Art is like candy for the eyes. We present to you some unique, handmade candies in a one-of-its-kind exhibition. ‘Folk Arts: an exploratory study into self-expression and traditional arts revitalization’ is a transdisciplinary research project funded by the Common Core TransDisciplinary Undergraduate Research Initiative. The project team is coming up with a finale Art Exhibition […]
The photography exhibition is held in support of Global Climate Change Week on 18 – 24th October 2021. It features original photographs submitted by HKU undergraduate students around the theme of Climate Action and Leadership in Hong Kong. We will also feature photographs from the Biodiversity Museum and The Swire Institute of Marine Science and Division […]
The More-Than-Human-City A Transdisciplinary Global Research-in-Action Lab 2022 The Common Core is inviting applications for the Transdisciplinary Research Exchange 2022, co-organized with the Honours Programme at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands). To increase students’ capacities for creative problem-solving and global collaboration, both virtual and physical, that produces tangible outcomes around issues that they care deeply […]
The latest Covid-19 pandemic put forward waves of “new normal” in every aspect of life. The state of “new normal” spanned over the notion of living a normal life, it brought deformation amongst the public realm and personal life as well as an institutionalized atmosphere of dissension. Charles and Ian will lead us through contemplation […]
Speaker: Adrian Lam, Common Core Course Tutor and Research Group Member This contemporary world is no stranger to crises of all kinds, for instance, the outbreak of the COVD-19 pandemic since late 2019. Nonetheless, the higher education sector has been regrettably slow and stagnant in the wake of these crises. Lamentably, the contemporary higher education […]
This photo exhibition titled "Transcendence Journey: Incarnation of Charm and Elegance" is organised by the students from CCHU9007: Sexuality and Gender: Diversity and Society and produced by the Association of World Citizens Hong Kong and photographer Candy Yeung. It features portrait photos of 11 transgender people in Hong Kong. Through this exhibition dedicated to the […]
In 1968, the “Hong Kong Flu” killed an estimated one to four million people globally. The epidemic broke out in the year the United States and the world endured a series of cataclysmic episodes of political violence. A rare phenomenon was observed concerning the mental consequences after contracting deadly influenza. Newspaper reports exaggerated the anxiety […]
“A Minute Something Else Enters” is a community project collaborated with the teaching staff at LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, aimed to explore the history of pandemic across centuries of time within the boundary in Hong Kong. The project anticipates audio-guided immersive theatre at HKU and surrounding in 2022 January, in […]
“Arts in the City” Scheme Curated by Felixism Creation & Reframe Theatre Tour guided by voices of our community walked through three occasions of pandemic in time “A Minute Something Else Enters” Time travel starts in Jan 2022 7 - 9.01.2021 12pm / 2:30pm/5pm Assemble point: Blake Garden Route: Walking route via Po Hing Fong […]
After careful consideration of the health and safety of our participants and partners under the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 virus in the community—and after consultations with our HKU partners—we have made the difficult decision to postpone this event yet a later date. Motion pictures were invented in 1895. Yet earliest attempts […]
This meeting provides a channel of communication between students across campus and the Common Core. All undergraduate students are encouraged to join us in order to learn more about course development, how the programme is structured from the inside-out, and to let us know your suggestions for further enhancing the experience of the Common Core […]
HKU Common Core is celebrating our 10th Anniversary throughout April and May 2022. The Celebration will feature events focused on Critical Zones and Undergraduate Transdisciplinary Research; Sustainable Development Goals; the Vicissitudes of (De)Globalization; the CC Digital Exhibition Villa; Transdisciplinary Musings: Money! Money? Money!; An Afternoon at the Movies; Enhancing CVs and Interviewing Skills; Gaming and […]