Mind Matters

In this week's episode, we will talk about hidden histories of Chinese women’s everyday knowledge, skills like preserving food, treating illnesses, and managing households. These were forms of vernacular knowledge, passed down through practice, often u...

In this week's episode, we will continue to talk about a Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. M+’s I. M.Pei: Life is Architecture exhibition co-curator Shirley Surya will speak with Pei’s close collaborator, Calvin Tsao about his experience working wi...

In this week's episode, we will talk about a Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. His high-profile projects were realised over seven decades with an exceptionally wide geographic reach, including the National Gallery of Art East Building in Washington...

In this week's episode, we will follow how the Museum of Modern Art in New York, also known as MoMA, explores ways to present the art of our time. Glenn Lowry, Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York will walk us through MoMa’s concept of bein...

In this week's episode, we will continue to explore how women in the past used everyday knowledge to solve problems in their homes and communities. Professor Joan Judge from York University in Canada will share how she uncovered what women knew and how...

In this week's episode, we will talk about how women in the past used everyday knowledge to solve problems in their homes and communities. Professor Joan Judge from York University in Canada will share how she uncovered what women knew and how they us...

In this week's episode, we will talk about the second part of a story about the prototype of the free trade ports of Singapore and Hong Kong. Professor Xing Hang from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will continue to explain how Hà Tiên became the...

In this week's episode, we will talk about the first part of a story about the prototype of the free trade ports of Singapore and Hong Kong. Hà Tiên was situated on the present-day Vietnam-Cambodia border, and for much of the eighteenth century, it was...

In this week's episode, we will talk about the causes and consequences of the bursting of the Hong Kong housing bubble. Dr. William Kelson from The University of Hong Kong will examine the extent to which the crisis was a market-driven housing crash or...

In this week's episode, we will talk about gender and sexuality in Asia. Professor Emiko Ochiai from Kyoto University, will explore and compare gender roles in Japan, Asia and the West. She was invited by the University of Hong Kong to give a speech en...