林瑞琪 博士
Dr. LAM, Sui Ki Anthony
Part-time Assistant Professor

Dr. Anthony S.K. Lam is a veteran researcher and active scholar focusing on a number of correlated fields, including “Cultural Interactions between the East and the West,” “the Impact of Language on Social life,” “the Relations of Mass Media and Human Development,” “Magazine Development in the Modern Times” as well as “Church and State Relations in Modern China.”  He presented on average 3 to 4 theses yearly in symposia hosted by different Asian and European universities.  He is also devoted to hermeneutics and mutual understanding in human communication.  In 2017 he articulated a new branch in hermeneutics which he called the "Journalistic Hermeneutics".

He was a senior researcher with 30 years of experience under his belt at the Holy Spirit Study Centre as well as the executive editor of the Chinese section of Tripod. the flagship periodical of the Centre. He is the author of several books in Chinese and English. His books and papers have been translated into different languages including German, Italian, French, Spanish, English, Polish, Korean and Japanese.  His latest publication “Conflict and Dialogue” is scheduled to come out in the second half of the year 2020.

He had been teaching as Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication, Shue Yan University, Hong Kong for two years from 2020 to 2022, and still continuing his teaching role at part-time capacity with the University. He has, throughout the last few decades, been striving for three missions: Blood donation, Running, and Learning new languages.

 

Courses Taught

Introduction to Mass Communication
Journalistic Hermeneutics in Digital Age
Magazine Writing and Planning
Media and Society

Areas of Interest

European History on Mass Communication
Magazine Editing
Inter-Cultural Dialogue
Relationship between Religions and Society in Chinese Society
Relationship between Verbal and Printing Communication
Education of Journalism in Chinese Society

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. (Communication), Renmin University, Beijing, PRC (2007)
Master of Arts (Journalism), Renmin University, Beijing, PRC (2002)
Higher Diploma, German as Foreign Language, Ruprescht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany (1991)
Intermediate Diploma, German as Foreign Language, Ruprescht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany (1988)
Diploma, Journalism and Communication , Shue Yan College (1983)

Publications

《編輯的十字架──多變與統一的矛盾(重訂試行本)》(2007)
Power and Struggle (2006)
《編輯的十字架──多變與統一的矛盾(修訂試行本)》(2003)
《 [公教報]創刊研究1928-1931》(2003)
Decades of Vacillation: Chinese Communist Religious Policy and Its Implementation (2003)
《編輯的十字架──多變與統一的矛盾(試行本)》(2001)
《中華大地的榮耀》(2001)
Attitudes and Reflections towards the West, Western Culture and Christianity among the Local People of Hong Kong (1999)
The Catholic Church in Present-Day China, through Darkness and Light (1997)
《半世紀徘徊》(1997)
《誰主沉浮》(1994)
《二人修院》(1992)

Work Experience

Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Communication, Shue Yan University, HK (1998-2020)
Lecturer, Department of Journalism and Communication, Shue Yan College, HK (1996-1998)
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Journalism and Communication, Shue Yan College, HK (1993-1996)
Executive Editor, Holy Spirit Study Centre, HK (1992-2019)
Senior Researcher, Holy Spirit Study Centre, HK (1992-2019)
Researcher, Holy Spirit Study Centre, HK (1984-1992)
Executive Secretary, Holy Spirit Study Centre, HK (1984-2019)
Editor, Industrial Safety Magazine《工業安全》, HK (1982-1983)

Public Services

External Examiner, (2008) Master of Arts Course, Graduate Research Office, School of Government, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Affiliations

Life Member, Hong Kong Translation Association
Life member, Renmin University of China HK Alumni Association Limited
Life member, CHINA UNIVERSITIES ALUMNI (H.K.) ASSOCIATION