Sir Charles Kao Kuen was an electrical engineer and physicist who pioneered the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s,Kao created various methods to combine glass fibers with lasers in order to transmit digital data,which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet.
The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical,Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spanning all disciplines across the humanities and social sciences and a funding body for research projects across the United Kingdom. The academy is a self-governing and independent registered charity,based at 10–11 Carlton House Terrace in London.
The University of Hong Kong is a public research university in Pok Fu Lam,Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese,it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. Today,HKU has ten academic faculties and English is the main medium of instruction and assessment.
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded liberal arts university with a Christian education heritage in Hong Kong.
The Fulbright Program,including the Fulbright–Hays Program,is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations,cultural diplomacy,and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons,knowledge,and skills. Via the program,competitively-selected American citizens including students,scholars,teachers,professionals,scientists,and artists may receive scholarships or grants to study,conduct research,teach,or exercise their talents abroad;and citizens of other countries may qualify to do the same in the United States.
A national academy is an organizational body,usually operating with state financial support and approval,that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines,and serve as public policy advisors,research institutes,think tanks,and public administration consultants for governments or on issues of public importance,most frequently in the sciences but also in the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in individual disciplines will liaise with or be coordinated by the national academy. National academies play an important organisational role in academic exchanges and collaborations between countries.
The Royal Society of Canada,also known as the Academies of Arts,Humanities,and Sciences of Canada,is the senior national,bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars,humanists,scientists,and artists. The primary objective of the RSC is to promote learning and research in the arts,the humanities,and the sciences. The RSC is Canada's national academy and exists to promote Canadian research and scholarly accomplishment in both official languages;to recognize academic and artistic excellence;and to advise governments,non-governmental organizations,and Canadians on matters of public interest.
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island,the main campus also functions as a venue for performances. Apart from the main campus in Wan Chai,Bethanie,the site of the institution's Landmark Heritage Campus in Pok Fu Lam,has housed the School of Film and Television since 2007.
Guangzhou University is a state university in Guangzhou,capital of Guangdong province,China.
Hong Kong Shue Yan University is a private liberal-arts university on Braemar Hill,North Point,Hong Kong. Founded in 1971 as Hong Kong Shue Yan College (香港樹仁學院) by Henry Hu and Chung Chi-yung,it was unilaterally recognised as the first private university by the order of the Chief Executive on 19 December 2006. According to QS World University Rankings 2023,it ranked #351-400 in Asia,and #198 in Eastern Asia.
Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi was a Hong Kong sinologist,calligrapher,historian and painter. A versatile and prolific scholar,he contributed to many fields of humanities,including history,archaeology,epigraphy,folklores,religion,art history,musicology,literature,and Near Eastern Studies. He published more than 100 books and about 1,000 academic articles over a career spanning more than 80 years.
Gregory B. Lee is an academic,author,and broadcaster. Lee is Founding Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of St Andrews. He was until July 2020,Director of the French research Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies based at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. Lee was previously Chair Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. From 2007 to 2010 Lee was First Vice-President (Research) of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010,Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011,he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities.
Chen Zhu ForMemRS is a Chinese hematologist and molecular biologist who has served as president of the Red Cross Society of China since 2015.
Robert James Mair,Baron Mair,is a geotechnical engineer and Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and director of research at the University of Cambridge. He is Head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). He was Master of Jesus College,Cambridge,from 2001 to 2011 and a fellow of St John's College,Cambridge,from 1998 to 2001. In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and on 1 November 2017 became the Institution's president for 2017–18,its 200th anniversary year. He was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015 and is currently a member of its Select Committee on Science and Technology.
The Beijing Normal University –Hong Kong Baptist University United International College is a public college in Zhuhai,Guangdong,China. It is a partnership higher education institution co-funded by Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University. The college is accredited by the Ministry of Education of China.
Tony Fan-Cheong Chan is a Chinese American mathematician who has been serving as President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) since 2018. Prior that,he was President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2018.
Leo Francis Goodstadt,was a British economist based in Hong Kong. He served as the first head of Central Policy Unit,from 1989 to 1997.
Clara Wing-chung Ho is a history professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. Ho is a Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities.
Lauren Frederick Pfister is a Christian theologian and scholar of Confucianism. He is Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong Baptist University and is a founding fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. He was awarded the honor of "Distinguished Scholar" at the Tenth International Symposium on the History of Christianity in Modern China.
