Bulletin Number Two 1983

'Poetic Wisdom and its Laws: Vico's Poetics and Aesthetics ， (18th March) 'Vico's Influence on Chinese Aesthetics' (25th March) * A film seminar conducted by Mr. Erwin Leiser, a famous German director, was held on 16th March under the co-sponsorship of the Department of Fine Arts and the Goethe Institute of Hong Kong. The Seminar was followed by two film shows by the Director: 'Willem de Kooning and the Unexpected' and ‘Edward Kienholz'. Another three of his films: ‘Hans Richter', ‘The World of Fernando Botero' and ‘ Raphael Soyer' were shown on 17th March. * Professor Edward S. Yeung of the Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, was invited to speak at the following seminars: a. 'Application of Liquid Chromatography in Clinical Chemistry' presented by the Chinese Medicinal Materials Research Centre on 17th March; b. ‘Recent Developments in Liquid Chromatography: 1. New Instrumentation, 2. Quantitative Analysis without Standards' presented by the Department of Chemistry on 25th March. * Professor N.R. Moudgal from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, was invited by the Department of Biochemistry to speak on 'Some Recent Studies on HCG-LH Receptor Interaction' on 18th March. * The Department of Chemistry held a Graduate Seminar on ‘Metal Clusters' on 18th March. The speaker was Sir Jack Lewis, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Warden, Robinson College, Cambridge University. * The Department of History and the International Asian Studies Programme jointly sponsored a seminar on 'The Writing and Teaching of History in the United States' on 18th March. The speaker was Professor David H. Pinkney, Professor of History, the University of Washington, and President of the American Historical Association in 1981. * The Institute of Chinese Studies and the Department of Fine Arts jointly sponsored a public lecture on 25th March. Professor Feng Xian-ming, Head of the Research Unit of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and President of the Association of Chinese Ancient Ceramic Studies in China, spoke on ‘Recent Discoveries of Underglaze Blue and Red Porcelains of the Yuan Period in Jiangxi'. Professor Feng visited the University as Honorary Professor of Fine Arts from January to April. * The Department of Economics held a seminar on 25th March. Professor Steven N.S. Cheung of the Department of Economics, University of Hong Kong, was invited to speak on ‘Property Rights and Invention'. * Dr. K. Hall, Dean and Chairman, Division of Business and Administration, Western Australian Institute of Technology, delivered a public lecture on 'Management Education in Australia' on 6th April under the sponsorship of the Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management. * The Department of Anthropology held an Anthropology Week from 9th to 15th April. Programme of the Week included: 1. Exhibition on 'China's Nationality Policy and Hong Kong's Prospect'; 2. Lecture on 'The Application of Anthropology in Medical Field' by Dr. Linda Koo of the Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong, on 14th April; and 3. Lecture on 'Puzzles in Human Evolution' by Dr. Nina Jablouski of the Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong, on 15th April. ‘ * Professor Max Hamilton, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Leeds, lectured on ‘Research Methodology' on 14th April at the invitation of the Department of Psychiatry. *** The Department of Music presented the following lectures, concerts and lecture-recitals: * Concerts by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra on 4th February and by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra on 23rd February. * A viola d'amore lecture-recital on 18th February by Mr. Glynne Adams, Senior Lecturer in Viola and Head of String Studies, School of Performing and Expressive Arts, Adelaide College of Arts and Education, South Australia. At the piano was Professor David Gwilt of the Department. * Student concerts on 24th February, 14th, 17th, 24th and 31st March. ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS 23