Topic:?The Rebirth of Classics in Modern Times
Speaker:?Professor HE Jishan
Date:?September?24,?2016,?Saturday
Time:?14:40-15:20
Venue:?Governing?Board?Meeting?Room,?Daoyuan?Building
Language:?Chinese

Speaker Introduction:

Prof.HE?Jishan,?applied?geophysicist,?Member?of?Chinese?Academy?of?Engineering,?Professor?and?former?President?of?Central?South?University,?and?life?member?of?the?American?Society?of?Exploration?Geophysicists?(SEG).?He?is?also?an?adviser?of?Calligraphers?Association?of?Hunan?Province.

Prof.He?Jishan?advocates?the?integration?of?science,?technology,?engineering?and?art.?His?favorites?are?calligraphy?and?couplets?and?he?has?significant?artistic?attainments?in?seal?script,?clerical?script,?regular?script,?running?script?and?grass?script?.He?also?has?deep?friendship?with?scholars?of?the?calligraphy?circles.?He?actively?advocates?Calligraphy?and?Humanities?Education.?He?also?emphasizes?on?innovation?and?has?formed?his?own?characteristics?in?both?Chinese?and?English?calligraphy.