welcome.

Executive Committee members of the HKAES

Position	Name	Institution
President	Prof. Ting Wai	HKBU
Secretary	Mrs. Hyewon Kim Kang	HKU
Treasurer	Dr. Krzysztof Sliwinski	HKBU
Committee Members	Dr. Leung Mei Yee	CUHK
Committee Members	Ms. Kitty Tse