Lingnan University e-News

Campus news

• Lingnan Arts Festival 2012
• Dr Stephen Chow speaks on entrepreneurship and cultural development
• Mrs Loretta Shuen shares her mentorship experiences at “Tuesdays with Mentors” dinner
• Lingather Programme 2012 – Alumni Career Advising Night
• US Consul General Mr Stephen Young visits Lingnan
• “Tour around Tuen Mun” alumni activity
• Green Festival promotes green life on campus

Research and academic activities

• Distinguished Public Lecture on “Bureaucracy, Its Reform, and Economic Growth” by Prof Avinash Dixit
• Touching Moment: Seminar on “Stories Along Journeys” by Ms Celia Cheng
• Inaugural Lecture on “On the Interest of Documentary Film” by Prof Mette Hjort
• Fong Yim Fun Distinguished Lecture in Chinese Cultural Studies 2012 on “Chen Yingzhen’s Third World – Homelandless Mainlanders Living under the Division System”
• Public seminars by Writer-in-residence 2012 Mr Liu Ka-shiang
• “Hong Kong Local Colour Writing Seminar Series” by Mr Yip Fai

Awards and people

• Results of President’s Cup 2011/12 announced
• Kyrgyzstan student sets up social webpage to promote Lingnan
• Lingnan students come second in “KPMG Business Administration Paper contest 2011”

Publications

• Video links for Service-Learning and Research Scheme

Upcoming events

• Keung Wai-kai Solo Painting Exhibition: I think, therefore I paint (16 March - 13 April 2012)
• Kick-off Ceremony of the Leadership Mentoring Programme (LMP) 2012 (31 March 2012)
• Public Lecture on "Beyond the Chinese Face: Crafting a Universal Model for Human Social Behaviour" (2 April 2012)
• Public Lecture on “Startup Financing – An Entrepreneur’s Perspective” (5 April 2012)
• Green Campus Programme – Closing Ceremony cum Thematic Talk on "Ecological Conservation - How each of us can make a difference" (11 April 2012)
• Sharing Session for "The Chinese Expeditionary Force Memorial Trip to Yunnan" (12 April 2012)
• Public Lecture on "Glocalising Murakami Haruki (13 April 2012)
• Public Lecture on “From ‘Youth Spirit in China’ to ‘Youth Spirit in Taiwan’ – a discussion on youth imagination and national discourse in 20th-century Chinese literature” (13 April 2012)
• Public Lecture on "Why Are Professors Liberal?" (18 April 2012)
• Seminar on "The Environment: A Policy Afterthought?" (19 April 2012)
• Lingnan University Awards Presentation Ceremony 2012 (23 April 2012)
• Public Lecture on "Social Knowledge in the Making" (24 April 2012)