Coming Event



War and Peace in Europe -
White Lily and Night Witches: Soviet Female Combat Aviators in World War II
Date: May 24 2013 (Friday)
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
(in Cantonese)

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GIS students together with team members from other programmes clinched five awards at the Asian International Model United Nations Conference organised by Peking University for the third consecutive year French Stream students of European Studies recently received scholarships from the French Consulate-General in Hong Kong and Macau and the Club de la Légion d'Honneur for sponsoring their study in France ES (German Stream) student Chan Yan Tung represented HK in the 4th World Traditional Wushu (Chinese Martial Arts) Championship recently held in Hebei, China and scooped one gold and one bronze medals European Studies students volunteering for the Karen Kids in ThailandEuropean Studies student Ingrid Chan won the championship in the Female 48kg Grade at Joint College Judo Competition 2010 GIS student Iris Yu named Best Debater in the semi-final in the Inter-collegiate Debate Competition 2011. Agnes Tam of European Studies also contributed to the team GIS Malaysia Study Tour, organized by the GIS Student Society, January 2013. Year 4 students of the German Stream (European Studies) visited factories in Shenzhen to learn about the situation of manufacturers for the German/European consumer markets European Studies programme promotion at the 11th European Higher Education Fair, at the Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay GIS MPhil student Phoebe Tang won a five-year full scholarship for PhD study at the University of Southern California (USC), US About 500 local Form 7 students attended the European Studies Briefing Sessions in the HKBU Open Day. Year 4 students Julia Yu and Jack Pang jointly presented the programme GIS Year 2 student Lu Ran garnered interest from a publisher and have her second novel <em>"The Farewell in Azure"</em> released recently With the cooperation from GIS, the HKPSA 2nd Annual Conference was held on 26-27 August in HKBU. The conference has focused on international relations in Asia and the political matters of East Asia and China
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Studying at GIS

GIS trains students to the different aspects of political science, with a strong emphasis on international relations and comparative politics, and in European Studies, using a multi-disciplinary approach.

Teaching

In addition to the department itself, GIS also contributes to teaching in the China Studies programme and in the Master of Public Administration.

Research

Research by staff of the GIS Department covers Hong Kong and Chinese politics, European politics and European integration, social movements and protest, political transitions and democratization, international relations, and economic and cultural relations between China and Europe.

Dr. Kenneth Chan Ka-lok, associate professor at the Department of Government and International Studies of Hong Kong Baptist University, was elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council on 9 September 2012, as a representative of Hong Kong island. Chairman of the Civic Party since 2011 and now 44, Dr. Chan received more than 70,000 votes, the highest number of votes in a single geographical constituency in the 2012 legislative election.