Press Invitation: HKU Faculty of Education – Lecture on “How Can Comparative Education Give Hope in Difficult Geo-Political Times?”
傳媒邀請函：香港大學教育學院講座 — 「比較教育如何在艱難的地緣政治時期帶來希望？」
Updated on July 04, 2025 (Fri)
HKU Faculty of Education –
Lecture on “How Can Comparative Education Give Hope in Difficult Geo-Political Times?”
The Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will host a Distinguished Lecture titled “How Can Comparative Education Give Hope in Difficult Geo-Political Times?” on July 7 (Monday). The lecture will be delivered by Professor Ruth Hayhoe of the University of Toronto.
In this Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, Professor Ruth Hayhoe will share her views on recent publications in comparative education and engage in a dialogue with professors from the HKU Faculty of Education. Together, they will explore how comparative education can foster hope and resilience amid complex geo-political challenges.
Members of the media are welcome to attend this event. Details are as follows:
| Date: | July 7, 2025 (Monday) |
| Time: | 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm |
| Speaker: | Professor Ruth Hayhoe, SBS |
| Discussant: | Professor Yang Rui
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| Venue: | Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU (Map) |
| Language: | English |
About the Speaker
Ruth Hayhoe, SBS, is a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her Asian engagements have included First Secretary for Education, Science and Culture in the Canadian Embassy in Beijing (1989-1991), Visiting Professor at Nagoya University (1996) and Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (1997-2002), now The Education University of Hong Kong, where she holds the title of President Emerita. In 2002 she was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government and the title of Commandeur dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques by the Government of France. She holds honorary doctorates from the Hong Kong Institute of Education (2002), the Open University of Hong Kong (2015) and Victoria University in Toronto (2019), with a 4th to be conferred by the University of St. Joseph in Macao on July 5, 2025.
For registration and more details, please visit https://web.edu.hku.hk/event/detail-page/lecture-july2025.
For media enquiries, please contact Ms Kelly Shum, Executive Officer (Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 3917 8239 / Email: [javascript protected email address]).
July 4, 2025
香港大學教育學院講座 —
「比較教育如何在艱難的地緣政治時期帶來希望？」
香港大學教育學院將於7月7日（星期一）舉辦講座，主題為「比較教育如何在艱難的地緣政治時期帶來希望？」(How can comparative education give hope in difficult geo-political times?)。是次講座由田家炳基金會贊助，並由加拿大多倫多大學的許美德教授 (Professor Ruth Hayhoe) 主講。
許美德教授將在講座中分享她對近期有關比較教育的出版著作之見解，並與香港大學教育學院的教授們對談，共同探討比較教育如何在複雜的地緣政治挑戰中帶來希望。
現誠邀各媒體出席此講座，活動詳情如下：
| 日期： | 2025年7月7日（星期一） |
| 時間： | 下午5時至6時15分 |
| 講者： | 許美德教授，SBS (Professor Ruth Hayhoe, SBS) 多倫多大學 安大略教育研究院 |
| 討論者： | 楊銳教授
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| 地點： | 香港大學黃麗松講堂（地圖） |
| 語言： | 英語 |
關於講者
許美德教授，SBS，現為多倫多大學安大略教育研究院教授。她曾於亞洲擔任多項職務，包括加拿大駐北京大使館教育、科學和文化一等秘書 (1989-1991)、名古屋大學客座教授 (1996)，以及香港教育學院（現為香港教育大學）院長 (1997-2002)，現任香港教育大學榮譽校長。2002年，許美德教授獲香港特別行政區政府授予銀紫荊星章，並獲法國政府頒發學術棕櫚司令勳章 (Commandeur dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques)。此外，她更獲香港教育學院 (2002)、香港公開大學 (2015) 及多倫多維多利亞大學 (2019) 頒授榮譽博士學位，並將於2025年7月5日獲澳門聖若瑟大學授予第四個榮譽博士學位。
如需了解更多活動詳情，可瀏覽網頁：https://web.edu.hku.hk/event/detail-page/lecture-july2025。
傳媒查詢或登記，請聯絡香港大學教育學院行政主任（傳訊）沈宇彥女士（電話：3917 8239 / 電郵︰[javascript protected email address]）。
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