Date and Time

Date: 21 April 2017 – 19 May 2017 (every Friday)

Time: 7:00PM – 8:30PM (5 lessons in total)

Overview

This course is based on the evolution of Chinese History, discussing how political, economic, and social changes shaped the functions of food. The instructor will display certain artifacts to enhance students’ understanding of the topic.  

	Topic	Date
1.	From Pre-historic Times to Shang Dynasty: Origins	21 April (Friday)
2.	Zhou Dynasty and Han Dynasty: Foundation	28 April (Friday)
3.	Southern and Northern alongside Sui and Tang Dynasties: Western Food	5 May (Friday)
4.	Song and Yuan Dynasties: China and Foreign Nations	19 May (Friday)
5.	Ming and Qing Dynasties: the End of an Empire	26 May (Friday)

*Upon completion of the course, students are invited to a restaurant to experience dining culture. As such an expense is NOT included in the tuition, it is not a compulsory activity.

Instructor

Mr. Francis Li

Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society of Britain & Ireland

Academic Director of Savantas Liberal Arts Academy

B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Venue

Room 5B, 5/F, Gaylord Commercial Building, 114-118 Lockhart Road, Hong Kong

Target

General public

Medium of Instruction

Cantonese

Tuition

The tuition fee is $400 for the entire course. In addition, there is a $200 deposit, which will be returned to students with an 80%+ attendance rate at the end of the program. The total of $600 will be used to reserve a place in the course.

SLAA is fully committed to making its courses accessible to students from all socio-economic backgrounds. Full or partial fee remission is available to students who require financial assistance. If you would like to apply for fee remission, please indicate accordingly on the application form.

Application

Please submit your registration here. Seats are limited on a first-come-first-served basis.

SLAA reserves the right to change or modify the contents of this course outline.