Chinese Beliefs within Trade and Business and Dr. Qi Hudečková

Today – On December 2nd, 2021, within the course 2OP531 Trade and Business in China, the Department of International Business is pleased to host an online lecture by Dr. Qi Hudečková, often been called as 奇玉老师Teacher Qiyu,  a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology in 2012, a visiting scholar at the Needham Institute, Cambridge in 2010-2011.

She is a researcher and practitioner in the field of  Chinese prognostication, focusing on the use of traditional  tool models to simplify and imitate the fate of mankind, the trend of events, and the human-environment relations.

The lecture focused on Chinese popular beliefs based on Yin-yang and the Five Elements theory: I Ching (hexagrams), Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny), and Feng Shui in practice. 

The course 2OP531 Trade and Business in China  is a compulsory course of the minor specialization Chinese Studies and is also offered as an optional course to all master students at the Prague University of Economics and Business. Seminars are taught in English in culturally mixed teams of students working together on a term project.