Colloquium on the Arts and Humanities in Civic Society

Date:
8 December
Time:
9:15 am - 5:00 pm
Venue:
Cho Yiu Conference Hall, CUHK
Description:

Over 110 people gathered at Cho Yiu Hall, CUHK on December 8 to hear eminent speakers from the disciplines of Arts, Science, Education and Politics discussing and debating the role of the Arts and Humanities in Civic Society.

Organised by the Research Centre for Human Values, CUHK, the colloquium brought together Vice Chancellors from leading universities around the world, as well as the general public to assess the city’s relationship with civic well-being and cultural capital.

Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, together with Prof. Simon Haines, Director of the Research Centre for Human Values delivered welcoming remarks at the colloquium. 

Speakers of the colloquium also included Prof. Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford and the Mok Hing Yiu Visiting Professor at CUHK; Dr. Christine Loh, Under-Secretary for the Environment, Prof. Sir Drummond Bone, Master of Balliol College, Oxford; and Mr. Michael Lynch, CEO of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. 

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