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Hong Kong alumni events
The University is to strengthen its ties with alumni overseas by holding a series of events in Hong Kong in June.
The half-yearly meeting of the General Council and associated events for alumni will take place from 11 to 12 June 2010.
This will be the first time the General Council has held one of its meetings in Asia.
All alumni are invited to attend. More information and how to book is available on the General Council website.
Key events
As part of the celebrations a full programme of alumni events and activities have been planned, including:
- General Council meeting at the University of Hong Kong.
- Half-day conference on The Economics of Climate Change.
- Evening reception and honorary degree ceremonies.
- Tour of the University of Hong Kong campus.
Lecture by Tom Devine
A highlight of the weekend will be the General Council Lecture, presented by Professor Tom Devine on Saturday 12 June.
"An Empire of Commerce :Three centuries of Scottish enterprise in the East'" will explore the historical links between Scotland and China.
Tom Devine is Director of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies and the Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography.
He is considered the pre-eminent authority on the history of modern Scotland.
Links with Hong Kong
Eliot Hall, The University of Hong Kong.
The first students from Hong Kong came to study Medicine at the University over 70 years ago.
Since then many have followed in their footsteps and there are now around 450 Edinburgh alumni residing in Hong Kong.
The University also enjoys strong links with a variety of Hong Kong universities.
One of our most successful is with our Universitas 21 partner the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with whom we have a history of collaboration across our teaching and research activity.
The General Council
The General Council is the means by which graduates have a voice in the management of the University’s affairs, and every graduate automatically becomes a member.
The General Council has played a key advisory role in the life of the University since 1858.
It has been involved in landmark events, such as the admission of women to the University.
Contact details
For more information on these events, please contact Mariana West in Development and Alumni.
HKU Photo credit: Baycrest, under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
This article was published on Apr 16, 2010