GIS mixed-mode alumni event "Celebrating 25 Years of GIS - European Studies Programme - (Re)United in Diversity: Meet and Greet with the Alumni", 15 April 2021.

On 10 April 2021, the GIS Department organized the 9th Hong Kong Model European Union. The students simulated the procedures of the European Council and discussed the issues of vaccination certificates and crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Head of the EU Office to Hong Kong and Macao, Mr. Thomas Gnocchi, addressed introductory remarks to the audience of HKMEU2021.

GIS undergraduate student, Mr. Ping-Ho Wong (European Studies German Stream), presented his honours project at the Political Studies Association Annual Undergraduate Conference 2021 on 26 Mar. 2021. He was awarded the GIS Undergraduate Overseas Research Activities Fund in 2020 and granted Visiting Student status by Queen's University Belfast. He presented his thesis "Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland after Brexit" in the panel "British and Irish Politics" with participation of fellow undergraduates from the University of York, University of Limerick and LSE. (Conference website)

GIS Online Workshop "Where is Hong Kong? Designing, Debating and Developing the Smart City",18 March 2021. Speakers: Mr Paul Zimmerman (Southern District Council for Pokfulam ; CEO of Designing Hong Kong), Prof Alistair Cole (Head, Department of Government & International Studies (HKBU)), Dr Emilie Tran (Assistant Professor, Department of Government & International Studies (HKBU)), Mr Calvin Lai Ming Tsun (Senior Research Assistant, Department of Government & International Studies (HKBU)) 

  Mr. Paul Zimmerman Presentation

  Prof. Alistair Cole and Dr. Emilie Tran Presentation

 Mr. Calvin Lai Ming Tsun Presentation

GIS Online Alumni Event "Celebrating 25 Years of GIS -
Conversation with Ting Wai and Chen Feng", 13 March 2021.

Book Launch "Developments in French Politics 6", co-organized by the HKBU Library and the Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU on 3 March 2021. Speakers: Prof. Alistair Cole (Head, the Department of Government and International Studies), Prof. Helen Drake (Chair of French and European Studies, Director of the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance, Loughborough University, London), Dr. Emilie Tran (Assistant Professor, the Department of Government and International Studies). Moderator: Dr. C. Roland Vogt (Head, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong) (Video)

GIS Online Alumni Event "Celebrating 25 Years of GIS -
Conversation with Prof. Michael DeGolyer", 27 February 2021.

Prof. Cole, Head of Department, has recently published, as second editor and contributor to three chapters, Developments in French Politics 6 (2021: Red Globe press). Dr. Emilie Tran also has a chapter in the book, which is the leading higher end text on French Politics in the UK and the US. Prof. Cole and Dr. Tran will present the book at the HKBU library on 3 March 2021 at 17.00 (Publisher webpage) (Flyer)

GIS undergraduate students, Eleanor Chan (GIS) and Ping-Ho Wong (European Studies, German Stream), presented their papers at the Political Studies Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference 2021 on 30 January 2021. The two were awarded the GIS Undergraduate Overseas Research Activities Fund in 2020 and granted Visiting Student status by Queen's University Belfast. They presented parts of their ongoing honours projects on political reconciliation in Northern Ireland and contributed to the discussion of the panel "Peacebuilding and Consociationalism" with participation of scholars and students from the University of Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, and Dublin City University. (Conference website) (Conference programme)

Dr. Kenneth Chan, Associate Professor and Director of Comparative Governance & Policy Research Centre was on BBC HARDtalk with Stephan Sackur, 19 January 2021 to talk about the quandary Hong Kong has found itself in since the introduction of the National Security Law and the prospects, if any, for the democracy movement academic freedom. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p094fmff)

GIS Online Roundtable "Sino-US Relations in the Biden Era : Conflict, Competition or Cooperation?" on 21 January 2021. (Panelists information) 

GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "How does municipality amalgamation reduce voter turnout in local elections? The case of Norway" on 1 December 2020. Keynote Speaker: Mr. Kyle H.Y. Chan (PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA ; HKBU GIS Programme graduate)

GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "Primary Party Organization and the Grassroots Election in Rural China" on 26 November 2020. Keynote Speakers: Dr. Kang Yi (Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU), Mr. Ma Ming (Research Postgraduate Student, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU)

GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "Breakfast with Mr. Thomas Gnocchi, EU Head of Office Hong Kong and Macao" on 25 November 2020. No less than 120 staff, students and members of the public attended in person or on-line his talk on EU Diplomacy and EU in Hong Kong for the first time since he came to Hong Kong in September. Special thanks to Dr Albert Chau, Vice-President (Teaching & Learning), for joining the event, which was co-organized by GIS and the Hong Kong Association for European Studies. ( HKBU News)

Opening ceremony of the book and artefacts exhibition "From Napoleon to De Gaulle - Treasures from the Consul General of France" on 24 November 2020, with a sharing by the Consul General of France in Hong Kong and Macao, Mr Alexandre Giogini. It is the last teaching and learning activity of the two-year pilot project led by Dr. Emilie Tran, titled "1, 2, 3, Prêts! Partez! Internationalisation at Home for a Successful Year Abroad", which stems from the Community of Practice - Internationalisation of Teaching and Learning (CoP-ITL). (Audio clip from RTHK (from time 2:21:35))

GIS Programme graduates in Faculty Graduation Activities for classes of 2019&2020, 21 November 2020.

European Studies Programme graduates in Faculty Graduation Activities for classes of 2019&2020, 21 November 2020.

GIS Online Forum "European Federalism & European Identity: A Dialogue with the Pan-European Party VOLT" on 19 November 2020. Guest Speakers: Ms. Valerie Sternberg (VOLT Germany ; Co-President of the European Board), Mr. Reinier van Lanschot (VOLT Netherlands ; Co-President of the European Board), Mr. Paul Jürgensen (Das Progressive Zentrum ; Project Manager in the Future of Democracy Programme)

Media interview on two double degree programmes offered by the Department of Government and International Studies with sharing by exchange students from France and Hong Kong and HKBU's internationalisation efforts under the COVID-19 pandemic. (Ming Pao) (Sing Tao Daily) (on.cc) (Oriental Daily) (Bastille Post)

GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "China's foreign aid to Africa : variance and convergence with other donors on the continent" on 5 November 2020. Keynote Speaker: Mr. Tetteh Evans (Research Postgraduate Student, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU)