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GLOBAL OUTLOOK
The School, in collaboration with the Graduate
School and College of Arts and Sciences of the
University of Virginia (UVa) and a large number of
Mainland China and Taiwan university exchange
partners, successfully inaugurated the first HKUST-
UVa Jefferson Global Seminars, a collaborative
academic program seeking to offer students a
unique, multi-faceted global perspective.
With students from HKUST, UVa, and the School’s
Greater China partner universities participating,
the seminars enabled students to broaden their
intellectual horizons. Six courses were organized
in Global Humanities and Global Sustainability in
the first program, taught by both UVa and HKUST
faculty members.
Thirteen of 27 applications to the Research
Grants Council for General Research Funds,
Early Career Scheme and Humanities and Social
Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme projects
were successful, the School’s largest number of
applications and funded projects yet.
The cross-disciplinary South China Research
Center continued to establish academic
connections among scholars and institutions in
South China studies through workshops, lectures
and conferences on the social history and cultural
anthropology of the area; and to foster awareness
of the latest theories and ideas related to Hong
Kong history and liberal studies among secondary
school teachers.
ARTISTIC ENCOUNTERS
The School organized public lectures,
performances, and projects as different forms
of community engagement. In 2012-13, this
included the third season of The Intimacy of
Creativity and the inaugural season of HKUST
Music Alive!
The Intimacy of Creativity was led again by
Prof Bright Sheng, Artistic Director, YK Pao
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Cultural
Studies, and IAS Visiting Fellow. The innovative
activity brought together emerging composers
and such renowned musicians as Lin Cho-Liang
and Edgar Meyer to work on compositions
and performances in an interactive dialogue.
Lunchtime lectures were conducted on campus
and sell-out world premiere concerts held at
Hong Kong City Hall.
HKUST Music Alive!, a new concert series to boost
top arts performance on campus, was launched
in 2012-13, featuring renowned international
and Hong Kong-based performers. Nearly 2,000
people attended the season of concerts. The
online audience also enjoyed the music through
live streaming in stereo, a first for a university in
Hong Kong.