Presenter：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”
Presenter：Carol Mang
In this week's episode, we will talk about the Chinese ports system. Dr. Li Zigui from the Sun Yat-sen University in China will tell us her latest research about China’s effort in river navigation since the Opium War. She will explore the treaty port system’s impact on local society and China’s modernization trajectory in the late 19th century. Dr Li was invited by the University of Hong Kong to give a talk entitled “The Counterparty to Chinese Business: The Upper Yangtze Steam Navigation Scheme and the Opening of Chungking.”
