9 Jan 2020 08:30 AM
BREAKFAST TALK
A Conversation with Professor Niall Ferguson
SPEAKER
Niall Ferguson
Historian and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
Thursday, January 9, 2020
8:30am for 8:45am - Breakfast
9:15am - Address
1st Floor
Historian, author, filmmaker, political advise...
4 Dec 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
How To Be A Dictator
SPEAKER
Frank Dikötter
Chair Professor of Humanities, University of Hong Kong
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
1st Floor
What does it take to become a dictator? Modern day leaders with authoritarian ...
28 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
China: Seventy Years and My Vision for the Future
SPEAKER
C.Y. Leung
Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Thursday, November 28, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
1st Floor
As China celebra...
26 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
Reinvigorating Democracy in Asia and Beyond
SPEAKER
Derek Mitchell
President, National Democratic Institute; former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
1st Floor
Authoritarianism may be on the rise -...
14 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
China Tomorrow: Democracy or Dictatorship?
SPEAKER
Professor Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Professor in Political Science, Hong Kong Baptist University
Thursday, November 14, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
1st Floor
Could China become a...
13 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
Kashmir, Karachi, and the Politics of Pakistan Through the Eyes of Novelist Mohammed Hanif
SPEAKER
Mohammed Hanif
Novelist and Journalist
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
1st Floor
From the Kashmir dispute ...
12 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
ON THE EDGE
A Conversation with Motorcycle Racing Champions
Michael Rutter and Peter Hickman
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
Bert's
It’s fast, it’s dangerous and it’s time for one of the classic races on the calendar...
6 Nov 2019 07:00 PM
DINNER TALK
A Conversation with the Editor in Chief
of The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
7:00pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Talk
1st Floor
Since being named editor in chief in 2018, Matt Murray has steered The Wall Street Journal's coverage through a tumu...
5 Nov 2019 12:30 PM
LUNCH TALK
Beyond the Trade War:
The Fight for China's Future
SPEAKER
Willy Wo-Lap Lam, Adjunct Professor,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Centre for China Studies
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Talk
1st Floor
While the...
