Bulletin No. 1, 2015

48   Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2015 Intellectual Cross- Currents Kinoshita Lecture in Architecture Prof. Jacques Herzog (2nd right), world-famous architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2001, visited the School of Architecture as guest speaker for the 2015 Kinoshita Lecture in Architecture on 28 January 2015. The title of the lecture was ‘Being with Art’, an inspiring talk about Professor Herzog’s approach and philosophy when designing spaces for contemporary art. Showing more than a dozen projects spanning 25 years, including museums and institutions located around the world, Professor Herzog transmitted his powerful thoughts to a captivated audience. The last part of the lecture focused on an in-depth explanation of the new M+ Museum Project, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District. A World of Poetry by Yu Kwang-chung Prof. Yu Kwang-chung, a well-known Chinese poet and former professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, came back to CUHK to deliver three public lectures under the 28th Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture series and to celebrate the 65th anniversary of New Asia College. Through the three lectures, which were titled ‘Gong Zi-zhen and Shelley’, ‘A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Pastoral Poetry’, and ‘Poetry Recital, with a Brief Introduction to the Art of Poetry Reading’, Professor Yu unveiled a fascinating world of Chinese and Western poetry before the audience.