In 1968, the “Hong Kong Flu” killed an estimated one to four million people globally. The epidemic broke out in the year the United States and the world endured a series of cataclysmic episodes of political violence. A rare phenomenon was observed concerning the mental consequences after contracting deadly influenza. Newspaper reports exaggerated the anxiety […]
In his talk, Tim will explain why finding and following a passion is the only way to succeed professionally. He will explain why the importance of being passionate about something means more than to simply find it interesting. Discovering your passion isn't about having things in common or striking up good conversations, it's a deep-rooted […]
“A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love” The film “The Exemplar” is about the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbás (1844-1921), a Persian philosopher, spiritual leader and central figure of the Bahá’í Faith who promoted teachings of peace, unity, gender equality and religious harmony to audiences throughout the Middle […]
This session is a final showcase of the digital stories created through the collaboration between undergraduate HKU students from across multiple disciplines and postgraduate students from the University of Queensland (UQ) School of Education. It is part of a 6-week HKU-UQ virtual student exchange, a co-curricular program funded by the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund […]
Facilitator: Dr Jack Tsao Associate Director of the Common Core About the Workshop: Within higher education, the shift away from traditional teacher-centred and lecture-style pedagogy towards a more dialogical and student-centred style of teaching increases the importance of the facilitation skills of teachers. Especially within interdisciplinary courses, facilitation skills lie at the core of […]
The Common Core in collaboration with our HK Learning Partner Friday is hosting a series of Refreshers in December for any student or staff looking to de-stress and just play around with art. In these sandbox sessions, you are welcome to come freely create and experiment with a mix of available materials and tools to […]
“A Minute Something Else Enters” is a community project collaborated with the teaching staff at LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, aimed to explore the history of pandemic across centuries of time within the boundary in Hong Kong. The project anticipates audio-guided immersive theatre at HKU and surrounding in 2022 January, in […]
The Common Core in collaboration with our HK Learning Partner Friday is hosting a series of Refreshers in December for any student or staff looking to de-stress and just play around with art. In these sandbox sessions, you are welcome to come freely create and experiment with a mix of available materials and tools to […]
We spend most of our time learning about the outside world and try to change small parts of it, but most of us know very little about our own inner mindscape, and even less about how to change it for the better. Mindfulness is one of the most simple yet also profound ways of knowing […]
The Common Core in collaboration with our HK Learning Partner Friday is hosting a series of Refreshers in December for any student or staff looking to de-stress and just play around with art. In these sandbox sessions, you are welcome to come freely create and experiment with a mix of available materials and tools to […]
“Arts in the City” Scheme Curated by Felixism Creation & Reframe Theatre Tour guided by voices of our community walked through three occasions of pandemic in time “A Minute Something Else Enters” Time travel starts in Jan 2022 7 - 9.01.2021 12pm / 2:30pm/5pm Assemble point: Blake Garden Route: Walking route via Po Hing Fong […]
After careful consideration of the health and safety of our participants and partners under the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 virus in the community—and after consultations with our HKU partners—we have made the difficult decision to postpone this event yet a later date. Motion pictures were invented in 1895. Yet earliest attempts […]