Sir Edward Youde Memorial Visiting Professorship Scheme & Postgraduate Conference for Local Tertiary Institutions
In recognition of the need to provide more opportunities for education and cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and the global academic community, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund has since 1995/96 sponsored eminent members of the overseas academia to conduct lectures locally and to explore the possibility of undertaking research with local tertiary institutions. Amongst the successful institutions for the Visiting Professorship Awards, one may be selected to host a Postgraduate Conference at which the Visiting Professor will be the key-note speaker. As from the 2000/01 academic year, the Fund has also sponsored its first Postgraduate Conference to provide a forum for local and non-local postgraduate students to discuss their research findings as well as to exchange views and ideas. The first Postgraduate Conference focused on the theme of Biotechnology and was organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in June 2001.
The Council annually invites the University Grants Council-funded tertiary institutions, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Open University of Hong Kong in April/May to submit nomination(s) for the Visiting Professorship Awards and application for subsidy for hosting Postgraduate Conference. The assistance of the Research Grants Council is enlisted in the selection of the visiting professors. Announcement of results is at the fourth quarter of the calendar year.
The value of the Visiting Professorship Awards may go up to a maximum of HK$100,000 each and one grant for subsidizing a Postgraduate Conference, up to a maximum of HK$100,000 for at least 20 non-local participants in the 2004/05 academic year. Each non-local participant for the Postgraduate Conference will be provided with a maximum grant of up to HK$5,000. The actual amount and number of award(s) / grant(s) may vary from year to year, depending on the available income to be derived from the Fund.
Each visiting professorship should normally last for about 2 weeks between February to August of the year that follows nomination whilst the postgraduate conference should normally last for about 2 days during the visiting professorship.
| Academic Year |
Name of SEY Visiting Professor
&
Public Lecture |
Stream
(Field of Study) |
Hosting Institution |
| 2004/05 |
Professor Robin John Alexander on "Education
as Dialogue : Pedagogy, culture and social changes"  (1,253KB) |
Art & Humanities |
The Hong Kong Institute of Education. |
Professor Samuel I. Stupp's
Public Lecture on "Nanotechnology on Regenerative Medicine" |
Science & Engineering
(Biomedical) |
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
| 2003/04 |
Professor Roy Malcolm Anderson's public lecture on "Infectious Disease Epidemiology"  (2,479KB) |
Sciences & Engineering (Community Medicine). |
The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Cahir J. O'Kane's public lecture on "Model Organisms and Human Genetic Diseases" (1,923KB) |
Sciences & Engineering (Neurobiology) |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor David K. Levine's public lecture on "The Case Against Intellectual Monopoly" (403KB) |
Arts & Humanities (Economics) |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2002/03 |
Professor A. J. McMichael's public lecture on "The HIV Pandemic"
 (520KB) (7,435KB) |
Sciences & Engineering (Cellular Immune Response to viruses) |
The University of Hong Kong |
| Dr. TAK MAK's public lecture on "Order from Disorder Sprung : Recognition and Regulation of the Immmune System" |
Science & Engineering |
The City University of Hong Kong |
| Professor James Schulz's public lecture on "The Impact of Demographic Ageing on Economic Growth" (70KB) |
Arts and Humanities
(Economics of Ageing) |
The University of Hong Kong |
| 2001/02 |
Professor Ruan Changgeng's public lecture on "Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research in China" (88KB) |
Sciences & Engineering (Diagnostic Medicine) |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Professor Richard Larson's public lecture on "Beyond the Physics of Queueing" (815KB) |
Sciences & Engineering (Information Technology) |
The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Edward Rubin's public lecture on "The Cultivation of Democracy" (54KB) |
Arts & Humanities (Comparative Jurisprudence) |
The City University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Joseph Vining's public lecture on "China Business Law and Finance - China's Accession to World Trade Organisation" (83KB) |
China Related Topic |
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
| Professor G. William Skinner's Public lecture on "Family and Reproduction in East Asia : China, Korea, Japan Compared" (189KB) |
Arts & Humanities |
The University of Hong Kong |
| 2000/01 |
Professor Thomas Chen's
public lecture on
"Contributions of Modern Biology to Aquaculture" (1,688KB) |
Sciences & Engineering
(Biotechnology) |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Professor Michael Batty's
public lecture on
"Intelligent Cities:
The Computer, The City and The Planner" (7,040KB) |
Sciences & Engineering
(Urban Planning) |
The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor David Bordwell's public lecture on "Technology and Technique: Hollywood, Hong Kong and the Emergence of Contemporary Film Style" (61KB) |
Arts & Humanities
(Mass Media) |
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts |
| 1999/2000 |
Professor M.J. Moran's
public lecture on
"Governing the Health Care State" (137KB) |
Arts & Humanities Stream
(Social Transformation) |
The City University of Hong Kong |
Professor Xin Chunying's public lecture on "Human Rights and Asian Values"^
^Manuscript not available on internet |
China Related Topic
(Chinese Legal System) |
The University of Hong Kong |
| Professor David Mechanic's public lecture on "Knowledge, Technology and Changing Health Care Organization:Challenges & Converging Approaches in Modern Nations" (123KB) |
Science
(Health and Nutrition) |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Professor J.D. Willms's public lecture on "Performance Monitoring of Schooling Outcomes: What Should We Be Measuring and Why"**
**Manuscript to be available in due course |
Arts & Humanities (Educating the Educators) |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Professor J. Tsujii's public lecture on "Language: The key on connecting people with Information Technology" (2,469KB) |
Science
(Chinese and Asian Language Computing) |
The City University of Hong Kong |
| 1998/99 |
Professor Stephen Owen's public lecture on
"Nationalizing the Past: Globalism, Nation, and the Fate of Traditional Culture" (77KB) |
Arts & Humanities
(East/West Comparative Literature) |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Professor Herbert Edelsbrunner's
public lecture on
"From Theory to Commercialization"#
# Manuscript not available |
Science Stream (Computer Studies) |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Dr K H Lee's
public lecture on
"Structural Modification of Active Principles from Chinese Medicine" (90KB) |
Traditional Chinese Medicine |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Professor Denny Partridge's public lecture on
"The Need for Theatre in the Twenty-first Century" |
Arts & Humanities Stream
(Comparative East/West Performing Arts) |
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts |
| 1997/98 |
Professor Ronald M. Atlas's public lecture on
"Bioremediation of Petroleum Pollutants"#
# Manuscript not available |
Science
(Environmental Science & Pollution) |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Professor Braj B. Kachru's public lecture on
"World Englishes and Culture Wars" (195KB) |
Arts & Humanities
(Language & Related Subjects) |
The University of Hong Kong |
Professor Marie E. Sushka's
public lecture on
"The Linkages between Relationship-based Capital and Market-based Capital:
Implications for Investors, Managers, and Policymakers" (27KB) |
Arts & Humanities
(Business/Economics) |
Former Lingnan College |
| 1996/97 |
Professor Alan Baker's public lecture on
"Solving equations in integers: Diophantine analysis and transcendence theory"* (35KB)
*Only abstract on public lecture is available |
Science
(Mathematics) |
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
Professor Robert Sternberg's public lecture on
"Successful Intelligence" (37KB) |
Arts & Humanities
(Educational Psychology) |
The City University of Hong Kong |
| 1995/96 |
Professor CHUA Nam-hai's public lecture on
"Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants for the 21st Century"#
# Manuscript not available |
Science
(Biological Sciences) |
The University of Hong Kong |
Enquiries should be made to the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council Secretariat, Room 1217, 12/F., Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon at telephone number 2150 6108 or 2150 6098.
