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Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture Series
The "Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture Series" was set up with a donation from Mrs. Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay, a 1964 graduate from the then Department of History and Geography. The Lecture Series will invite prominent geographers from around the world to give public lectures and to present seminars on various geographical themes. It aims at enhancing the teaching and learning in geography at the University as well as broadening the international connections between the Department and other higher learning institutions.
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1st Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (26 April, 2004) |
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 To unveil the "Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture Series", Geography Department invited Professor Ronald G. Knapp, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York at New Paltz, to deliver the inaugural lecture on 26 April 2004, and to conduct a public forum on the following day. The theme of the activities was on the significance and meaningfulness of Chinese traditions in folk art, craftsmanship, vernacular architecture, and the need for their preservation as part of Chinese heritage.Professor Knapp is a well acclaimed cultural geographer. He has published over a dozen books on the historical and cultural geography of China, including walled cities, domestic houses, folk beliefs, and vernacular architecture. His lecture was entitled "In Search of China's Domestic Landscapes", looking into the values and meanings of China's cultural landscapes as part of the national heritage of the country. The lecture was well attended, attracting about a hundred students and staff members of the University and professionals and guests from the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the wider public.
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2004/4/26 Prof. Ronald G. Knapp's Lecture
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2nd Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (7 December, 2004) |
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 本系於二零零四年十二月七日邀得中國科學院資深院士陳述彭教授主講 “地學信息圖譜的探索”。地學信息圖譜是一種動態的電子數字地圖，用於描述人與自然和諧相處的規律。它的應用範圍相當廣泛，可應用於全球化地緣政治、地緣經濟與軍事戰略的客觀分析，亦可應用於國家區域規劃、城鎮佈局、循環經濟與產業結構調整、社區管理與應急反應等地學工程設計
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2004/12/7 Prof. Chen's Lecture
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3rd Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (21-22 March, 2005) |
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 The Department of Geography was honored to be able to invite Professor David Harvey to speak at the "Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture Series" on March 21 and 22 2005 respectively. Professor Harvey is a prominent geographer, whose work is well read, debated and respected in the social and human sciences. From an examination of the methodology and philosophy of geography, his theoretical underpinning has evolved to political economy and difference. From a foundation in historical geography, his interests have evolved to the process of urbanisation, cultural and artistic transformation in history and questions of spatial, environmental and political justice. These insights, and their developments, can be found in his groundbreaking and highly respected books like Social Justice and the City, The Limits to Capital, The Conditions of Postmodernity and The New Imperialism.
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2005/3/21 Prof. David Harvey's Lectures
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4th Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (27th October, 2005) |
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 More than 100 academics, government officials, guests and students attended a public lecture by Professor Robin Renaut of the University of Saskatchewan in Canada on the saline lakes of the Kenya Rift Valley.
Professor Renaut, a specialist in geochemistry and continental sedimentation, is currently collaborating in research in Kenya with Professor Bernie Owen of the Geography Department. His well-illustrated and informative talk explained the geological processes that control sedimentation, fauna and flora in this dramatic part of the world.
The lecture, organised by the Geography Department, was part of the "Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture Series".
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2005/10/27 Prof. Renaut's Lecture
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5th Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (24th March, 2006) |
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 Professor Li Si-ming, the first Geography Department scholar appointed Chair Professor, delivered his Inaugural Lecture on China's Changing Urban Geography: A Review of Major Forces at Work on 24 March. The lecture, part of the Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture Series organised by the Geography Department, attracted more than 100 academics, guests, students and alumni. Mrs. Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay, founder of the Geography Academic Lecture/Seminar Fund, travelled from Bangkok to congratulate Professor Li at the lecture.
In an opening address, Professor Ng Ching-fai, President & Vice-Chancellor, paid tribute to Professor Li for his academic achievements and contributions to the University. President Ng said that through his strength of mind, perseverance, dedication and professionalism in teaching and research, Professor Li had become an internationally renowned scholar in his field. In his lecture, Professor Li, who joined the then Hong Kong Baptist College in 1980, reviewed the major forces shaping the urban landscape and geography in China during the past few decades.
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2006/3/24 Chair Professor Inaugural Lecture
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6th Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (1st February, 2007) |
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 The Department of Geography held the 6th Geography Academic Lecture yesterday (1 February). Renowned physical geographer Professor Brian Jones, C.R. Stelck Chair in Petroleum Geology of University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, shared his insights from research on "Hot Springs: Precipitates and Microbes in Extreme Environments".
As an experienced researcher of hot spring system, Professor Jones used dramatic examples from New Zealand, Africa and Iceland to demonstrate the varied characteristics of hot springs, their deposits and biological assemblages.
In the opening address, Professor Ng Ching-fai, President and Vice-Chancellor, expressed gratitude to Professor Jones for sharing his valuable findings. "The opportunities to have lectures by internationally renowned scholars at the University have always been valuable and beneficial to enhancing academic exchanges," said President Ng.
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2007/2/1 Prof. Jones's Lecture
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7th Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (15th March, 2007) |
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 The Department of Geography held the 7th Geography Academic Lecture yesterday (15 March), with Professor John Connell of the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. Professor Connell shared his insights on development issues of islands states in the Pacific Island Region. His lecture, entitled "The World is Not Flat: Islands, Culture and Development", was well-attended by academics and students of Geography, and those of cognate disciplines at sister institutions.
Professor Connell is a prominent geographer with research interests in various disciplines, including political, economic, cultural and social progress in less developed countries - especially small island states in and outside the Pacific Island Region .
The lecture forms part of the Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture/Seminar Series, supported by a fund set up in 2003 from a donation by alumna Mrs. Elizabeth Chan.
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2007/3/15 Prof. Connell's Lecture
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8th Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (12th April , 2007) |
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 Professor Tatsuo Kimbara, an internationally renowned expert in corporate environmental management and technological development, presented a lecture on "Environmental Management and Innovation" at the recent Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture organised by the Geography Department.
Professor Kimbara emphasised that "sustainability" is the keyword of the 21st century. He introduced the audience to innovative views and shared insights on new approaches to managing contemporary environmental problems -- particularly with regard to the corporate perspective.
Professor Kimbara is currently Dean of the Graduate School for International Development and Co-operation of Hiroshima University in Japan.
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2007/4/12 Prof. Kimbara's Lecture
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9th Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Academic Lecture (21st February, 2008) |
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 Professor Kwan Mei-Po, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA, was the speaker at the Geography Department's Ninth Elizabeth Chan Cheng E-lay Geography Academic Lecture held yesterday (21 February). Professor Kwan spoke on the "Information and Communication Technologies, Social Networks, and Urban Travel: New Conceptualisations".
Professor Kwan is a leading scholar in various subfields of geography, including the development of new analytical methods for geographical research, especially Geographical Information System-based 3D geovisualisation and geocomputation. Her work focuses on the geographical and temporal characteristics of people's daily activities, with attention to the impact of recent social, economic and political changes on the geography of their daily activities.
In her lecture, Professor Kwan shared with the audience her insights on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet and mobile communications have led to new practices in our family and social life, and the implications of these new practices for the study of people's daily activity patterns and urban travel. The lecture was well-attended by academics, students and government officials.
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2008/2/21 Prof. Kwan's Lecture
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