The 2020 Backreading Hong Kong Symposium was co-organised by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (HKBU) and Chris Song (Lingnan). Supported by the Backreading Hong Kong Symposium Series, the Department of English at Hong Kong Baptist University, and the Hong Kong-based literary journal Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, the symposium took place via Zoom on Friday 18 December 2020. The theme of the symposium was “COVID-19 and Humanities Research in Hong Kong”.
COVID-19 & HUMANITIES RESEARCH IN HONG KONG
Date: Friday 18 December 2020
Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm (HK)
Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm (HK)
ZOOM: https://bit.ly/3qmJ7B4
(Meeting ID: 80 1799 1814)
(Meeting ID: 80 1799 1814)
Contact: tammyh@hkbu.edu.hk
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Event page on Facebook
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PROGRAMME
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WELCOME: 10:00 am
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1) 10:05
The Viral God and Powerlessness:
Viewing the Humanities in Hong Kong through Motoori Norinaga
The Viral God and Powerlessness:
Viewing the Humanities in Hong Kong through Motoori Norinaga
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Speaker: Raphael CHIM (CUHK)
Discussant: Xuanxuan TAN (CUHK)
Discussant: Xuanxuan TAN (CUHK)
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2) 10:40
Rhizome Theory and Hong Kong’s Responses to COVID-19
Rhizome Theory and Hong Kong’s Responses to COVID-19
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Speaker: Xuanxuan TAN (CUHK)
Discussant: Raphael CHIM (CUHK)
Discussant: Raphael CHIM (CUHK)
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3) 11:15
On Being Derailed, on Improvisation as Research Method
On Being Derailed, on Improvisation as Research Method
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Speaker: Eddie TAY (CUHK)
Discussant: Jason S POLLEY (HKBU)
Discussant: Jason S POLLEY (HKBU)
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4) 11:50
Hong Kong Cinema on Borrowed Time in a Pandemic
Hong Kong Cinema on Borrowed Time in a Pandemic
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Speaker: Gina MARCHETTI (HKU)
Discussant: Kenny NG (HKBU)
Discussant: Kenny NG (HKBU)
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END: 12:30 pm
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