Prof. Katrien Jacobs will launch her new book The Afterglow of Women’s Pornography in Post-Digital China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) at 7pm on 23 October 2015(Fri) in Art & Culture Outreach (14/F, Foo Tak Building, 365-367 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai). Jacobs will give a short illustrated talk while inviting artists, scholars…
CALL FOR PAPER Masterclass on East Asian Cinemas 27-28 November 2015 Organized by Centre for Cultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong In order to nurture young scholars and explore future research directions in the field of East Asian Cinemas studies, the Centre for Cultural Studies will organize…
Prof. Lim Song hwee has been invited to attend an International Conference on New Angles on Chinese Film History from 13 August to 15 August 2015. As the editor of the Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Prof. Lim has served as a moderator of roundtable discussion on “The State and Stakes of…
《字花》評論版刊登〈雨傘運動紀錄論壇：紀錄、敍事、記憶〉，節錄2015年5月30日舉行的論壇講者發言及討論環節。講者們探討香港雨傘運動的庫存計劃及書藉出版，講者分享通過文獻、相片、文字創作和口述歷史紀錄雨傘運動的計劃概況、操作及倫理；於討論環節，講者與聽眾討論文獻庫的庫存方式與未來發展，也提到寫作與歷史現場的張力。詳情請參閱：黎國威，〈雨傘運動紀錄論壇：紀錄、敍事、記憶〉，《字花》56（2015年7月）：124-130。
Prof. Chung Peichi will attend the Annual Meeting of International Association for Media and Communication Research at The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in Montreal, Canada on 12-16 July 2015. Prof. Chung has presented a paper entitled “Theorising New Media and Cultural Regionalisation in Asia on a panel of…
國際演藝評論家協會（香港分會）的網上雜誌《Artism藝評》刊登活動探報〈來回於參與者與紀錄者之間：「雨傘運動紀錄論壇：紀錄、敍事、記憶」小記〉，文章報導論壇當天林兆榮、黃宇軒、樊樂怡三位分享庫存計劃如何收集、整理、存放和分享文獻，也提到參與者和紀錄者兩種身分的拉扯；廖偉棠、江瓊珠和蔡寶瓊三位介紹作品及出版計劃，以文字還原歷史的複雜性，抗拒速食年代的簡化。詳情請瀏覽：http://www.iatc.com.hk/?a=doc&id=68905&issue_id=68893。
Prof. Ho Hing Kay Oscar has been invited to be a speaker of Global Asia/Pacific Art Exchange at the Mori Art Centre, Tokyo on 26-27 June 2015. Prof. Ho has presented a paper entitled “Deity, Pop and Umbrella Movement” which explores the cultural dimension of creative expression at the umbrella…
Prof. Chung Peichi has been invited to be a keynote speaker of the Second Annual Conference of Chinese Digital Game Research Association on 11-12 July 2015 at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Prof. Chung has given the keynote speech entitled “Mapping Game Studies in Asia: Trajectory toward the Sustainable Chinese Game Industry”….
Prof. Pang Laikwan has been invited to be a speaker of “Siting Postcoloniality: Colloquium and Workshop” at University of Hong Kong on 25 – 27 June 2015. Prof. Pang has presented a paper entitled “De-Sovietization and the Modernity Project: PRC’s Development of the National Form in the 1950s” on the…
Prof. Wong Wai Ching Angela has co-organized Conference on “Christian Women in Chinese Society—The Anglican Story” on 26 – 27June 2015 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The conference explores women’s history within a specific tradition and locality, that is, Anglican women in Chinese Christianity, from interdisciplinary and cross-cultural…