Dear Friends of HKSI,
Welcome to the fifth season of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative!
This has been a challenging time for everyone. So, above all, stay safe and be well.
Here at the University of British Columbia, we will continue our efforts to promote the study of Hong Kong, not as a world unto itself but as a collective experience that sheds light on the human conditions. Perhaps more than ever, we must do what we can to maintain a space for informed and fair-minded conversations.
We very much appreciate your continual support of our work, and we look forward to seeing you, online it will have to be for some time, at our events.
With best wishes for a good start of a new academic year,
Sincerely,
Leo K. Shin 單國鉞
Associate Professor, History and Asian Studies
Convenor, Hong Kong Studies Initiative 共研香江
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The Hong Kong Studies Initiative presents “City Archived,” a series of seminars, conversations, and associated events to explore the myriad ways Hong Kong has been archived.
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FEATURED SEPTEMBER WEBINAR
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Conversation
Friday, 25 September 2020, 17:00–18:30 PDT
Archiving Hong Kong in Canada: A Personal Reflection
Dr. Jack Leong, Richard Charles Lee Canada–Hong Kong Library
Special Guests: Prof. Diana Lary and (UBC) and Eleanor Yuen (UBC)
A City Archived event
Details: hksi.ubc.ca
Dr. Jack Leong, the founding (and departing) director of the world-acclaimed Richard Charles Lee Canada–Hong Kong Library, will be joined by Prof. Diana Lary and Eleanor Yuen, both of the University of British Columbia, to reflect on his thirteen some years’ journey in building the largest research collection for Hong Kong as well as Canada–Hong Kong studies outside Hong Kong.
This conversation is co-organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the Richard Charles Lee Canada–Hong Kong Library and is co-sponsored by: UBC Department of Asian Studies, Department of History, Centre for Chinese Research, Asian Canada and Asian Migration Studies, and the Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster.
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Exhibition
A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia
"The Museum of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia proudly present a new feature exhibition, A Seat at the Table, Chinese Immigration and British Columbia. This exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in BC and their struggles for belonging. It looks to food and restaurant culture as an entry point to feature stories that reveal the great diversity of immigrant experience and of the communities immigrants develop."
Details:
https://museumofvancouver.ca/a-seat-at-the-table
Lecture by HKSI Associate Dr. Henry Yu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxM87hQMjzc
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The Vancouver International Film Festival will be held online from September 24 to October 7. This year, five films/documentaries from Hong Kong will be featured. |
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Umbrella Dance for Hong Kong
Director: Wong King Fai
"A freeform modern dance performance by internationally renowned solo artist Mui Cheuk Yin melded with scenes from the freedom protests in Hong Kong. The Umbrella dance was first performed by Mui in 1995 during the British Colonial period. Placing the work in this modern Hong Kong context brings on new interpretations of her wonderfully inventive and creative choreography.” |
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Check out also:
Memories to Choke on, Drinks to Wash Them Down
Director: Leung Ming-kai, Kate Reilly
Twilight's Kiss
Director: Ray Yeung
Denise Ho - Becoming the Song
Director: Sue Williams
My Prince Edward
Director: Norris Yee-lam Wong
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Call for Submissions
Chinatown Stories, Volume 3: Storytelling of Active Resilience
Details (deadline: 28 September 2020):
https://www.chinatown.today/guide/submit/
“In this issue of Chinatown Stories, we aim to reimagine resilience as active resistance. We hope to foster ongoing conversations about what resilience can look like, not simply as reactions to adversity, but rather as forms of resistance. We explore how the intangible heritage of Chinatown contributes to its resilience, and conversely, how resilience becomes a form of intangible heritage that enables Chinatown to thrive in the face of precarity caused by systemic oppressive forces."
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National Security (Law) in Hong Kong: An Assessment
Profs. Jie Cheng and Pitman Potter, both HKSI Associates, were joined by Prof. Albert Chen (University of Hong Kong) and barrister Wilson Leung (Temple Chambers) for a conversation on the implications of the then-proposed national security law for Hong Kong (photos|webcast). |
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Cantonese Lyrics Competition
Congratulations to School of Music student Emily Liang, HKSI Associates Dr. Hedy Law and Raymond Pai, as well as numerous others for organizing the lyrics competition and for creating a wonderful piece of music (lyrics video | interview). |
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Please kindly consider a tax-deductible donation to HKSI (hksi.ubc.ca/support-us). Thank you, as always, for your support of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative.
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