[SEYSA] Re: [SEYSA] Be My Guest Series 2011: Dinner with Prof. SHEN Xuhui, Simon (沈旭暉教授)
- From: Peter Chan <peter.chan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: seysa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:58:47 +0800
Dear Members,
The topic of Prof. Simon SHEN's sharing on the Be My Guest event on 29th
April has been fixed as "一個國際關係學者的分享" ("An International Relations Scholar's
Sharing").
The sharing will be conducted in Cantonese. Prof. SHEN will sharing his
personal story and his view on the life and the world.
We have few additional seats available for the event. Please refer to the
attachment for details of the event. If you have not registered in time and
are interested in the event. Please register AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, as the
additional seats are very limited.
Looking forward to seeing you on 29th April.
Yours sincerely,
Peter CHAN
Treasurer of SEYSA
*Youder since 1999*
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From: Peter Chan <peter.chan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Subject: [SEYSA] Be My Guest Series 2011: Dinner with Prof. SHEN Xuhui,
Simon (沈旭暉教授)
To: seysa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
7th April, 2011
Dear Members,
*Be My Guest Series 2011: Dinner with Prof. SHEN Xuhui, Simon (**沈旭暉教授)*
* *
We are cordially inviting you to attend our first Be My Guest dinner in
2011. In this dinner, we are most pleased to have invited Prof. SHEN Xuhui,
Simon, to be our guest. Prof. Shen is a renowned scholar and popular column
writer in Hong Kong and he is also a recipient of Sir Edward Youde Memorial
Fund, to be our guest. He has kindly agreed to offer a sharing speech and
talk face-to-face with our members. Please note the details of the dinner as
below.
Date: 29th April 2011
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Joseph Restaurant, the Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Dinner style: Buffet
Fee: $150 for full member; $100 for associate member
Dress code: Smart casual or school uniform
*Rundown:*
*Time*
*Event*
7:00pm
Reception
7:30pm
Buffet begins
7:45 – 8:15pm
Prof SHEN’s sharing and Q&A
9:30pm
Closing
Your registration will be confirmed by your payment on a first come first
served basis.
If you are interested in joining this event, please reply to me by email at
peter.chan@xxxxxxxxx on or before 19 April 2011, stating (1) your full name,
and (2) your contact number. Looking forward to your reply soon.
Yours sincerely,
Peter CHAN
Treasurer of SEYSA
*Youder since 1998*
*About Prof. S**HEN Xuhui, Simon*
Prof. Shen Xuhui is an awardee of Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund and is now
a profound and famous scholar and column writer in Hong Kong.
Trained as an international relations scholar, Prof. Simon Shen is an
associate professor and External Relations Coordinator of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences, Hong Kong Institute of Education. He got his DPhil degree
from University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International
Relations in 2006, and his MA/BA degrees in political science and history
from Yale University in 2000. He worked at Brookings Institution's Center of
Northeast Asian Studies as a Visiting Fellow in 2010. Before joining HKIEd
in August 2009, he has worked as a visiting scholar in the Division of
Social Science of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a
research assistant professor in the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of
Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he established the International
Relations Research Programme and Master of Global Political Economy
Programme and served as their Director and Coordinator respectively. His
current researches include Chinese nationalism and Chinese foreign policy,
external relations of Hong Kong, anti-terrorism and regional security in
Asia, among others.
Prof. Shen is an active researcher who has published dozens of academic
research articles in leading internationally refereed journals. He is
holding various adjunct professorships and honorary researcher positions in
a number of universities and institutes all over the world. As a frequent
speaker on global issues and a regular commentator on international
relations on top of his academic identity, he is appointed to join public
services by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government in
various committees and the Central Policy Unit, and is also the founder of
Global Studies Institute in Hong Kong, director and head of international
relations research center of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, and
the Founding Chancellor of the Roundtable Network, a platform of young
social scientists in Hong Kong. Introducing a global studies dimension to
HKIEd is the prime reason for him to join the Institute.
*About Be My Guest Series*
As an event in pursuit of the “Solidarity” principle of SEYSA, Be My Guest
Series is launched. Be My Guest Series is a series of dinner or luncheon
gatherings among SEYSA members, which aims to provide a platform for our
members to consolidate their relationship, learn from each other and broaden
their horizon. In every Be My Guest dinner or luncheon, we would invite
guests, who may be Youder or external figures, to give a sharing on their
stories, opinions, experience or views of various matters, to the audience.
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