The aim of GE Salon is to explore issues of common human concern from cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives, with a view to encouraging students to reflect upon questions related to the contemporary world and to foster intellectual discussions on campus.

2007 War and Peace II

No Man’s Land

Speaker: Ma Shu Yun

1993年波斯尼亞與塞爾維亞戰爭中,三名敵對軍人被困於兩軍對峙中間的戰壕里。在聯合國維持和平部隊及國際傳媒的介入下,結果是…… 是次通識沙龍透過這部曾獲奧斯卡最佳外語片及康城最佳編劇的電影,帶你在這個「無人地帶」中,思考戰爭與和平的問題。

2007 War and Peace II

The Roles of NGOs in a War Field

Speaker: Guest speakers from the Amnesty International (HK) and Médicins Sans Frontières

戰火無情,各國政府對軍備貿易撒手不管,加劇全球各地的武裝衝突, 直接為發展中國家帶來貧窮、難民、童兵、甚至是近期人人關注的血鑽貿易問題。作為一個非政府組織,甚至是世界公民的一份子,在面對國際衝突和戰爭時, 我們可以做甚麼去改變這些現象?

2007 War and Peace II

Expansion of Muslims

Speaker: Chu Hoi Dick
2006 War and Peace

The Shield of Achilles. War, Peace and the Course of History by Philip Bobitt

Speaker: Ting Wai

歷經五個世紀多次的戰爭與和平,「國家」的觀念和形式不斷演變。今日世界再不能退回昔日局面。而置身於這恐懼與不穩的時代,我們正面對什麼挑戰?當戰爭機器已足以摧毀任何國家的國防,我們可怎樣保護自己?本書回顧歷史,檢視1914年到1990年這場「長戰爭」,以及展望將來;它預示民族國家(Nation-State)的死亡與史無前例的新衝突的誕生。

2006 War and Peace

Media Portrayal of War: fiction and reality

不論虛構還是紀實,戰爭是媒體中經常出現的主題。 是次沙龍聚會邀請了三位嘉賓: 潘達培是香港電台紀錄片編導,製作了獲聯合國獎項的《孩子上戰場》(Child Soldiers)特輯,紀錄片重視的不是即時性,卻是對問題的跟進。 電影史上也曾出現不少以戰爭為題材的偉大電影,這些電影往往能帶領我們思考由戰爭引申的種種哲學與人生問題。影評人馮家明將為大家介紹多部戰爭電影。

2006 War and Peace

Scientists’ Reflections on War and Weapon

Speaker: Chu Ming Chung

“If I had known, I would be a locksmith” – A. Einstein, on hearing that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. In 1945, the atomic bomb opened up a new era. Science has granted people a power never existed before. Science brought over 100 thousand deaths in instance in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Science has given the man kind the ability to destroy the world with little efforts. Prof. Chu will briefly introduce the scientists who contribute to the founding of this era, and their reflections on war and weapons.