李少南教授講座 (2010年5月29日)

「香港傳媒生態:利潤與責任」(廣東話主講)
"The Media Ecology in Hong Kong: Profit-making versus Responsibility"
(in Cantonese)

講座摘要

在資本主義社會�堙A只有能獲取利潤的傳媒,才能生存。要解決「只顧利潤,不顧責任」的報業問題,要從四個方面看:政府、新聞人員、媒介老闆、受眾。雖然政府可有效快速地制止煽腥色報導,但會危害新聞自由。新聞人員必須正直,有操守及有社會責任感。但若媒介老闆重視金錢多於社會責任,新聞人員不能發揮很大影響。目前市場導向媒介的操守問題,並不完全是由於新聞人員操守不足而引起的。主要關鍵在於有媒介老闆把盈利放在首位,把新聞媒介的社會功能放到次位,或甚至完全忽略。另一方面,一般社會大眾「喜聞樂道」煽腥色的新聞內容,並不深究自己的選擇對下一代及整個社會的影響,亦是做成煽腥色內容充斥媒介的一個主要原因。

In capitalist societies, profit making is essential to the survival of media. In order to solve the issue of "profit without responsibility" in journalism, four parties have a role to play, namely, government, journalists, media proprietors, and audience. Although government can clean up the sensational media content quickly, it poses a serious threat to press freedom. Journalists must be upright, ethical and socially responsible to guard against irresponsible press. However, if media owners put profit above all considerations and ignore the social role of media, journalists cannot do much to run a healthy and responsible media. Furthermore, the enjoyable consumption of sensational media by the audience who are not conscious of the impact of their choice on society and their young children also constitutes an important factor for the prevalence of sensational contents in media.

簡歷

李少南現任香港中文大學社會科學院院長及新聞與傳播學院教授。他於1986年在美國密西根大學獲傳播學博士學位。研究興趣為國際傳播、新媒體發展及電訊政策。他的學術著作見於《傳播學報》(英文)、《媒介、文化與社會》(英文)、《電訊政策》(英文)、《電訊與資訊學》(英文)及《亞洲傳播學報》(英文)等學術期刊。曾出版及編輯十四本書籍與無數篇章。他於2007年出任由Routledge出版的英文國際期刊《中國傳播學報》的創刊主編。在1990 – 1992年間,曾任香港廣播事務管理局委員,並在1990 – 93年間出任香港廉政公署研究小組委員。

Professor Paul S.N. Lee is currently the Dean of Social Science and Professor of the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his doctorate in Communication from the University of Michigan in 1986. His research interests include International Communication, Telecommunications Policy and New Media. Professor Lee has published widely at major international venues including Journal of Communication, Media, Culture & Society, Telematics and Informatics, and Asian Journal of Communication. He has also authored and edited fourteen books and many book chapters. Since 2007 Professor Lee has served as the founding chief editor of the Chinese Journal of Communication (Routledge). He was an appointed member of the Broadcasting Authority in 1990-92 and a member of the Research Sub-Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1990-93.


賴寶山教授講座 (2010年6月5日)

「刀下怎留人?」(廣東話主講)
Surgical Safety – the number one issue in Surgery Today
(in Cantonese)

講座摘要

手術安全現被世界外科學界公認為最重要質素及風險管理的課題之一。講座將從一個外科醫生的角度出發,並解述現代手術流程及系統設計如何達致高質量但低風險的手術結果。

Surgical Safety is one of the top priorities in quality & risk management of modern healthcare. Based on a surgeon’s prospective, the lecture will illustrate and explain what the medical profession could deliver in terms of processes of surgery and system design, to achieve high quality and low risk operations.

簡歷

賴寶山教授現為香港中文大學外科學系系主任,兼任醫學院助理院長職務。賴教授現為香港醫院管理局新界東聯網外科服務聯網統籌。賴寶山教授於1990年畢業於香港中文大學,同年加入威爾斯親王醫院外科學系,分別在香港及愛丁堡接受普通外科及肝膽胰外科專科培訓,1998年取得醫學博士學位。
賴教授除了積極參與各項外科手術,亦參與學生教育及外科醫生的專業培訓工作。在臨床及基礎科學研究工作方面,賴教授更一直努力不懈,對肝膽胰外科和肝癌的分子生物研究尤其有興趣。賴教授現為香港外科醫學院議會成員及該學院學術期刊Surgical Practice的總編輯。
Professor Paul B S Lai is currently the Chairman of the Department of Surgery and the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received education and training as a specialist general surgeon in Hong Kong. He undertook his post-graduate training in basic research and hepato-biliary surgery at the University of Edinburgh and the Chinese University of Hong Kong and he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1998. Apart from being an academic surgeon in general surgery and hepato-biliary and pancreatic surgery, Professor Lai has keen interest in teaching of medical students and surgical trainees. His research interest ranged from clinic research in surgery and basic medical research in cancer. He is currently the chief-editor of Surgical Practice, the official journal of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.


關海山教授講座 (2010年6月19日)

「人類基因的迷思」(廣東話主講)
(in Cantonese)

簡歷

關海山教授自1984年任教於香港中文大學以來, 歷任分子生物技術系主任、理學院院長;現任食品研究中心主任、生物系教授、中醫學院名譽教授,同時擔任食品及營養科學課程和分子生物技術學課程的核心教授。

關教授一直致力於分子遺傳及基因組學方面的前沿熱點研究,其興趣主要涵蓋病原細菌、食用及藥用真菌、藥用植物和海洋珍貴動物相關的分子遺傳機制及基因組信息探索,同時在分子生物技術的應用與開發(食品標籤和驗證)方面傾注心血。自1990年以來,人類基因組計劃一直使關教授著迷。他密切關注該計劃的發展,並將其前沿進展納入研究生的課程之中。濃厚的興趣和對未知的探索熱情,讓關教授成為香港首個把人類基因組計劃中的先進技術運用於分子遺傳學研究和發展的科學家。

近期,關教授領導的科研團隊主要集中研究食源性致病菌(沙門氏菌和副溶血性弧菌)和蕈菌(香菇/冬菇及灰蓋鬼傘菌)的基因組信息,探索潛在的致病機理及食藥用價值。其研究領域不僅深具前瞻性理論意義,同時蘊藏廣闊的應用前景。

因此,相關課題項目多年來受到各方面的慷慨資助,其中包括研究資助局、創新科技署、裘槎基金會、衛生署、香港賽馬會慈善信託基金和控制傳染病研究基金等。

關教授的學術研究成果豐碩,在國際期刊和會議上發表過超過160篇學術論文,涵蓋蕈菌,微生物學、分子生物技術及中藥等方面的研究。

Professor Kwan Hoi Shan has been teaching in The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1984. He is professor of Department of Biology, honorary professor of the School of Chinese Medicine, director of Food Research Centre. He is also core professor of Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme and Molecular Biotechnology Programme.

His research interests include molecular biotechnology, food and applied microbiology, and molecular genetics and genomics of bacteria, fungi, plants and marine animals. His laboratory is focusing on genomics of foodborne bacterial pathogens (Salmonella Typhimurium and Vibrio parahaemolyticus) and edible mushrooms (Lentinula edodes and Coprinopsis cinerea). He is also actively working on food labeling and authentication, and Chinese medicine.

Research Grants Council, Innovation and Technology Commission, Croucher Foundation, Department of Health, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and Research Funds for Control of Infectious Diseases have provided generous funding for his research.

He has published one book and over160 research articles in international journals and conferences in microbiology, molecular biotechnology and Chinese medicine.

Since its inception in 1990, the Human Genome Project has fascinated Professor Kwan. He has followed its development and included the advances of this project in his postgraduate courses. He has pioneered the transfer of advanced technologies from the Human Genome Project to molecular genetics research and development in Hong Kong.

北島教授講座 (2010年3月19日)

「想像與創造的空間」
講座摘要

在香港這樣一個高度商業化物質化的大都市,如何使詩歌與嚴肅文學倖存下去,如何使其成為市民特別是年輕人精神生活的日常形態,如何彌補正規教育中創造性與想像力的不足,這是每個居住在香港的作家和知識份子必須共同面對的問題。

由於香港獨特的歷史背景、社會政治形態及地理位置,由於多語種多種族並存的國際化所需的條件,香港不僅有可能成為國際文化交流的重要平台,甚至有可能成為大中華地區漢語文學與文化的中心之一。然而,為達此目的,絕不能過度依賴香港政府、私人財團或教育機構,而是要以民間的力量為主,借助並協調各方的資源,逐漸改變香港惡劣的文化生態環境。

簡歷

北島,原名趙振開, 1949 年生於北京。早年做過建築工人、編輯、自由撰稿人等行業。 1978 年,他和芒克在北京創辦 1949 以來第一份非官方文學雜誌《今天》,一直擔任主編至今。自 1987 年起他在歐洲和北美居住並任教。獲得多種國際文學獎和榮譽,包括美國藝術文學院終身榮譽院士。他的作品被譯成 30 多種文字。除了多卷詩集外,他還出版了小說集《波動》,以及散文集《藍房子》《午夜之門》、《時間的玫瑰》和《青燈》等。他和家人目前在香港定居,他在香港中文大學擔任人文學科講座教授。

Bei Dao (pen-name of Zhao Zhenkai) was born in Beijing in 1949. His early jobs include work as a construction labourer, editor and free-lance writer. In 1978, Bei Dao and Mang Ke co-founded Today [Jintian], the first unofficial literary journal in China since 1949, and he has been chief editor ever since. Since 1987, he has lived and taught in Europe and the United States. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In addition to many volumes of poetry, his publications also include Waves, a collection of short stories, and four essay collections: Blue House, Midnight's Gate, The Rose of Time, and Green Lamp. He has won numerous awards and honors, among them honorary membership of the Academy of American Arts and Letters. He is currently Professor of Humanities at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and lives with his family in Hong Kong.


黃德尊教授講座 (2010年3月30日)

「良好管治-香港在建設中國金融市場所扮演的角色」
講座摘要

雖然內地企業來港上巿可大大提升發展潛力,但他們的管治架構卻對其融入香港巿場造成一定障礙。黃德尊教授將分析這些障礙與內地企業營運環境之間錯綜複雜的關係。此外,他將探討香港巿場對內地上巿公司的價值。相比上海和深圳巿場,香港的資訊自由流通,能提供高水準的金融專業服務,有助內地企業改善公司管治。

Despite the tremendous growth opportunities of the Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong, they have distinct challenges in their governance structures. Professor Wong will first explain that these distinct challenges are intricately linked with the economic environment in which these firms operate. He will then discuss the value of the Hong Kong market to these Chinese listed firms. As compared with the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets, the Hong Kong market that facilitates free flow of information and emphasizes high degree of professionalism helps to improve the Chinese firms' corporate governance.

簡歷

黃德尊教授是香港中文大學工商管理學院院長及會計學講座教授。他還擔任中文大學公司治理中心主任。他從美國Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA取得經濟學學士學位(summa cum laude)並獲得加州州立大學洛杉磯分校的工商管理碩士學位和博士學位。在加入中文大學以前,他曾任教于美國College Park的馬�媊鶡{立大學本部及香港科技大學。黃教授在國際頂尖的財務和會計刊物上發表過多篇學術論文,如Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies,Contemporary Accounting Research 及 Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice。他的研究被《華爾街日報》,《亞洲華爾街日報》,《經濟學人》,Globe and Mail,《南華早報》,《信報》,the ACCA Journal 及《香港美國總商會雜志》所采用並被美國國會證券造假訴訟案引用。黃教授在Review of Accounting Studies, Auditing: Journal of Theory and Practice, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting編輯委員會任職。他還是二零零六至二零零七年北美華人會計教授協會會長。

Prof. T.J. Wong is the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and the Chair Professor of Accountancy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is also the Director of the Center for Institutions and Governance at CUHK. He received his B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude) from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, and MBA and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA. Before joining CUHK, he has taught at the University of Maryland - College Park, USA, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prof. Wong has published numerous research articles in top finance and accounting journals such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, and Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice. His research was featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Asian Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Globe and Mail, the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Economic Journal, the ACCA Journal and Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and was used in the U.S. congressional testimony on Securities Fraud Litigation. Prof. Wong serves in the editorial board of Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. He is also the president elect of the China Accounting Professor Association of North America, 2006-2007.


蒲慕州教授講座 (2010年4月9日)

「千年榮華今何在-古埃及文明探幽」
講座摘要

千年榮華今何在──古埃及文明探幽
Where have all the glory gone? A search for Ancient Egyptian Civilization

  1. 時間所懼怕的金字塔──埃及文明的象徵
  2. 神秘而令人好奇的木乃伊──埃及宗教的關鍵
  3. 壯觀而令人肅然的神廟──眾神的居所
  4. 燦爛而充滿生意的藝術──美與永恆的追尋

簡歷

蒲慕州教授,廣東大埔人,出生於台灣,國立台灣大學歷史系畢業(1975),美國約翰霍浦金斯大學埃及學博士(1984)。2009年來港,現任香港中文大學歷史系講座教授,曾任台灣中央研究院歷史語言研究所研究員,國立台灣大學歷史系及人類學系兼任教授,國立政治大學宗教研究所兼任教授等,亦曾客座於美國加州大學洛杉磯分校,哥倫比亞大學等校。研究專業為埃及學、中國古代宗教及社會史、比較古代史。專書著作方面,中文有《墓葬與生死 -- 中國古代宗教之省思》(台北:聯經, 1993);《尼羅河畔的文采 -- 古埃及文選》(台北:遠流,1993) ;《追尋一己之福-中國古代的信仰世界》(台北:允晨,1995); 《中國文化史》(合著) (台北:東華, 1997);《法老的國度-古埃及文化史》(台北:麥田出版社,2001) 《西洋上古文化—探索與反思》 (台北:三民書局, 2009)等。英文專書有 Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (London: Kegan Paul International, 1995),In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998),Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005) 等,另有論文數十篇。

Mu-chou Poo was born and educated in Taiwan, received a B.A. in History from National Taiwan University in 1975 and Ph.D. in Egyptology from The Johns Hopkins University in1984. He joined CUHK in 2009 as Professor of History in the History Department. Before he came to Hong Kong he was a Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. He has taught as visiting professor at UCLA, Columbia University and Grinnell College. Research interests include society and religion in ancient Egypt and China. Recent research takes a comparative approach to ancient history and religion. He published both in Chinese and English. His books in Chinese include 墓葬與生死 -- 中國古代宗教之省思 Burial Styles and Ideas of Life and Death -- Reflections on the Religion of Ancient China; 尼羅河畔的文采 -- 古埃及文選 Literature by the Nile: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Literature; 追尋一己之福-中國古代的信仰世界 In Search of Personal Welfare:The World of Beliefs in Ancient China; 法老的國度--古埃及文化史 The Land of the Pharaohs: A Cultural History of Ancient Egypt; 古代宗教與信仰 Ancient Religion and Belief. Major English publications include Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (London: Kegan Paul International, 1995); In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998); Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005).


許正德教授講座 (2010年4月23日)

「光纖通訊—綠色科技的體驗」
講座摘要

今日社會資訊的發達,全賴於支撐著整個互聯網的光纖通訊系統。當中所用到的玻璃纖維是以幼沙作為原材料,用髮絲般一樣幼細的管道,就能夠高速傳遞無窮的訊息,貫穿地球每個角落,但所耗用的資源卻很有限。在這講座�堙A我們會以普及科學的角度去認識光纖通訊,見證這項綠色科技的發展,並探討如何可以減省通訊的耗電量,以達至更環保的目標。

簡歷

許正德教授現任香港中文大學電子工程學系教授,他於一九九二年加入中文大學任教,專注於光電器件的教學研究及其在光纖通訊上的應用,並建立高速光纖訊號處理的實驗室,帶領眾多研究生,發表超過二百五十篇科學論文,屢獲研究及論文的獎項。自零五年起,許教授擔任國際權威科學期刊 Optics Letters 的光纖通訊部編輯,在這個領域上擔當著重要角色。於零六及零七年,他兼任美國電機及電子工程師學會香港光電學會分會的主席,自零八年起擔任香港應用科技研究院顧問委員。許教授畢業於香港大學物理系,後於美國紐約哥倫比亞大學取得應用物理學博士學位,並曾在美國的西門子研究所及其他公司工作。

Professor Chester Shu is currently a professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since he took up the faculty position in 1992, he has been focusing on teaching and research of optoelectronic devices and their applications in optical fibre communications. At CUHK, he has founded a high-speed optoelectronics laboratory and established the facilities for ultrafast processing of fibre communication signals. He has supervised many graduate students and has authored/coauthored over 250 research papers. His research team has won a number of research and paper awards. Since 2005, Professor Shu has been serving as a topical editor of Optics Letters in the area of optical fiber communications. He is a founding committee member of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Hong Kong Chapter of which he served as the chairman in 2006 and 2007. Since 2008, he sits on the advisory committee of the Material and Packaging Domain in the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute. Professor Shu graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University in the city of New York, USA. He has also worked at the Siemens Corporate Research Laboratories in Princeton, and at Connexus Corporation in Bothell, U.S.A.