Epidemics, Panic

and History

Social and political contexts are crucial for understanding epidemics, argues Dr Robert Peckham, who has been drawing on lessons from history to shed new light on panic and disease control.

Redefining

Multiculturalism

In our global society, research from one part of the world can make a difference in another part, which is one of the reasons HKU prides itself on its diverse scholars making contributions to knowledge the world over. A study of American curriculum might seem unimportant to Hong Kong life. However Dr Liz Jackson’s book, Muslims and Islam in US Education: Reconsidering Multiculturalism, provides a counter case.