The Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC), set up in 1999 under the joint directorship of Professor Ackbar Abbas and Professor Benjamin Lee, is an interdisciplinary center based in the Department of Comparative Literature. The focus of its work is on issues of culture and globalization with special reference to Asia, China and Hong Kong. Major research themes include: the cultures of capitalism; global flows of culture, media and technology; cities and globalization; new communities, publics, and identities; and postcolonialism and neo-liberalism. It is now under the joint directorship of Professor Daniel Elam and Professor Alvin K. Wong. Its activities are structured around a series of lectures, workshops and seminars with distinguished international scholars on short- or medium term visits working in collaboration with our own faculty members.
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upcoming event
The Prosecution of Transgender as Heterodoxy in Qing Dynasty China
Speaker: Professor Matthew H. Sommer, Bowman Family Professor of History, Stanford University
Discussant: Professor Bin Bin Yang, Associate Professor, School of Chinese, HKU
Chair: Professor Weilin Xiao, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, HKU
Date & Time: September 4, 2025 (Thursday) 16:00-18:00
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong
Language: English
(In-person event)
Registration Link: http://bit.ly/3GGgBat
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upcoming event
What Three Cases tell us about the Qing Judicial System
Interactive Seminar
Speaker:
Professor Matthew H. Sommer, Bowman Family Professor of History, Stanford University
Moderators:
Christine Walker, Associate Professor, Department of History, HKU
Alvin K. Wong, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: Friday, September 5, 2025
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: Faculty Lounge (Room 430) 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower
Language: English. The legal texts discussed during the seminar are available in Chinese only. In-person event for HKU students.
Registration is required: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=102322
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PAST event
14th Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference 2025
May 22-24, 2025
The University of Hong Kong
Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS) | Department of Comparative Literature
Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC)
Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies (MALCS)
Website: https://www.acssconference2025.com
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