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2025-2026 Departmental Research Seminar
- GEOG HKU
- Sep 1
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
Fall Seminar Schedule
01
Sustainable Solutions for a Cultivated Planet
Speaker: Peng Zhu (HKU)
Date: 24 SEP 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
02
How are trees in eastern North America deciduous forests responding to climate change?
Speaker: Justin Maxwell (University of Indiana)
Date: 09 OCT 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00 (HKT)
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
03
Digital geographies of power
Speaker: Isak Ladegaard (HKU)
Date: 16 OCT 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
04
Aging Playfully: Reimagining Later Life Through Play (and Planning)
Speaker: Maxwell Hartt (Queen’s)
Date: 20 OCT 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
05
Excessive Hybridities: Film as Method and Madness in East Asian Wet Markets
Speaker: Ben Gerlofs (HKU)
Date: 31 OCT 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
06
Cultural economic geographies of Tibetan thangka in contemporary China
Speaker: Junxi Qian (HKU)
Date: 07 NOV 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
07
From Satellites to Solutions: How AI and Geoinformatics are Building Climate Resilience
Speaker: Joseph Awange (PolyU)
Date: 13 NOV 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (HKT)
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
08
Back to the Countryside: Artists, Tourism, and Rural Gentrification in China
Speaker: Xueke Yang (Beijing Normal- Zhuhai)
Date: 21 NOV 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00 (HKT)
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
09
Sustainable agriculture and forestry to mitigate air pollution and climate change: Earth system modeling perspectives
Speaker: Amos Tai (CUHK)
Date: 02 DEC 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:00 (HKT)
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
10
Currents in the Geography of Innovation
Speaker: Patrick Adler, Fran van der Wouden (HKU)
Date: 17 DEC 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (HKT)
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
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