The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will host the 4th Academia Sinica (AS) Academicians Visit Programme on campus in April 2015. Two scholars will deliver public lectures on 14 April 2015. Details of the Lecture Series are as follows:

Speakers:

Prof. Li Jen-kuei, Distinguished Research Fellow from the Institute of Linguistics

Prof. Liu Shaw-chen, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Founding Director of Research Center for Environmental Changes

Date:    14 April 2015 (Tuesday)

Lecture 1

Time: 1630-1730

Venue: LT3, Lee Shau Kee Building

Speaker: Li Jen-kuei

Topic: Metaphorical Usage of Body Part Terminology (conducted in Putonghua)

Moderator:  Prof. William WANG, Director of the Joint Research Centre for Language and Human Complexity

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Lecture 2

Time: 1630-1730

Venue: Rm 422, Sino Building

Speaker: Liu Shaw-chen

Topic: Trends of Regional Precipitation and Their Control Mechanisms during the 1979-2013 Warming ((conducted in English)

Moderator: Prof. Gabriel Lau, Director of the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability

Enquiries: 3943 8729

Webpage of Lecture Series and online registration: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oalc/as_2015