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Professor Benny Lim

Director, MA in Cultural Management Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Benny Lim is Associate Professor of Practice in Cultural Management and Director of the MA in Cultural Management Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently Board Member of Current Plans, an independent arts space in Hong Kong; Theatre Juror for the Asian Cultural Council Hong Kong Fellowships; Specialist with the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications; member of the Programme Sub-committee of The TENG Company; and Advisor to the University Arts Centre, CUHK Shenzhen. Previous governance and advisory roles include Along the Edge Limited, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Macao Fringe Festival 2025, and Justice Centre Hong Kong.

Benny has worked as producer and director on numerous original theatre productions and arts festivals for over 25 years. In 2021, he initiated the “Art and Aging” project and has since launched a series of drama workshops and developing a Cantonese-language Arts Resource Hub for seniors. Alongside Louis Yu and Anna CY Chan, Benny is co-editing a volume on “Culture and Sustainability in East and Southeast Asia” (forthcoming, Springer Nature).

Professor Benny Lim

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The MA in Cultural Management Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is the leading postgraduate programme in cultural management in Hong Kong. Through an open, flexible, theoretically grounded curriculum including practical fieldwork experience, students are taught to meet the challenging demands of our ever-changing cultural and creative industries.

A core value of the MACM Programme is its recognition of cultural management as more than just technical studies in management. It is an act of cultural mediation that touches on issues such as professional ethics, cultural rights, cultural identity, and the social dynamics within cultural representation. Students learn to interpret, define, communicate, and advocate for the dignity, values and cultural rights of all members of society. Graduates from the Programme become cultural mediators who bridge the art world and the public life of our local communities.

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