About ACLA

About ACLA

The Asian Conference on the Liberal Arts (ACLA) is a multidisciplinary conference held concurrently with The IAFOR Conference for Higher Education Research – Hong Kong (CHER–HongKong) at Lingnan University, Hong Kong’s only public liberal arts university.

ACLA is co-organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) and Lingnan University.

Lingnan University, Hong Kong

About Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Founded in Guangzhou in 1888 and re-established in Hong Kong in 1967, Lingnan has the longest history among all local tertiary institutions. Its vision is to be a leading Asian liberal arts university with international recognition, distinguished by outstanding teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement. Lingnan is committed to providing quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions; nurturing students to achieve all-round excellence and imbuing them with our core values; and encourage faculty and students to contribute to society through original research and knowledge transfer.

On the auspicious occasion of celebrating its golden jubilee, Lingnan has achieved a leap in ranking that puts it in the top 100 Asian universities in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2018. In 2015, Lingnan University was also named as one of the top 10 liberal arts college in Asia by Forbes. Lingnan is dedicated to building an international campus and actively establishing strategic collaborations with prominent universities worldwide.

Lingnan's Liberal Arts Education

Liberal arts education at Lingnan University aims to instil a sense of civic duty in our students and to cultivate skills, competences and sensibilities that enable graduates to pursue their goals in a rapidly changing social, cultural and economic environment. Lingnan graduates will have breadth and depth of vision, the desire and capacity for public service, an awareness of the complexities that characterise enduring human dilemmas, and, accordingly, maturity of judgement. Excellent as leaders and employees, Lingnan graduates will be the beneficiaries of a multi-dimensional approach to learning. For more information about Lingnan's Liberal Arts Education please click here.

Other IAFOR Liberal Arts Conferences

• The IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment – Hawaii
• The Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences
• The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy
• The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities
• The Asian Conference on Language Learning
• The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences
• The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment
• The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies
• The Asian Conference on Asian Studies
• The European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences
• The European Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy
• The European Conference on the Social Sciences
• The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment
• The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film
• The European Conference on Arts & Humanities
• The European Conference on Language Learning
• The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film

Ways to Get Involved

IAFOR depends on the assistance of a large number of international academics and practitioners who contribute in a variety of ways to our shared mission of promoting international exchange, facilitating intercultural awareness, encouraging interdisciplinary discussion and generating and sharing new knowledge. We are grateful for the time, effort and expertise donated by all our volunteer contributors.

Here are some of the ways you can get involved:

If you have any questions, or if you would like to suggest additional ways in which you could contribute to IAFOR’s interdisciplinary activities, please feel free to email [email protected].