Past forums
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MRI Forum 41
"Clearing the Heart, Seizing Time and Opportunity:
European Allegorical Prints in Late Ming China and Literati's Reception"
by Eugenio Menegon
11 June 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 40
"神州交流–Chinese Cross Currents as a Cross-Cultural Meeting Point Between
Chinese and Foreign Intellectuals: Past Approaches and Today’s Challenges"
by Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Yves Camus, Guo Yidun and Dominique Tyl
21 May 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 39
"China Rules: Chinese Dress from 1644 to the Present"
by Valery Garrett
6 May 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 38
"China’s first-ever team appearance at an Olympics
—the footballers’ adventure of 1936"
by Vincent Heywood
23 April 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 37
"Buddhist Communities in China: Launching of Christian Cochini's Book"
by Christian Cochini
15 April 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 36
"The Perception of Maritime Space in Song, Yuan and Ming Sources"
by Roderich Ptak
10 March 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 35
"Macao Poetry Today"
by Christopher Kelen
20 February 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 34
"The International Environment and
China's Twin Models of Development"
by Lam Lai Sing
23 January 2008
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 33
"Poland is closer than you think"
by Andrzej Pieczonka
11 December 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 32
2008-08-26;
by Alexander Maryks
22 November 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 31
"The Defences of Macau"
by Richard Garrett
16 October 2007
MRI Forum 30
"Chinese Medicine and Epidemic Diseases ― some lectures from the past"
by Dominique Buchillet
19 September 2007
MRI Forum 29
"Reading the Classics at the Age of Globalization"
by Thierry Meynard, s.j.
26 June 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 28
"China – India relationship: pragmatic or strategic partners?"
by Jean-François Huchet
17 May 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 27
""André Gide and mise en abyme in The Counterfeiters" –
Launching of the book written by Artur Wardega"
by Eugene Eoyang, Liu Dong, Artur Wardega and Patrick Li Feng
8 May 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 26
"Evolution of the Diocese of Hong Kong from 1949 to 1997"
by Louis Ha
20 March 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 25
"Heritage and Urban Development in Macao"
by José Maneiras and Carlos Marreiros
7 February 2007
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 24
"Œdipus in Asia and the resistance to Psychoanalysis"
by Geoffrey Blowers
22 November 2006
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 23
"China and Capitalism: A Reflection"
by Christopher A. McNally
13 July 2006
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 22
"Zheng He's Fleet—The Pinnacle of Ancient Chinese Shipbuilding"
by Vong Kit Han & Ana Brito
30 May 2006
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 21
"Macao: Living in China, Living with the Border"
by Werner Breitung
25 April 2006
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 20
"Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J.—
An Italian Master Painter in the Courts of Three Emperors"
by Robert Brothers
29 March 2006
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 19
"The Qigong Movement and China's Religious Question"
by David A. Palmer
15 February 2006
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 18
"Exploration of the Impact of the Gaming Industry on Family Life in Macau"
by Gertina van Schalkwyk, Emilie Tran, & Kay Chang
13 December 2005
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 17
"Across China's Mirror"
by Pierre Haski
15 November 2005
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 16 
"Changes in Legal Education in China"
by Roderick O'Brien
20 July 2005
MRI Forum 15
"Macau: An Economy in Transition"
by José I. Duarte
8 June 2005
MRI Forum 14
"The Forbidden City, revealed from inside"
by Charles Chauderlot
25 May 2005
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 13
"Chinese Urban Culture and the Ruins of Macau"
by Jeremy Tambling
11 May 2005
MRI Forum 12
"Macau's contribution to China's modernisation along history"
by Gary Ngai Mei Cheong
30 March 2005
MRI Forum 11
"Understanding the Taiwan Independence Issue and Its Policy Implications"
by Emerson M.S. Niou
22 February 2005
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 10
"Pipe Organ Building and the Jesuits in China"
by David Francis Urrows
25 January 2005
MRI Forum 9
"Gutenberg comes to East Asia:
The Jesuit Mission Press in China & Japan (1590-1620)"
by M. Antoni J. Üçerler
16 December 2004
MRI Forum 8
"Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, Infernal Affairs, and Hero
— A comparative study on the spatial perspectives
of three recent award-winning films from Greater China"
by Dominic Yung
9 November 2004
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 7
"Political Participation in Hong Kong:
Some Recent Trends and Prospects"
by Lam Wai-man
25 October 2004
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 6
"In Search of a Chinese Shadow:
The Chinese Pro-democracy Movement"
by Jean-Philippe Béja
15 September 2004
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 5
"Continuity and Change in Intercultural Relations among Chinese in the Americas:
Understanding the Present through Selected Experiences of the 19th Century"
by Lucy M. Cohen
8 June 2004
MRI Forum 4
"A Review of the History of Hong Kong Chinese Literature
and an Overview of Post-97 Hong Kong Chinese Poetic Circles"
by Peter Cheng Wai-ming
5 May 2004
Transcript: Coming soon
MRI Forum 3
"Local History in Hong Kong:
An Attempt at some Global Understanding"
by Gillian Bickley
24 February 2004
Transcript: Coming soon
Public Launching of Chinese Cross Currents
MRI Forum 2
"Chinese Religious Traditions in Contemporary China"
by Michael Saso
20 January 2004
MRI Forum 1
"Reintegration with Mainland China:
The Contrasting Experiences of Hong Kong and Macau"
by Ming K. Chan
20 November 2003
Transcript: Coming soon
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Workshop
The Awakening of Romanticism:
19th. Century Western Art (Painting, Literature, Music) and its Relevance to Macau
Session I: Early 19th. Century, 18 October 2002
Session II: Early 19th. Century, 5 November 2002
Session III:Middle 19th. Century, 13 December 2002
Session IV:Middle 19th. Century, 21 February 2003
Session V: Late 19th. Century, 21 March 2003
Session VI: Late 19th. Century, 25 April 2003
Launching of Photographic & Critical Edition of
Portuguese-Chinese Manuscript Dictionary
by Michele Ruggieri (1543-1607) and Matteo Ricci (1552-1610)
with the Portuguese Oriental Institute and the Portuguese National Library
12 October 2001
Exhibition of "Macau: East-West Cultural Relics"
with the Macau Sino-Latina Foundation and the Beijing Municipal Government
1 January 2001 |
