25th Reading Club for HK Literature: Formation, Adaptation and Evolution of Popular Hero: A Conversation between 廖添丁, 張保仔 and 半夜人
2022-06-11 Topic: Formation, Adaptation and Evolution of Popular Hero: A Conversation between 廖添丁, 張保仔 and 半夜人Presenter: Dr. WONG King Fai Ben (Writer, DIrector), LIN Ping-shu (Co-director of Legend of Tian Ding), Midnightman (a.k.a. Mr. Kong, playwright of Adventure of 30 cents)Date: 11-6-2022Time: 1800 – 2000Form ZoomLanguage: Mandarin Please refer to Chinese version
24th Reading Club for HK Literature: Lucy Chen Jo‑Hsi Revisited: Studies and Anslyses of the Cultural Phenomenon of the Execution of Mayor Yin
2022-04-08 Topic: Lucy Chen Jo‑Hsi Revisited: Studies and Anslyses of the Cultural Phenomenon of the Execution of Mayor YinPresenter: Prof. Wang Yu-Ting (Professor of National Tsing Hua University) Date: 08-4-2022Time: 19:30–21:30 Form: ZOOM Language: Mandarin Please refer to Chinese version
23rd Reading Club for HK Literature: Hong Kong in the Prose of Taiwan
2021-01-27 Topic: Hong Kong in the Prose of TaiwanPresenter: Dr. HUANG Kuan-hsiang (Post-doctoral Fellow of LCS, EdUHK) Date: 27-1-2021 Time: 14:30–16:30Form: ZOOMLanguage: Mandarin Please refer to Chinese version
22nd Reading Club for HK Literature: Literature and Eroticism
2019-01-28 Please refer to the Chinese version
21st Reading Club for HK Literature: Space and place in Leung Ping-kwan（梁秉鈞）’s food poetry
2018-04-19 The 21st Reading Club for Hong Kong Literature: Space and place in Leung Ping-kwan（梁秉鈞）’s food poetry Dear students and bookaholic, Too busy and tired with your homework and term paper? Welcome to the world of literature! On 19 April, 2018 we’ll have a reading club on Leung Ping-kwan（梁秉鈞）’s food poetry, our speaker Peter Sommerfeld, a …
20th Reading Club for HK Literature: In Between the City and the Jungle: An Introduction to Wu Xubin’s “An Indian Who Fainted by the Waterside”
2017-05-31 Please refer to the Chinese version
19th Reading Club For HK Literature: A Diversity of Colours—Reading Compendium of Hong Kong Literature Novel I
2016-03-11 Please refer to the Chinese version
18th Reading Club For HK Literature: An Imagined Life of Hong Kong’s Literary Youths—Reading Shen Congwen’s Remembering Ding Ling in Iowa
2015-04-09 Reading Club for Hong Kong Literature 18th Reading Club Topic: An Imagined Life of Hong Kong’s Literary Youths—Reading Shen Congwen’s Remembering Ding Ling in Iowa Speaker: Ms Tang Siu Wa (Co-founder, the Hong Kong House of Literature; Writer) Date: April 9, 2015 (Thursday) Time: 18:00 – 20:00 Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B3-G/F-02)
17th Reading Club For HK Literature: Two Tough Guys: The King of Killers and Hot-Tempered Leung
2014-10-08 Two Tough Guys: The King of Killers and Hot-Tempered Leung Speaker: Dr. Wong Chung Ming (Associate Professor, Journalism and Communication Department, Shue Yan University; Chief Editor, Park Literary Magazine) Date: October 8, 2014 (Wednesday) Time: 10:30 – 12:30 Venue: HKIEd B1-LP-06
16th Reading Club For HK Literature: Reading Wong Leung Wo’s Fictional Works “Yu zhou” (Fish Curse) and “Zhanglang bian” (Cockroach Change)
2014-08-08 Reading Wong Leung Wo’s Fictional Works “Yu zhou” (Fish Curse) and “Zhanglang bian” (Cockroach Change) Speaker: Mr. Cheng Ching Hang (Research Assistant, The Centre for Humanities Research, Lingnan University) Date: August 8, 2014 (Friday) Time: 10:30 – 12:30 am Venue: HKIEd B4-LP-01
15th Reading Club For HK Literature: Literature and the City: Nanjing and Hong Kong in the Writings of Ge Liang
2013-07-19 Topic: “Literature and the City: Nanjing and Hong Kong in the Writings of Ge Liang” Speaker: Dr. Zhang Lin (School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University) Date: 19 July, 2013 (Friday) Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B2-LP-12) *The event will be conducted in Putonghua
14th Reading Club For HK Literature: Murakami Haruki’s Norwegian Wood and Wong Kar Wai’s Days of Being Wild
2013-05-08 Topic: Murakami Haruki’s Norwegian Wood and Wong Kar Wai’s Days of Being Wild Speaker: Professor Fujii Shōzō (Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo) Date: May 8, 2013 (Wednesday) Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm Venue: B3-G/F-02 (RCCLLC) Speaker: Prof. Fujii Shozo (Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo)
13rd Reading Club For HK Literature: A Reader of Taiwanese Literary Reportage: A Reading from the Perspective of the History of Taiwanese Social Movement
2013-03-18 Topic: A Reader of Taiwanese Literary Reportage: A Reading from the Perspective of the History of Taiwanese Social Movement Speaker: Professor Shiu Wen-wei (Department of Sinophone Literatures, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan) Date: March 18, 2013 (Monday) Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm Venue: B3-G/F-02 (RCCLLC)
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
9th Reading Club For HK Literature: Hong Kong Literature and Film Adaptation
2012-02-07 Topic: Hong Kong Literature and Film Adaptation Speaker: Dr. Mary Wong Shuk-han 黃淑嫻 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Lingnan University) Moderator: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education) Date: February 7, 2012 (Tuesday) Time: 6:00-7:30 pm Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (D2-LP-03) Dr. Mary Wong Shuk-han is co-editor of Hong Kong Literature and Film 香港文學與電影, a book …
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8th Reading Club For HK Literature: Study and Translation of Hong Kong Literature in Korea——Under the Influence of Interactions between Chinese and Korean Literature
2011-12-14 Topic: Study and Translation of Hong Kong Literature in Korea——Under the Influence of Interactions between Chinese and Korean Literature Speaker: Professor Park Jae-woo 朴宰雨 (Professor, Chinese Department, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) Moderator: Dr Au Chung To 區仲桃 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education) Date: December 14, 2011 (Wednesday) Time: 6:00-7:30 pm Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B3-LP-06)
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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