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2010 alumnus who completed her PhD with new HKUST
Social Science faculty, Cameron Campbell, of UCLA accepted
an assistant professorship in Sociology at the University
of Chicago. Two incoming MPhil students were awarded
fellowships from the Asian Future Leaders Scholarship
Program, funded by the Bai Xian Education Foundation.
Two additional taught MA programs joined the established
Master’s programs in Global China Studies and Social Science.
The Master of Arts in International Language Education
program, initiated by the Center for Language Education,
graduated its first class of 46 students in 2014-15. The
Division of Humanities’ Master of Arts in Chinese Culture
enrolled 44 students for the inaugural class in Fall 2015.
INSPIRING INNOVATIVE THINKING
THROUGH THE ARTS
Teaching creativity through arts education is a distinctive
feature of the HKUST Common Core. In 2014-15, around
one-quarter of undergraduates enrolled in creative arts
education classes, focused on music, composition, arts
performance, literature or creative writing. In recognition
of such clear interest in the arts, a fundraising initiative
to establish the HKUST SHSS Center for Creative Arts
Education was approved as part of the University’s 25
th
Anniversary campaign.
In Fall 2014, the School and the HKUST Jockey Club Institute
for Advanced Study jointly organized an international
workshop on contemporary Chinese literature with Nobel
Laureate in literature Gao Xingjian, Prof Zaifu Liu and
other distinguished scholars.
The internationally acclaimed Intimacy of Creativity
workshop celebrated its Fifth Anniversary Season in 2015,
with renowned guests including Pulitzer Prize-winning
composer Aaron Jay Kernis, and the return of the
Tanglewood New Fromm Players. The Intimacy of Creativity
2015 was led by Founder and Artistic Director Prof Bright
Sheng, YK Pao Distinguished Visiting Professor of Cultural
Studies and IAS Visiting Fellow, and featured collaboration
with Beijing Modern Music Festival, the pre-eminent new
music festival in China.
HKUST Music Alive!’s 2014-2015 season brought acclaimed
international and local artists to the University, including a
three-day Dream of the Red Chamber Symposium featuring
the renowned creative team of David Henry Hwang and
Stan Lai. Events showcased the newly opened Cheng Yu
Tung Building Multi-purpose Hall.
be available from Fall 2015 to support different international
learning experiences for GCS students, including exchanges,
internships, competitions and workshops.
The educational impact of the novel practice of “flipping”
classrooms by asking students to watch videoed lectures
before class has turned lectures into active task-oriented
learning. Student feedback appeared positive. The
methodology was documented for future reference by faculty
interested in introducing this type of classroom teaching.
EXTENDING GLOBAL PRESENCE
Among the many research accomplishments of the School’s
faculty members, the highlights are the publication of
State
and Agents in China
, (Stanford University Press 2014), by
Prof Yongshun Cai (Social Science), which examines state
responses to disciplining government officials, and
Zhuangzi
and Modern Chinese Literature
(Oxford University Press
2015), by Prof Liu Jianmei (Humanities), which explores the
connections between Zhuangzi, modern China’s literary
history, and Chinese individuality.
The School’s research postgraduates continued to distinguish
themselves. PhD graduates took up positions at Peking
University, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law,
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics,
and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. An MPhil
