主持人：Carol Mang
Every week, all around Hong Kong, there are many fascinating talks and lectures happening, on a variety of topics. You can easily find them online by looking at the websites of our universities, societies, and libraries. Here are a great selection of talks for you to listen to, and indulge your... Mind Matters.
In this week's episode, we will talk about hidden histories of Chinese women’s everyday knowledge, skills like preserving food, treating illnesses, and managing households. These were forms of vernacular knowledge, passed down through practice, often undocumented. Professor Joan Judge from York University in Canada will uncover these histories when women left behind so few records of what they did or thought, and ultimately show how women’s practical knowledge intersected with science in ways often overlooked. Professor Judge was invited by the University of Hong Kong to give a talk entitled “Women As Vernacular Knowers In China’s Long Republic (1894-1954): What We Can Learn From Cheap Print”
主持人：Carol Mang
In this week's episode, we will talk about the rich. Professor Guido Alfani from the Bocconi University in Milan will tell us more about the history of the rich and super-rich in the West, examining who they were, how they accumulated their wealth and what role they played in society. Professor Alfani was invited by The University of Hong Kong to give a talk entitled “As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West.”
