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With support from history departments from both universities, Hong Kong Shue Yan University History Society co-organised with the University of Macau hosted – “2011/12 SYU-UM History Academic Exchange Seminar Program”, at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. A total of 4 academic papers were presented by students, discussing the Russian Empire, Catholicism in Yuan China, Silver Currency in the Opium War to Migration and Rise of the Modern West.

The Department of Chinese Language and Literature organised a lecture – “Animal Dharma: Engaged Buddhism, Intersectionality, and the Relationship between Human and Non-Human Animals”. Speaker: Dr. Scott Hurley, Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College.

Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) – Recent Development in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics Analysis – Seminar: Automatic Selection of Multivariate Dynamic Econometric Models. Speaker: Dr. Jurgen Doornik.
Abstract: Automatic general-to-specific selection of univariate econometric models is now well established and available in software. Extensions include saturation estimators, e.g. adding an impulse dummy for every observation to handle outliers. This seminar will provide an overview of the approach, and then consider extension of these procedures to the multivariate setting. The starting point is a vector autoregression, and the final stage can be a simultaneous equations model where the role of identification is considered. The aim is to obtain procedures trhat are relevant for empirical modelling.

Department of History, The World History Seminar Series – “The Balkans: War and Peace”. Speaker: Professor David Pickus, School of History and History Department, Renmin University of China.

The Contemporary China Research Center, Hong Kong Shue Yan University held a seminar. Topic: Be the Hungry Ghost: Visual and Sensorial Methods for Researching Sacred Spaces. Speaker: Dr. Terence Heng, a Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology and Associate at the Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts, University of Liverpool.

Hong Kong Shue Yan University Institutional Development Scheme – “Constructing An Interdisciplinary Research Platform at HKSYU” 2016 Academic Seminar. Title of the Academic Seminar: “Challenges and promises for translating neuro-computational tools into clinical practice”. Speaker: Dr. Woo-young Ahn, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University.

The Sustainable Real Estate Research Center organised a seminar on “Climate Change, Global Warming and Low Carbon Development • Environmental Policies & Laws”. Dr. Connie Susilawati (Building Environment) from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia spoke about environmental issue in Australia.

Social Research Centre, Department of Sociology held a seminar. Topic: Contract and Collective Lives of Common People in Traditional China. Speaker: Professor Ip Po-Keung (University of Western Ontario), Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Taiwan (retired 2016), Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK.

Department of History, World History Seminar Series – “Development of Secularism in Turkey” . Speaker: Professor Seyfi Kenan, Marmara University, Turkey

Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) – Recent Development in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics Analysis. Seminar :Do both demand-following and supply-leading theories hold true in developing countries? Speaker: Professor Wong, Wing Keung (Asia University, Taiwan). In this seminar, the speaker recommends using both multivariate linear and nonlinear causality tests to analyze the relationship between financial development and economic growth. In particular, multivariate nonlinear causality test allows us to consider dependent and joint effects among financial variables, and detect a multivariate nonlinear deterministic process. By the end of the seminar, the recent applications of multivariate nonlinear co-integration and causality tests will be discussed.

Co-organized by the Contemporary China Research Center and the Department of Sociology of Hong Kong Shue Yan University: Seminar – The Extended Family as a “White Lie”: Competing Family Ideals in Qing Taiwan Family Division Contracts. Speaker: Professor Timothy Y. Tsu, Kwansei Gakuin University.

The Department of English Language and Literature organised “Linguistics Seminar: From corpus studies to complex system: What strict science methodology can reveal about language?” Speaker: Professor Michal B. Paradowski, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw Poland.

The Contemporary China Research Centre organised a seminar – “Giant Pigs and Bling-Bling: The Uses of Technologies in Temple Festivals in Contemporary Taiwan”. Professor Adam Y. Chau, University Lecturer in the Anthropology of Modern China, Cambridge University was the speaker of the seminar. There were around 100 participants.

28 February 2012, The Department of Economics and Finance organised : “Economics Seminar: Global Economic Crises”. Guest speaker Professor Alexander Katkov (Professor, Department of Economics, Johson and Wales University, and Professor Dragana Mitrovic, Faculty of Political Sciences, Balgrade University) delivered a speech in the seminar.

The Department of Social Work of Hong Kong Shue Yan University, The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers and The Youth Outreach and Drug Awareness Committee of Lions Clubs District 303 co-organised a seminar – “The hidden nature of youth drug abuse”.

Land and Development: Narrating the New Territories

The Department of Social Work, and the Department of Economics and Finance co-organised – “Seminar: Hong Kong: More Business, Worse Poverty”. The guest speaker was Professor Leo Goodstadt, Adjunct professor, School of Business, University of Dublin.