To promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong, the Libraries has created the University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club. The Reading Club will sponsor a series of book talks featuring leading members of Hong Kong intellectual community.
Fall 2013
Passage to Promise Land: Voices of Chinese Immigrant Women to Canada
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Speaker: |
Dr. Vivienne Poy |
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Moderator: |
Professor C. F. Lee, GBS, SBS, JP, Director, HKUSPACE |
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Date: |
23 November 2013 (Saturday) |
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Time: |
4:00 - 6:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Stumbling Giant: The Threats to China's Future
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Speaker: |
Mr. Timothy Beardson |
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Moderator: |
Professor Zhigang Tao, Associate Dean, Knowledge Exchange and China Development and Director of HKU Institute for China and Global Development |
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Date: |
31 October 2013 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
7:15 - 9:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Y. K. Pao My Father by Professor Anna Pao Sohmen
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Speaker: |
Professor Anna Pao Sohmen |
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Moderator: |
Mr Peter Sidorko, University Librarian, HKU |
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Date: |
3 October 2013 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
7:15 - 9:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Spring 2013
The Penguin History of The World (sixth edition) by J.M. Roberts & Odd Arne Westad
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Speaker: |
Professor Odd Arne Westad |
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Moderator: |
Dr Priscilla Roberts (School of Humanities, HKU) |
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Date: |
25 April 2013 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
7:15 - 9:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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Pacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong
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Speaker / Author: |
Dr Elizabeth Sinn |
| Moderator: | Professor John Carroll (School of Humanities, HKU) |
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Date: |
7 March 2013 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
7:15 - 9:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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On Skeleton Women and the female spy in China
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Theme Book: |
Skeleton Women written by Mingmei Yip |
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Speaker / Author: |
Dr Mingmei Yip |
| Moderator: | Ms Evelyn Ng (Co-Convenor of Women's Studies Research Centre, HKU) |
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Date: |
7 February 2013 (Thursday) |
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Time: |
7:15 - 9:00 pm |
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Language: |
English |
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