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CHU, Simon
First name:
Simon
Last name:
Chu
Function in ICA (if any):
EASTICA
Biography:

EDUCATION

University of Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

BA (History) 1972;

MA (History) 1975

University of Western Ontario, London, CANADA

MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science) 1987

Manchester Municipal University, UK

Postgraduate Diploma (Law) 2005

LLB (Hon) (Bachelor of Law) 2006

 

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong ( 2007 - Date)

Government Archivist and Director of the Hong Kong SAR Government Records Service ( 1990 - 2007)

Professional Activities

Course Director (Representing EASTICA) - Postgraduate Certificate Program in Archival Studies (Hong Kong University) ( 2003 - date)

Secretary General of EASTICA ( 1997 - date)

Secretary General of the UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Committee for the Memory of the World Program (MOWCAP) (1998 - date)

Vice-Chairman of the International Advisory Committee for the UNESCO Memory of the World Program (2001 - 2005)

Counselor in the Bureau of CITRA (Round Table Conference of the International Congress on Archives) (1999 - 2005)

 

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Among Others:

Promoting archives legislation in Hong Kong

Promoting professional development for archivists in the East Asian region.


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