Dr Roger LEE King Hang

Biography

Dr Lee King Hang obtained his BA, MPhil and PhD from the Department of Philosophy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After graduation, Dr Lee had taught in various tertiary institutes, including HKCC, CUHK, HKBU and EdUHK, before joining the School of Humanities and Languages of CIHE in 2013 as senior lecturer and the program leader of  Diploma of General Studies. He took up the post of Acting Associate Dean of the School from 2015 to 2019.

Besides formal teaching, Dr Lee has also been engaging actively in the promotion and popularization of philosophy in the local community, delivering numerous talks and seminars for the Hong Kong Central Library, local bookstores, secondary schools and NGOs of various nature. In 2018, Dr Lee was invited by RTHK to be one of the hosts of their highly acclaimed TV talk show Philosophy Night (《哲學有偈傾》) until its last season in 2020.

He also has articles on arts, literature and education published regularly on local media, targeting at the general public.

In his private life, Dr Lee is a big fan for arts, literature and music, frequently attending exhibitions, plays and music shows. He also keeps engaging in different forms of collaboration with local writers, artists and musicians.

Education

2017                PhD in Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

1998                MPhil in Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

1995                BA(1st Hons), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Teaching

For the past 20 years, Dr Lee has taught courses on a variety of philosophical topics, including

• Critical Thinking
• Art of Thinking
• Logic
• Social Ethics
• Ethics and Moral Issues
• Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Context
• Individual and Society
• Introduction to Western Philosophy
• Western Philosophy
• Hermeneutics
• Philosophical Analysis
• Philosophy of Language
• Selected Topics in Confucianism
• Seminar on Comparative Philosophy: East and West

Research Areas

Publications

• 不簡單的「你」：讀卞之琳的《斷章》，《華人文化研究》，第九卷，第二期 (2021年12月)

• 伊利亞‧卡明斯基：詩三首(翻譯)，收錄於《自由世界的前哨：2022烏克蘭戰爭》，一八四一出版 (2022)
• 烏克蘭總統澤連斯基在英國國會下議院演說全文(翻譯)，收錄於《戳穿黑色的寂靜蹤跡：烏克蘭戰爭、文藝歷史與當下》，一八四一出版 (2022)

Conference Proceedings

• "Understanding Religiosity - A Nagelian Interpretation", Conference Proceeding of the Macau Symposium on Analyticity, Practicality and Innovation (2016), pp. 166-177.
• "The Problem of Reference: From a Nagelian Point of View", Proceeding of ICLLS 2015: First International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies. http://iclls2017.wixsite.com/iclls-2015/eproceedings
• K K Ying, Kat Leung, Roger Lee and Daisy Chow, "Chinese Composition Teachers' Commentary Styles and Patterns in a Tablet-based Marking Environment", Hybrid Learning: Theory and Practice, 7th International Conference, ICHL 2014, Shanghai, China, August 8-10, 2014, Proceeding (Springer, 2014).
• K K Ying, Michael Cheung, Kat Leung, Reggie Kwan, Roger Lee and Kenneth Wong, "Learning through Blogging: Understanding Teacher and Student Perceptions towards English Writing Blogs", Knowledge Sharing through Technology: 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2013, Revised Selected Papers (Springer, 2014).

Conference Presentation

• 「從莊子式觀點看全人發展」, presented at the Applied Psychology and Humanities in Holistic Development: Philosophy & Practice (ISCAP2018), held at CIHE on 1-3 March 2018.
• 「通識教育的重要：莊子的啟示」, presented at「香港大學教育中的通識教育之困難與出路研討會」, held at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 28 April 2017.
• "Understanding Religiosity – A Nagelian Interpretation", presented at 「分析、實踐與創新思維（澳門研討會2016）」, held at Grandview Hotel Macau on 22-25 August 2016.
• "The Problem of Reference: From a Nagelian Point of View", presented at the First International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies (ICLLS 2015), held at the Caritas Institute of Higher Education in Hong Kong on 9–10 April 2015.
• "Chinese Composition Teachers' Commentary Styles and Patterns in a Tablet-based Marking Environment" (co-authored), presented at The International Conference on Hybrid Learning 2014 (ICHL 2014), held at the Each China Normal University in Shanghai on 8-10 August 2014.
• "Using Tablet-assisted Think-aloud Protocol to Examine the Composition Marking Behavior of Chinese Writing Teachers" (co-authored), presented at The Inaugural International Conference on Technology in Education (ICTE 2014), held at the Open University of Hong Kong on 2-4 July 2014.
• "A Confucian Conception of the Self: A Nagelian Reconstruction", presented at Contemporary Neo-Confucianism and Western Philosophy: The 9th International Conference on Contemporary Neo-Confucianism, held at Chinese University of Hong Kong on 5 to 7 December, 2011.
• "Selling the Non-saleable: An Ethical Critique of the Commodification of Humanity", presented at the Research Postgraduate Conference 2006, held at the University of Hong Kong on 22 April, 2006.

Thesis and Dissertation

• Moral Fragmentationism: a Defense, PhD Thesis, (Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017).
• The Subjective and the Objective: the Philosophy of Thomas Nagel, Phil. Thesis, (Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998).