36th Reading Club: On the Success and Failure of the Form of Ci (詞) in the Republican Era: With Focus on Ceng Jinke and Lu Qian
2019-11-04
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12th Reading Club For HK Literature: A Past Hong Kong prose-writing experiment
2012-12-11
Topic: A Past Hong Kong prose-writing experiment
Speaker: Dr Tu Chia-chi 杜家祁 (Part time lecturer, Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University; Department of Liberal Arts Studies, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Moderator: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Literary Studies and Culture, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Date: December 11, 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-03)
Dr Tu gave a brief introduction of A Collection of Prose Writings of Hong Kong Post-Youth香港後青年散文集合, a book she co-edited with Ling Dun 凌鈍 and Fan Sin Piu 樊善標.
11th Reading Club For HK Literature: Poetry Recitation and Recitation Poems——On He Da 何達
2012-05-17
Topic: Poetry Recitation and Recitation Poems——On He Da 何達
Speaker: Professor Mei Chia-ling 梅家玲 (Professor, Chinese Department, National Taiwan University)
Moderator: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Literary Studies and Culture, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Date: May 17, 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-01)
He Da 何達（1915-1994）studied at the National Southwestern Associated University and Tsinghua University during the war period. He was a strong supporter of the Poetry Recitation Campaign. He migrated to Hong Kong after the war and went on writing poetry. His works include Luomei Shiyu Poetry Anthology 洛美十友詩集, Collected Poems of He Da 何達詩選, Song of a Long Distance Runner長跑者之歌 etc.
10th Reading Club For HK Literature: Time Travel of Men and Objects——Material (Familial) History Writing in Dung Kai-cheung’s 董啟章 Tian gong kai wu, xu xu ru sheng 天工開物‧栩栩如真
2012-03-09
Topic: Time Travel of Men and Objects——Material (Familial) History Writing in Dung Kai-cheung’s 董啟章 Tian gong kai wu, xu xu ru sheng 天工開物‧栩栩如真
Speaker: Chau Man-Lut 鄒文律 (PhD candidate, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Date: March 9, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-01)
Works and Creations (Tian gong kai wu, xu xu ru sheng 天工開物‧栩栩如真) is a part of Dung’s Trilogy of Natural History自然史三部曲, in which he explores themes such as the urban city and history using a unique style that sets his writings apart from his contemporaneous writers.
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.
3rd Reading Club for HK Literautre: Chung Wai Man’s 鍾偉民 “Butterfly Knot” 蝴蝶結 and Chan Hon’s 陳汗 “The Gravekeeper” 守墓者
2010-11-11
Topic: Chung Wai Man’s 鍾偉民 “Butterfly Knot” 蝴蝶結 and Chan Hon’s 陳汗 “The Gravekeeper” 守墓者
Speaker: Dr Wong Leung Wo 王良和 (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Date: November 11, 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education
2nd Reading Club for HK Literature: Ye Si 也斯: Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart 後殖民食物與愛情
2010-10-27
Topic: Ye Si 也斯: Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart 後殖民食物與愛情
Speaker: Dr Au Chung To 區仲桃 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Guest: Professor Leung Ping Kwan 梁秉鈞 (Nom de plume: Ye Si 也斯; Chair professor of Department of Chinese, Lingnan University)
Date: October 27, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education（B4-LP-10）
Ye Si joined the participants in the discussion of his book Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart; he also shared his views on Hong Kong literature and culture.
1st Reading Club for HK Literautre: Liu Yichang’s 劉以鬯 Jiutu 酒徒 (The Boozer)
2010-09-29
Topic: Liu Yichang’s 劉以鬯 Jiutu 酒徒 (The Boozer)
Speaker: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
Date: September 29, 2010
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-11)
Dr Chan’s presentation revolves around the themes and writing style of Liu Yichang’s 劉以鬯 Jiutu 酒徒, a renowned novel written in the 1960s that depicts the life and inner struggles of a writer.