The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is pleased to present “City Insc ribed\,” a series of public lectures and events in celebration of the launc h of “Literature of Hong Kong” (ASIA 324) at the University of British Columbia.
All of the lectures a nd events are free and open to the public and are\, unless otherwise noted (*)\, conducted in English. For latest information\, please follow the link s. Registration is strongly encouraged.
Yip So Man Wat Memo
rial Lecture
Wednesday\, 17 January 2018\, 7 pm
The Guest’s View: Some Thoughts on Director Ann Hui’s Work
Dr. Rey Chow (Duke University)
Auditorium\, Asian Centre
Public Seminar
Thursday\, 18 January 2018\, 4 pm
Leung Ping-kwan: Shuqing and Reveries of S
pace
Dr. Rey Chow (Duke University)
Auditorium\, Asi
an Centre
Public Seminar
Friday\, 9 February 2018\, 2 p
m
Always Liminal\, Always in Transition: Reading Hong Kong as
Staircase City
Dr. Louis Lo (National Taipei University of Te
chnology)
Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
Thursday\, 15 February 2018\, 5:30 pm
Dr. Wai Kit Choi (California State University\, Los Angel
es)
120\, C. K. Choi Building
Public Seminar
Frida
y\, 16 February 2018\, 12:30 pm
Behind the Scenes: Transnation
al Ties between the Hollywood and Hong Kong Entertainment Industries
Dr. Sylvia J. Martin (University of Hong Kong)
120\, C. K. Cho
i Building
Public Lecture
Wednesday\, 7 March 2018\, 7
pm
The Princess Flower and the Imaginations of Hong K
ong
Dr. Leonard Chan (Education University of Hong Kong)
120\, C. K. Choi Building
Community Conversation (in Canton
ese)*
Thursday\, 8 March 2018\, 7:30 pm
The Story of Hong
Kong Literature《香港文學大系》與香港文學史
A Conversation with Dr. Leonar
d Chan 陳國球
Richmond Public Library
UBC Cantonese Language Pr
ogram Event
Friday\, 9 March 2018\, 7 pm
Lower Atrium\,
AMS Nest
Public Seminar
Friday\, 16 March 2018\, 12:30
pm
The Past and Present of Chinese-Language Book Publishing in
Hong Kong
Angela Ko (University of Hong Kong)
120\, C.
K. Choi Building
Public Lecture
Wednesday\, 4 April 201
8\, 7 pm
From History to Fiction: Inventing Hong Kong Stories<
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Dung Kai-cheung (Writer)
120\, C. K. Choi Building
Community Conversation (in Cantonese\, supplemented with Mandarin
)*
Thursday\, 5 April 2018\, 7:30 pm
Hong Kong Literature
: Why and How? 香港文學──為何？如何？
A Convers
ation with Dung Kai-cheung 董啓章
Richmond Public Library
Gatew
ay Theatre Forum
Sunday\, 15 April 2018\, 1 pm
Colon
ialism at Work: Hong Kong in the 1920s
Dr. Leo K. Shin (Unive
rsity of British Columbia)
Gateway Theatre
(In conjunction with t
he staging of Nine Dragons)
Public Screenin
g and Discussion (to be confirmed)
9 May 2018
Boundary
東西 (138 mins.\, 2015)
(In conjunction with the Work
shop “Reading for Pleasure: Chinese Popular Literature and the Cold War”)
Public Workshop (in Cantonese/English)*
21–22 June 2018<
br />Cantonese Worlds 2
Performance Hall\, Richmond L
ibrary and Cultural Centre
(In conjunction with the 4th Workshop o
n Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics)
The “Ci ty Inscribed” series is made possible by the generous support of:
Dep
artment of Asian Studies
Centre for Chinese Research (Institute of Asian Researc
h)
Department of History
St. John’s College
Yip
So Man Wat Memorial Lectures
The Modern Chinese Culture Seminar (
CCK-IUC)
UBC Cantonese Language Program
Asian Library
Department of English
Depart
ment of Sociology
Department of Theatre and Film
School of Music
Ins
titute for Transpacific Cultural Research (SFU)
Chinese Canadian Writers’ A
ssociation
Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society
Gatew
ay Theatre
Richmond Public Library