CUHK members are cordially invited to the United College Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lectures to be delivered by Professor Jacob Soll, University Professor and Professor of Philosophy, History and Accounting, University of Southern California. Professor Soll will visit our college from 12 March to 22 March 2025.
Professor Jacob Soll is a leading historian, public intellectual and a University Professor and Professor of Philosophy, History, and Accounting at the University of Southern California. His work spans the history of political thought, the history of accounting, and the role of information in the development of modern states. Much of his work has been animated by the question of why succeed or fail, and the lessons these historical cases can teach us. His sage advice on economic questions is regularly sought by policy makers throughout the world. Professor Soll’s works are widely recognized by the academia, and he has been awarded several distinguished fellowships and lectureships throughout the world, namely a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence and the Huygens-Descartes Lectureship at the Akadamie van Wetenschappen in Amsterdam.
During his visit to the United College, Professor Soll will deliver two public lectures:
Date: 14 March 2025 (Friday)
Time: 11:30am
Venue: LT 1, Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: 19 March 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Both lectures will be delivered in English, and seats can be reserved via this online registration link: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13699153. The deadline of registration is by noon, 3 March 2025.
Information about the United College Distinguished Visiting Scholar scheme is available at https://www.uc.cuhk.edu.hk/student-corner/distinguished-visiting-scholar-scheme/scholars.
