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Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum 2006

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Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum 2006

Date: 9 November - 12 November 2006
Venue: Drama Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (other than specified)

Asian Arts, Culture and Modernity

Co-organiser of Session 9-12: The Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong

Saturday 11 November 2006, 9:30am-12:30pm
Session 9﹕ Expressions of Modern Life

Speakers		Mr CHAN Koon-chung, John Cultural Critic, Hong Kong Transcript


		Dr CHAN Man-hung Vice Chairman and President, Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., Hong Kong Presentation \| Transcript


		Mr JIA Zhang-ke Film Director, China Transcript


		Mr ZHONG A-cheng Writer, China Transcript


Commentator		Prof LEE Ou-fan Professor of Humanities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Moderator		Dr MA Ka Fai Assistant Director, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong

Topics for discussion:

Do we still need to modernize or think about modernization in the wake of globalization?
Is the modernization process a happy one? Are we westernized enough? If the West are also looking eastward, where shall we go?
Is localism a matter of marketing or a belief in true diversity?

Saturday 11 November 2006, 2:00pm-5:30pm
Session 10: Asian Art and Modernity

Speakers		Prof SHIH Shou-chien Research fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sincia, Taiwan Presentation \| Transcript


		Prof CHENG, Pei-kai Director, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Presentation \| Transcript


		Prof LEE Cheuk-yin Head, Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore Presentation \| Transcript


		Mr LI Wen Ru Deputy Director, Palace Museum, China Transcript


Commentator		Mr ZHONG A-cheng Writer, China


		Dr TANG Lap-kwong Lecturer, Division of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong


Moderator		Mr LEUNG Man Tao Principal of Ngau Pang Sue Yuen, Hong Kong

Topics for discussion:

After decades or centuries of transformation, are we getting more modern and less Asian?
Are we Asians just learners of modernity? Do every nation has a say on modernity?
Do the artists think for themselves and for the people at the same time? Do the arts still function as a media for cultural exploration? How attractive are the arts? Do our people still believe in te arths as a common front for cultural expression?

Sunday 12 November 2006, 9:30am-12:30pm
Session 11: Dialogue between Tradition and Modernity

Speakers		Dr Joseph W. POLISI President, The Juilliard School, USA Transcript


		Mr YAN Hui-chang Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Presentation \| Transcript


		Prof WANG Ci-zhao President of China Central Conservatory of Music, China Transcript


		Prof LEE Ou-fan Professor of Humanities, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Transcript


Commentator		Prof. CHAN Wing-wah Professor of Music, Music Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Moderator		Prof. Kevin THOMPSON Director, The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts

Topics for discussion:

Do we need to protect our heritage, or let it expose to competition?
Do we need to invent a tradition, if we already lost one? To what extent is our tradition a matter of invention?
How to promote cultural understanding among us Asians through liberal education?

Sunday 12 November 2006, 2:00pm-5:30pm
Session 12: East Meets West

Speakers		Prof CHANG Hsin-kang President, City University of Hong Kong Transcript


		Prof LIN Yu-sheng Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Transcript


		Ms Radhika Subramaniam Director of Cultural Programs, Manhattan Cultural Council, USA Transcript


		Mr CAO Chun-liang The Director-general of the Department of Guang Dong Province, China


		Prof PAN Gong-kai President of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, China Transcript


Commentator		Prof SHIH Shou-chien ex-Director of National Palace Museum, Taiwan


Moderator		Prof CHENG Pei-kai Director, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Topics for discussion:

Is there still an East and an West?
What's fusion in arts, as reflected in fashion and culinary art?
Where are we? And where are we going?

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