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7th Reading Club For HK Literature: Mass Media and Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature: A Study of Hong Kong Literary Journals

2011-06-23

Topic: Mass Media and Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature: A Study of Hong Kong Literary Journals
 
Speaker: Ms Zheng Lei 鄭蕾 (PhD candidate, Chinese Department, Hong Kong Lingnan University)
 
Date: June 23, 2011 (Thursday)
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-10)
 
Ms Zheng’s presentation was based on Cheng Guangwei’s 程光煒 Mass Media and Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature 大眾媒介與中國現當代文學 (Beijing: Renmin wenxue chubanshe 人民文學出版社, 2005).

6th Reading Club For HK Literature: Old Customs of Hong Kong Rural Areas

2011-05-26

Topic: Old Customs of Hong Kong Rural Areas
 
Speaker: Dr Chin Wan Kan 陳雲 (Assistant professor, Department of Chinese, Lingnan University) 
 
Date: May 26, 2011 (Thursday)
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B3-LP-05)
 
Veteran writer Chin Wan Kan (Nom de plume: Chan Wan) talked about his essay collections: Unforgettable Hong Kong Food and Sex: Memories of Old Rural Customs 難忘香港食與色：城鄉風俗雜憶 and A Farmer’s Heart and an Artisan’s Will: Customs of Hong Kong Rural Areas in the Past 農心匠意：香港城鄉風俗憶舊 at this gathering.

14th Reading Club: Liu Yong ci (Liu Yong’s 柳永 Lyrics)

2011-05-25

Liu Yong ci (Liu Yong’s 柳永 Lyrics)
 
Speaker: Mr Wong Kwok Hin 黃國軒 (Founder of the “Flamesdream Literary Workshop”)
 
Date: May 25, 2011 (Wednesday)
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-10)

13th Reading Club: Retro literature Movement of the Mid-Tang Period

2011-04-29

Retro literature Movement of the Mid-Tang Period
 
Speaker: Ms Kong Jian 孔健 (PhD candidate, Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
 
Date: April 29, 2011 (Friday)
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-09)

5th Reading Club For HK Literature: Love Letter for the Stone

2011-04-28

Topic: Love Letter for the Stone
 
Speaker: Yip Fai 葉輝 (Veteran Writer)
 
Moderator: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Date: April 28, 2011 (Thursday)
 
Time: 7:15-9:15 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-10)
 
Veteran writer Yip Fai talked about his latest prose collection: Thinnest Black and Thickest White－Love Letters for the Stone 最薄的黑 最厚的白──給石頭的情書. In an epistolary style, the book records the writer’s observations and thoughts on arts and culture, Hong Kong, and his personal life.

4th Reading Club For HK Literature: Nathan Road and Lyricism

2011-03-28

Topic: Nathan Road and Lyricism
 
Speaker: Professor Chan Kwok Kou 陳國球 (Chair Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Date: March 28, 2011 
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-10)
 
Professor Chan began his talk with an article from The Chinese Student Weekly中國學生周報 published in 1964. He shared some of his observations on changes in Hong Kong, which he has made from the perspective of lyrical literature.

9th Reading Club: Two Issues on the Interpretation of Shijing (詩經 Book of Songs)

2010-11-23

Two Issues on the Interpretation of Shijing (詩經 Book of Songs)
 
Speaker: Professor Lin Chi-Ping 林啟屏 (Honorary Researcher, RCCLLC; Visiting Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education; Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Chengchi University)
 
Date: November 23, 2010
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-12)
 
From his personal learning experience, Professor Lin shared with attendants some inspiring and thought-provoking insights, such as the importance of taking note of historical and philosophical background in the study of classic works.