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
「你們看了笑，我真高興極了」：張愛玲與喜劇片
“I’m so glad you laughed at it”: Eileen Chang and the Comedy Films
分享嘉賓 Speaker: Dr. Miki KAWAMOTO 河本美紀 (華語電影史研究者)
主持人 Moderator: Prof. LIN Pei-yin 林姵吟 教授 (School of Chinese, HKU)
日期時間 Date & Time: POSTPONED TO March 31, 2026 (Tue) 17:00-18:30pm (HKT)
語言 Language: 普通話 Putonghua
地點 Venue: CBA, G/F, Chow Yei Ching Building, Main Campus, HKU
講座模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face ONLY (no recording)
報名 Registration: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4TULjPFejKD6fgW
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upcoming EVENT
Malacca to Dracula: Colonial Extraction Culture and its Citational Circuits
Speaker: Winter Jade Werner, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College
Moderator: Daniel Elam, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: Faculty Lounge (Room 430), 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU
All are welcome. Registration is required.
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105854
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upcoming EVENT
Dušan Makavejev’s Murderers on the Yugoslavia Express
(Speculative Archival Reconstruction of a Latent Film)
Speaker: Pavle Levi, Osgood Hooker Professor of Fine Arts and Chair, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University
Moderator: Jean Ma, Mr. and Mrs. Hung Hing-Ying Professor in the Arts, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: Room 436, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU
All are welcome. Registration is required.
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105447
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upcoming EVENT
In the Mood for Texture: The Revival of Bangkok as a Chinese City
Speaker: Arnika Fuhrmann, Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Discussant: Elmo Gonzaga, Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK
Moderator: Daniel Elam, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Time: 5:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: Faculty Lounge (Room 430), 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU
All are welcome. Registration is required.
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105970
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upcoming EVENT
Environmental Entanglements: African Literature’s Ecological Imaginary
Speaker: Kirk Sides, Assistant Professor in English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator: Daniel Elam, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Time: 10:00 am Hong Kong Time
Venue: On Zoom
All are welcome. Registration is required.
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105791
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upcoming EVENT
蹦蹦戲花旦：張愛玲的「女明星學」
Stars as Texts: Eileen Chang and Celebrity Culture
分享嘉賓 Speaker: Ms. LI Qing 李青 (專欄作家)
主持人 Moderator: Prof. Nicole HUANG 黃心村教授 (Department of Comparative Literature, HKU)
日期時間 Date & Time: April 23, 2026 (Thu) 17:00-18:30pm (HKT)
語言 Language: 普通話 Putonghua
地點 Venue: CBA, G/F, Chow Yei Ching Building, Main Campus, HKU
講座模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online (via Zoom)
報名 Registration: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ddv8GpkQyEH0yZo
