Under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Historical Archives of Macao will organise a one day seminar "Allegiance of Revolutionaries: Seminar Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 1911 Revolution" at the auditorium of Macao Museum on this Saturday, 24 September 2011. Specialists from Mainland China, the Macao and Hong Kong S.A.R.s and abroad will address issues including the background to the 1911 Revolution, Macao's role in the preparations for the rebellion, and the subsequent impact of the revolution. A highlight of the seminar will be the presence of the historic figure of Madam Lily Sui Fong Sun, granddaughter of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who will present the keynote speech. The seminar is moderated by Professor Ho Wai-Kit, Vincent of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Macau and will be conducted in Mandarin and English with simultaneous interpretation. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The 1911 Revolution brought to an end two thousand years of imperial rule and represented the birth of Asia's first republic. Dr. Sun Yat Sen played an instrumental role in inspiring the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, and was the first provisional president of the Republic of China, founded in 1912. Given Macao's role in the 1911 Revolution, Dr. Sun Yat Sen's connections with Macao and in view of Macao's status as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, this seminar is part of a range of initiatives being organized in the Macao S.A.R. to mark the centenary. Papers on the revolution will be presented in the seminar from 9.30am to 5.30pm with the participation of Qiu Jie, professor of the History Department at Sun Yat-Sen University, who will moderate the morning session, Cheng Wai-Ming, Peter, research coordinator of Jao Tsung-I Pétite École at the University of Hong Kong, Ting Sun Pao, Joseph, professor of the Department of History of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chan Lai Lin, Lilian, researcher at the Macau Museum of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Alfredo Gomes Dias, adjunct professor at Lisbon College of Education, Lee Kam Keung, professor of the Department of History at Baptist University of Hong Kong, and Paul Barrie Spooner, lecturer of the History Department at University of Macau. The seminar is divided into two sessions. The first, in the morning, will focus on "Dr. Sun: Relics and Resources" and the second, starting at 3pm in the afternoon, will feature "1911 Revolution: People, Action, and Ideas". Keynote speaker Madam Lily Sun will give her speech in the morning session. The target audience for the seminar will embrace the general public, specialists, and teachers who will thus be encouraged to integrate some of the material into their classes, and take their students to visit the exhibition "For the People – Sun Yat Sen and Macao" which opens to the public in Macao Museum on the same day. All those interested in attending this event are invited to register, either in person at the Historical Archives of Macao, or by fax to 2856 1495. Any extra places may be allocated to walk-in participants on the day. For further details, please call 28592919.
