Wednesday 25th September, 8.00 pm
A Painterly Return to my Hong Kong Childhood
a talk and slide show by
Veronica Heywood
Veronica will illustrate her talk with slides of watercolours from her travel journal.
She is an Artist & Arts Educator and Graphic Designer at Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education.
She also works independently as a landscape & portrait painter.
OCTOBER
Wednesday 23rd October, 8.00 pm
Core Values and Policies in the Chinese Education System
a talk by
Zhang Liqing
Education occupies a very special position and plays a very important role at
both governmental and ordinary level in China. In this talk, our speaker will
introduce the core values and the main policies in the current Chinese
educational system, its advantages and challenges. She has recently been a
visiting scholar in the Philosophy school of UCD, and thus can compare
aspects of education between Ireland and China. Zhang Liqing holds the
post of Second Secretary in the Political Section of the Embassy of the
People's Republic of China in Ireland. Prior to this she was an Associate
Professor in the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, China
University of Political Science and Law - Beijing.
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 27th November, 8.00 pm
There is Life in the Clay
a talk by
Laura O’Hagan .
Laura O'Hagan produces sculptural ceramics, murals, 2D and 3D mosaics
for exterior and interior spaces, for private individuals and corporate clients.
She was one of the Irish ceramicists who were selected to go to China
in a cross-cultural exchange, exhibiting their work on their return.
Laura will talk about her work in general with a particular focus on her time in China,
and the subsequent exhibition here in Ireland.
DECEMBER
Wednesday 11th December, 8.00 pm
Cultural Amnesia: China and the West
a talk by
Jerusha McCormack and John Blair
A welcome return to the Society of these eminent professors! John Blair
began focusing on China/West comparisons after his first teaching
assignment there in 1988. Jerusha McCormack joined this project in 2004
when she herself began teaching at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
These two scholars come to comparative culture studies from many years of
university teaching in European English Departments where they both
published several books and numerous scholarly articles in their original
fields of 19th/20th century American and Anglo-Irish literature and culture.
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In festive spirit, our traditional tea/coffee, mince pies and cream
will be served after this, our last talk before Christmas!
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