Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2006

42 Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2006 Conferences/Workshops/Seminars International Symposium on ‘New Horizon in Theoretical Translation Studies’, 19 and 20 January, by the Department of Translation, co-sponsored by Chung Chi College, NewAsia College, Shaw College, United College and the Faculty of Arts; Workshop on Hybrid and Embedded Systems: Technologies and Applications, 21 and 22 February 2006, by the Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering, and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, supported by the Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems, U.C. Berkeley; Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University; ESCHER Research Institute; and Embedded Systems Institute and Department of Computer Science, HKUST; The China Research Conference, 24 and 25 February 2006, by the Centre for Institutions and Governance and the • • • School of Accountancy; ‘Ming Taizu and His Times’ International Conference, 28 to 30 March, by the Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK; co-organized by the Center for Early Modern History, Department of History, University of Minnesota, USA; and sponsored by James P. Geiss Foundation, United College, CUHK Department of History, and CCK Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange; The Seminar on ‘China Human Development Report: Development with Equity’, 3 April, jointly organized by CUHK and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); The International Conference on Tertiary/College English Language Teaching (TCELT) 2006, 1 to 2, and 5 to 6 June, jointly hosted by the CUHK English Teaching Unit and the Foreign Studies College of Northeastern University. • • • Visiting Scholars Prof. Anthony C. Yu, Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Literature in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, visited Chung Chi College from 5 to 18 February 2006 as its Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow 2005–06. Mr. Mui Chong-ki, a renowned printmaker, visited Chung Chi College as Visiting Artist 2005–06 from 1 to 15 March. Prof. Charles K. Kao, former Vice- Chancellor of The Chinese University and ‘FatherofOptical FibreCommunications’, delivered a lecture entitled ‘A Journey of • • • Discovery’ on 2 March in Shaw College. Prof. Kao was Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar 2005–06 to the college. Prof. Peter C. Ordeshook, Professor of Political Science, California Institute of Technology, visited United College, from 20 to 31 March 2006 as the its Distinguished Visiting Scholar. During his visit, Prof. Ordeshook delivered two public lectures entitled ‘Theoretical Underpinnings of Constitutional Design for New Democracies’ and ‘The Uses and Misuses of Game Theory in Political Science’. •