Dr. David C. Lam, Former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Canada

David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University, a government funded university with a Christian heritage. It aims at fostering research in East-West studies and cultivating collaborative scholarship between the East and the West. As the pace of globalisation intensifies and inter-cultural, inter-ethnic and inter-religious encounters accelerate, the work of LEWI has manifested itself in a significant manner in recent years. With Hong Kong as its base, LEWI aspires to become a global leader in multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural studies through constant academic interactions with universities worldwide. LEWI's network not only covers the Pacific Rim region, but also countries in the West, thereby enabling communications across the continents.

In view of the above objectives, the Institute has established research programmes on three continents: the Western Pacific Rim-China Research Programme at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; the North America-China Research Programme at Simon Fraser University, Canada; and the Europe-China Research Programme at Hong Kong Baptist University. Reporting to the Board of Governors, which consists of all full members and representative associate members, these three research programmes assist in networking among members and augmenting initiatives taken in Hong Kong.  

LEWI Brochure can be downloaded here

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Background

LEWI, previously known as the Centre for East-West Studies, was renamed David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) in November 1993 in honour of Dr. David C. Lam. Dr. David C. Lam is a generous benefactor of the Institute and has helped raise the funds for the construction of the David C. Lam Building, where the Institute is housed. His father, Dr. Lam Tsz Fung, had profound influence in the development of Hong Kong Baptist University. He was the first President and Vice-Chancellor of the then Hong Kong Baptist College.

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Membership

LEWI is a consortium of 28 universities from Australia, China, North America, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Europe, and South Korea.

There are three types of members: Founding , Corporate , and Associate Members .

Founding and Corporate members are fund-contributing. They are full members of the Board of Governors and enjoy the use of a private office in the Institute.

HOST MEMBER
Hong Kong Baptist University

FOUNDING MEMBERS
Baylor University
Ohio University
Simon Fraser University
Tsinghua University
University of Leeds
University of Strathclyde
University of Western Sydney

CORPORATE MEMBERS
Lund University
Mercer University
Swinburne University of Technology
Universiteit van Amsterdam

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Ateneo de Manila University
East China Normal University
Fudan University
Jilin University
Keimyung University
Lanzhou University
Nanjing University
Peking University
Shanghai University
Sichuan University
Tunghai University
Wuhan University
Xiamen University
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Yunnan University
Zhongshan University

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Research Programme

Pacific Rim-China Research Programme at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
	http://www.sisr.net/pacrim/ The Western Pacific Rim-China Research Programme is located at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research in Melbourne, Australia. The programme favours research in the fields of cities, region and technology in the global economy; globalisation, state formation and cultural identity; urbanisation, industralisation and migration and their effects on work, culture and social organisation.
North America-China Research Programme at Simon Fraser University, Canada
	http://www.cic.sfu.ca/nacc The North America-China Research Programme pursues through its research agenda the documentation and publication of Sino-Western cross-cultural communication and cooperation from a North American perspective.
Europe-China Research Programme at Hong Kong Baptist University
	http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~sinoeuro/index.htm The Europe-China Research Programme is in line with the historical role of Hong Kong as a link between the East and the West, and especially between China and Europe. It functions as an umbrella structure for the following research programmes: a) Political relations between China and the European Union b) Economic relations between China and the European Union c) Cultural relations between China and the European Union
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