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The first lecture of the Humanities Lecture Series featured Professor Zhang Longxi, Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation, addressing the perceived gap between science and the humanities and the East and West, on 15 September.
CityU hosted a roundtable forum to promote discussion on the issue of poverty in Hong Kong on 23 February. Speakers included local and overseas academics, Government officials and representatives from social services and policy research organisations.
About 40 international and local experts in bioethics are participating in a three-day workshop co-organised by CityU from 6-8 December to explore critical issues relating to human nature amid the rapid development of biotechnologies in the 21st century.
Linguistics experts from around the world assemble at the conference organised by CityU’s Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies from 5-7 December, exploring the significance of a language transforming into a world language.
CityU hosted a public forum entitled “Goods and Services Tax (GST): Visions or Missions Impossible?” to promote discussion on the issue of introducing GST in Hong Kong.
FB held a seminar entitled "Interactive Learning with PDAs: Strategies, Implementation and Results" on 28 March to share its experiences using wireless PDA technology to boost interactive learning in large classes.
About 110 scholars gathered at CityU for the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APIAS) Second Congress held 14-16 November to explore Asian governance.
Miss Suraiya Kamaruzzaman, Research Fellow in CityU's Southeast Asia Research Centre, participated in a panel discussion, "From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Women at the Heart of Tsunami Recovery", organised by the United Nations, 28 February to 11 March.
Over 120 people from the community gathered at CityU, 30-31 January 2005, for a public forum organized by the Southeast Asia Research Centre, to learn about Aceh's social issues arising from the tsunami in December.
The Bicultural Self Symposium, co-organized by the Department of Applied Social Studies of the City University of Hong Kong and the Department of Psychology of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaigne, took place 16-17 August, 2004.