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Capitalism is a remarkable system which has re-invented itself throughout history. It has proved capable of co-existing with entirely different political and economic contexts.

GOD and AI: WHO’s in CONTROL  Professor Ruth OkedijiJeremiah Smith Jr. ProfessorHarvard Law SchoolDate:      12 February 2025 (Wed)Time:        7:00pm – 8:30pmVenue:      Rayson Huang Theatre, HKURegister:  https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mMDG3fxDaFH1pIDetails:     https://faith.hku.hk/event/god-and-aiAbstractArtificial Intelligence (AI) will increasingly outperform human beings in a growing number and variety of routine and complex tasks. And yet, intelligence alone may not be adequate for a […]

Title: Adventurers or Scientists? Historical Episodes from the Archaeological Exploration of the Middle EastSpeaker: Dr. Elvan Cobb (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University)Date/Time: February 21, 2025 (Friday) 14:30-15:30 (HKT)Language: EnglishVenue: Room 201, May Hall, HKU & ZoomEnquiry: (Email) ihss@hku.hkRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A3a8uo4fSKa0rOnpzYm7OQ#/registrationAbstractThe railway engineer who convinced a pair of empires to let him […]

Title: 納稅人” 研究：中國天主教史一個被忽視的維度         The Taxpayer: A Neglected Dimension of Chinese Catholic HistorySpeaker: 康志杰教授                Prof. KANG ZhijieDate/Time: February 28, 2025 (Fri) 11:00 – 12:00 HKTVenue: Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, The University of Hong KongLanguage: Mandarin ChineseEnquiry: (Email) faithful@hku.hkRegister Now: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_07XPvwvJv1XDM8KAbstract天主教是制度型宗教中最為嚴格的一個類型，過往的相關研究多偏重宗教傳播，經濟活動則被忽略。將天主教的身份定位于“納稅人”並進行分析討論，對於廓清宗教與國家，宗教與族群之間的複雜關係，理解傳統的中國財政體制變化，解析棘手的政教關係，具有重要的價值與意義。Catholicism is the strictest type of institutional religion. Previous studies have mostly focused on religious transmission, […]

Title: Cultivating diversity at the onset of agriculture: insights from the Yangtze valley in the 10th millennium BPSpeaker: Dr. Ting An (Associate Professor, Department of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University)Date/Time: March 5 2025 (Wed)  09:00-10:30 HKTLanguage: EnglishVenue: Via ZoomEnquiry: (Email) ihss@hku.hkRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x8alkmyiRyu4IBiwg4I3XAAbstractThe Middle and Lower Yangtze valley is recognized as the earliest centre of rice […]

Title: NATURE MATTERS: WHY BELIEF COUNTS FOR TREE FROGSSpeaker: Peter Harris (Co-Founder, A Rocha)Date/Time: 5 March 2025 (Wed) ,   7:00pm – 8:30pmVenue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKULanguage: EnglishEnquiry: (Email) faithful@hku.hkRegister Now: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Cz4HKEqkpP8SMKAbstractThe question of why nature matters is now critical. Over recent decades, we have witnessed the thinning of life on earth and the collapse […]