Founder of Annals of Tourism Research, Professor Jafar Jafari Engaged as Visiting Professor and Delivers Lectures
With great support from the School, Department of Hotel and Tourism Management invited Professor Jafar Jafari, the founder of Annals of Tourism Research, to visit SYSBS from March 13 to March 17, 2011. During his visit, Professor Jafar Jafari delivered four brilliant academic lectures, and had productive talks about founding academic journals and other international cooperation projects with the school.
Professor Jafar Jafari is a leading scholar in the field of international tourism and hotel management. And Annals of Tourism Research, which was founded by him in 1973, has become the top academic journal in his research field. He won the Ulysses Prize in 2005, the highest prize awarded by the United Nations World Tourism Organization to those who make outstanding contributions to the study of tourism. Currently a professor at the University of Wisconsin, USA, he received a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Hotel Management from Cornell University, USA, and obtained a Doctor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from University of Minnesota, USA in 1985. He is also the founder and chief editor of several authoritative journals in tourism and hotel management field, and the chairman of International Academy for the Study of Tourism, which makes him of great influence in international academic community.
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Associate Dean Zhang Shujun Awarding the Letter of Employment to Professor Jafar Jafari.
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Professor Jafar Jafari giving a lecture.
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A group picture taken after dinner?
A picture taken after discussion
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Professor Jafar Jafari, head of Department Liu Jingyan and students posing for group photo on east campus
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Group photo taken after the academic lecture
Associate Dean Fu Zhengping presenting Professor Jafar Jafari with the gift.
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On March 14, the appointment ceremony of Professor Jafar Jafari and academic report meeting was held in conference room M201 on the south campus from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. The subject was SCIENTIFICATION OF TOURISM：Hindsight and Foresight. On March 15 morning and afternoon, Professor Jafar Jafari gave lectures separately for teachers, Doctors and masters of Hotel and Tourism Management, and the subjects were TOURISM KNOWLEDGE：Benefiting?????????? from and Contributing to It and WRITING TO PUBLISH：Insights from a Journal. On March 16, he came to the east campus of Sun Yat-sen University in the afternoon and delivered a lecture Preparing for a Career in Hospitality and Tourism for undergraduates of Hotel and Tourism Management. By then Professor Jafar Jafari has delivered four academic lectures in a row, covering his most advanced research and most precious experience. Besides, his lectures have rich content, and his speech is lively, strict and humorous as well, which makes all the teachers and students quite enjoy the academic feast and experience the extraordinary charm of a world famous professor.
During his visit, Professor Jafari had talks with some leaders of our school as well. Dean of Business School Lu Yadong and Associate Professor Zhang Shujun had lunch with Professor Jafari together. And they had discussed about future internationalization strategic cooperation area, and put forward some guiding principles.
Associate Dean of Business School Fu Zhengping, as well as Professor Qu Hailin, had talks with professor Jafari about the subject development issue that it had become a trend to develop tourism subject in the platform of management.
On March 14, Department of Hotel and Tourism Management organized a meeting with Professor Jafari to discuss is about founding academic journals and holding international academic conferences. The meeting was hosted by Professor Liu Jing. And there were Professor Qu Hailin, Professor Wang Ning, Professor Xie Lishan and Dr. Zhao Xinyuan present in the meeting. Professor Jafari made suggestions and proposals for Department of Hotel and Tourism Management’s founding international academic journals, based on his own experience of foundation of Annals of Tourism Research and chief editor for nearly thirty years in this field. And they had productive talks about applying to join the United Nations World Tourism Organization, co-organizing international conferences and joining in the European Union Doctor Joint Education Project. In the meantime, teachers of Department of Hotel and Tourism Management had dinner with Professor Jafari together, which can create a relaxed atmosphere to help achieve further cooperation and communication in the future.
Professor Jafari is invited to be the guest professor of our school, which, to our benefit, has built a platform of international communication and cooperation, and broadened the information channel effectively. By virtue of his international academic influence and abundant information and resources, Department of Hotel and Tourism Management can improve the level of subject development and enhance its academic leadership and international influence in domestic tourism and hotel management area.
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