Expert Talks

中國戲曲一直伴隨中國歷史變遷，是一種結合音樂、語言、文學、舞蹈、雜技、戲劇綜合表演藝術。粵劇是中國戲曲大家庭其中一員，流行於廣東、香港、澳門及海外粵語方言的社群。在內容上，粵劇劇目包含不少中國文化價值觀；同時，粵劇發展過程出了不少中西文化交流的成果。本講座會以香港粵劇為例，探索她的前世今生。

Mr WONG King-chung
Email: cikcwong@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2990
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

對於初中的大多數學生來說，作文最難的還是整體佈局。即使想好要寫什麽，但常常寫到一半也會有寫不下去的時候。這種現象總的來說，就是沒有打開佈局的思路，聯想斷了綫。學習聯想構思作文法，學生作文才能下筆如有神。本講座分享如何運用寫作思維導圖，教會學生寫出好文章。

Dr QIAN Hua Crystal
Email: ciqian@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2379
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

傳統中國古典小說戲曲中的人鬼戀，多是女鬼凡男配搭，而且是女鬼自薦枕蓆，走去慰解精神苦悶的書生。這個講座將會談談傳統中國人鬼戀故事的流變，女鬼凡男背後的性別意識、男性的焦慮與欲望，以及人鬼相戀故事的社會文化的意義。

Dr LAM Hok-chung
Email: cihclam@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2473
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

老師和同學們曾否想過，傳統中國繪畫與西方繪畫在學習方法、風格特點、品評原則等很多方面的差別，歸根究底，乃源自於中西美學的不同？美學是哲學的一個分支，中國哲學史始自諸子百家。講者將重點分析諸子百家中「儒」、「道」思想對中國繪畫史的影響，並介紹傳統中國繪畫的原則、藝術精神、學習與欣賞方法。

Dr WONG Pui-yin Marianne
Email: ciwong@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2817
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

「客家人」是香港的早期移民，他們在港落地生根，成為香港最早的居民之一。現今新界地區仍保留不少傳統客家圍屋古蹟。荃灣是早期「客家人」聚居的地區，而三棟屋是著名的客家圍村。隨著城市發展，荃灣成為了新界最早發展的新市鎮，而三棟屋亦改建為博物館。是次考察將以荃灣三棟屋為對象，透過對全屋之建築、佈局及陳設的觀察，藉以觀察傳統香港客家人的宗族理念及純樸的生活風貌，繼而思考城市變遷對歷史文化古蹟的影響。

考察地點：荃灣三棟屋（地址：荃灣古屋里2號）

Dr LO Kar-kee
Email: karkeelo@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2476
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

文學課程、文學閱讀有何意義？中國文學傳統豐富而精彩，它揭示了種種人生的境遇，能促進我們對於人生意義的思考，它還隱藏了中國文化的種種密碼，等待我們的探索，加深我們對中國文化的認識。

Prof ZHANG Wanmin
Email: ctzhangw@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-6530
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

《天龍八部》中「北喬峰」(蕭峰)的悲劇根源是什麼？要回答這疑問，我們必須了解所謂「華─夷」、「漢─胡」究竟是什麼東西。本講題將帶領同學思考傳統中國的民族觀、文化觀和世界觀，探討古代中國錯綜複雜的民族問題。

Dr LAM Hok-chung
Email: cihclam@cityu.edu.hk Phone: 3442-2473
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

孝是中國文化道德的本源。這個講座主要探討中國孝文化如何在家庭、社會、國家層面推廣，從而理解孝文化的精神。另外通過文人書寫、歷史文獻等資料，窺探傳統中國人怎樣體現和實踐孝文化。

Dr LO Kar-kee
Email: karkeelo@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2476
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

本次講座簡述古代防疫方法和思想，以及反防疫思想，並探討在古人防疫與儒家思想的關係。

Prof FAN Ka-wai
Email: cikwfan@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2473
Website: https://www.cah.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/events/school-talkfield-trips

The city has always been a source of inspiration for writers, who use different literary forms to engage with the modern lived experience. Drawing on literary texts written by writers across cultures and time, the speaker will introduce the various narrative strategies that writers use to represent, narrate, and re-imagine the city. Participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on their own experience and consider their creative practices in re-envisioning the image of the city.

Prof Klaudia LEE
Email: hiuylee@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-5377

This talk introduces how to use online language database (also called corpus) for English learning. In the past decades, various types of corpora have been built for the purposes of language studies, and the existing corpora also have great potential for language learning. As an English scholar, I find online corpora can improve two aspects of English learning for secondary school students in Hong Kong: 1) students' motivation of English learning and 2) student' learning autonomy outside classroom. Therefore, this talk will explain background information of corpus, present some existing corpora, and showcase specific techniques of using online corpora.

Prof Ge LAN
Email: gelan4@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8554

Advertising, newspapers, social media posts, movies, fashion, art, literary texts, we continuously consume information under different forms. The talk will focus on the analysis of texts disseminated across different channels to discuss how meanings are constructed through the use of various resources such as language, images, colours, sound, and more. Participants will also have the chance to reflect on how language shapes the society and at the same time how society can shape language.

Prof NERVINO Esterina
Email: e.nervino@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8732

In today's world, sustainability has become a crucial topic for our planet's well-being. The language we use to discuss sustainability plays a vital role in shaping our understanding and actions. This talk will focus on the analysis of texts about sustainability disseminated across different channels to discuss how meanings are constructed through the use of various resources such as language, images, colours, sound, and more. The talk will begin by introducing the concept of sustainability and its significance in addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges. It emphasizes that the language we use can inspire positive change and foster a better future.

Prof NERVINO Esterina
Email: e.nervino@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8732

We will talk about what linguistics studies and how we can apply this scientific study of language to make smart applications that help shape a better world. Language is the basic communication tool used by all members of a society. We learn, think and advance using language. In the big data era, where most of the data are in the form of language, definitely linguists can find more applications to work on. Let us explore them together.

Prof LUN Suen Caesar
Email: ctslun@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8791

Human–computer interaction (HCI) is often perceived as a largely technical, practical, and industry-centered field of study, focusing on the usability and design of technological products or services. Although such perception is partly true, HCI is really a transdisciplinary integration that requires theoretical thinking of why and how humans interact with technology in a certain way. This talk will draw on the variable-centered and heuristic approaches to the study of communication technology, and demonstrate theoretical mechanisms by which technological affordances of emerging media, such as smartphones, smartwatches, and the Internet of Things, contribute to shaping user perceptions of the technology and of transmitted media content.

Prof Ki Joon KIM
Email: kj.kim@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8611
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/com

This talk introduces the application of mobile technologies in promoting health behaviours, with a particular focus on the efficacy of fitness mobile apps for motivating physical activity participation. I will discuss what social scientific theories for behaviour change have been adopted for designing various features of fitness apps and how effective these features are in terms of increasing actual physical activity and reducing body dissatisfaction.

Prof Guanxiong HUANG
Email: g.huang@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-5967
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/com

Technology plays an important part in how we initiate and maintain relationships in contemporary society—Just think about the number of text messages you exchange with your friends and family every day, and how you constantly browse Facebook for status updates of people around you. But are you aware that when relational communication is mediated by technology, it changes the way we interact and the effects that result from this process? This talk will address the implications of technology on relational communication by describing three theoretical perspectives. It will help you reflect on your relational communication in a more critical way and prepare you to become more effective users of communication technology for relational purposes. The talk lasts around 1.5 hours.

Prof Nancy DAI
Email: nancy.dai@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-5966
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/com

This talk discusses the creative techniques used in communication media such as photos and videos. Some examples of students’ work will be presented.

Mr Sunny CHAN
Email: singchan@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-5771
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/com

Workers have shaped modern society just as much as money, entrepreneurs and governments. Their organisations have helped shape the modern world, from maintaining the status quo through to sparking revolutionary change. This lecture will take an excursion around the world looking at some of the ways such change or continuity occurs.

Prof Bill TAYLOR
Email: sabill@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-9612
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/pia

This is about the smart cities development at the global scale and the new economic landscape in the making.

The booming knowledge-based economy has nurtured a growing number of startups, small business and with them, a new distributed way of production, all of which requires infrastructures networks to connect firms, cities and regions. These infrastructures entail both hard infrastructures for mobility of human capitals and soft infrastructures for mobilities of information, the design of which largely affects how production and consumption are coordinated. As such, urban landscape is no more patterned upon conventional bounded zones, but patterned upon networks and nodes for an increasingly fluid way of work and life.

Prof WANG Jun
Email: june.wang@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8707
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/pia

Hong Kong is re-positioning itself for the new industrial economy that is more knowledge- and hi-tech oriented. In this process, Hong Kong youth and educators need to think about how they should prepare for the trend and create competitive advantages for the next generation of Hong Kong economic and community leaders. This talk will discuss what the Hong Kong SAR Government is doing to pursue re-industrialization and how secondary school students should prepare themselves for the foreseeable economic opportunities and challenges.

Prof Alfred HO
Email: ho.tkalfred@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8902
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/pia

This talk discusses and evaluates climate change and sustainability in carbon reduction.

Prof Felix CHUNG Kwok-pan
Email: fkpchung@cityu.edu.hk
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/pia

How do teachers and helping professionals distinguish bullies and victims? Then, how do they handle and reduce school bullying and cyberbullying incidents at schools? Next, how do they help parents with children involved in school bullying and cyberbullying?

Prof Annis FUNG Lai-chu
Email: annis.fung@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-2923

School Bullying at Secondary and Primary Schools Research Projects:
https://projcare01.wcm.cityu.edu.hk/

Project C.A.R.E. (Children At Risk Education):
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/projectcare/tc/index.html

Cyberbullying and Online Aggression:
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cyber-joy-enjoy-lab/zh-hant/

In this presentation, we will delve into how companies can foster diversity and inclusion to cultivate sustainable and responsible business environments. By recognizing the importance of workplace inclusion in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, students can appreciate the role of diversity in promoting positive social impact and ethical decision-making.

Prof KWAN Chi-kin
Email: ckkwan@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-4532

This talk briefly introduces the concept of stress from a biological standpoint and how different lifestyles may impact stress via the brain and other physiological systems. It will conclude by recommending lifestyle choices that may contribute to better health.
(50 minutes with 10 - 15 mins for Q & A)

Prof Julian LAI Chuk-ling
Email: ssjulwin@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-4306
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/stfprofile/julian.lai.htm

People of all ages can experience mental health issues in their life courses. Adolescence is incredibly challenging in human growth and development. Experiencing unpleasant, significant life events or even traumatic experiences does not necessarily lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. Research and real-life experiences of my students show that traumatic experiences made them even stronger, and they have a thriving life, which proves post-traumatic growth is real. So, adolescents who are having negative life experiences or mental health issues do not give up on recovery. You can have a promising future.

Dr Estella CHAN
Email: estella@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-8967

Hong Kong is a rich and prosperous city. At the same time, thousands of people are living in poverty. Who are they? Subdivided unit residents? Homeless people? Disabled person? What are the reasons for poverty? Laziness? Luck? Or distribution of resources? How could social welfare provide support for them? This talk provides some hints to answer such questions.
(about 60 minutes, including with Q and A)

Prof CHAN Siu-ming
Email: siuming.chan@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-7994

This talk will introduce students to the intriguing world of digital currencies, and how they are changing the face of finance. We will also touch on the darker side of cryptocurrencies: including the rising number of frauds and scams. We will talk about how to avoid them, and what we can do to stop and catch the criminals behind these next-generation crimes.

Prof Arda AKARTUNA
Email: arda.akartuna@cityu.edu.hk

Hong Kong is a multicultural society with about 8.4% non-Chinese residents from diverse cultural backgrounds. Who are they? Are they Hong Kong citizens? Do they enjoy the same advantages and privileges? If not, what are the reasons? Educational level? Cultural background? Or our own deep-rooted perceptions and bias? What can we do to reduce bias and to make Hong Kong a better place for all non-Chinese people? We will explore these questions in this talk.
(about 90 minutes, including Q & A)

Prof Kim KWOK
Email: kimkwok@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: 3442-5798