Dear Friends of HKSI,
Please mark your calendars for our upcoming events as we enter the last stretch of an extraordinary academic year.
With very best wishes,
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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Webinar
Friday, 9 April 2021, 19:00–20:30 PDT
Social Media in Social Movements: A Computational Approach to Collective Actions
Gary Fong and Elgar Teo, ANTIELAB Research Data Archive
via Zoom
A City Archived event
Details: hksi.ubc.ca
Social media has no doubt played a crucial role in recent social movements. In part to understand the logic between “collective actions” and “connective actions,” Dr. King-wa Fu and his research team at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong have, since June 2019, examined the texts and images from over 1,200 public Telegram channels (as well as other sources) linked to the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Movement. In this talk, members Gary Fong and Elgar Teo will share the team’s preliminary findings in the following areas: extraction of calls for mobilization and of reports of tear gas; networks of protest-related channels; memefication of online mobilization; and classification of political posters.
Gary Fong and Elgar Teo are members of the Research Team for the ANTIELAB Research Data Archive (antielabdata.jmsc.hku.hk) housed at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Fong is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Penn State University, and Mr. Teo will be an M.Sc. student at the Internet Institute at the University of Oxford.
This webinar is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and is co-sponsored by: Department of Asian Studies, Department of History, Centre for Chinese Research, Asian Library, and the Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster.
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Looking for a course this summer? Check out these Hong Kong-related summer offerings!
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From Rural China to the Ivy League: Reminiscences of Transformations in Modern Chinese History
Yü Ying-shih
Congratulations to HKSI Associate Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke (and co-translator Dr. Michael S. Duke) on the publication of their translation of the memoir by Prof. Yü Ying-shih 余英時, whose connections with Hong Kong could be traced to as early as 1950 when he became one of the first students of the newly-established New Asia College.
“This book, expertly translated by Professors Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke (University of British Columbia), is much more than the memoir of the scholar who has been hailed as the most important living Chinese historian of our times—it is also an invaluable record of a history of our times, witnessing the cultural, political, and social transformations of what Professor Yü notes as the period of the most violent turmoil and social upheaval in modern Chinese history. This complex period is now made accessible to English-language readers, who will also benefit from the helpful notes by the translators.”
Details: http://cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=803
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Oxford Hong Kong Forum
10–11 April 2021 (BST)
HKSI Associate Dr. Hedy Law will be among the speakers at the inaugural Oxford Hong Kong Forum—hosted by the Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association.
Details: oxhkforum.com
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Becoming and Unbecoming Hong Kong
17 July 2021
“Hong Kong is in a period of transition, becoming and unbecoming what it is. The symposium "Becoming and Unbecoming Hong Kong'' invites scholars working in a wide range of fields and disciplines from all over the world and at different stages of their careers to share their research on Hong Kong in a 20-minute presentation. In recent years, Hong Kong has become one of the important focal points of international attention and imagination due to the city's dramatic sociopolitical developments. While we are interested in papers that explore issues relating to the intersection of politics, government policies and protests, we are also seeking discussions that widen the scope of analysis to include history, governance, city planning, architecture, medicine and science (e.g. epidemiology and virology), cuisine, film and television, religion, and other fields.”
Deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2021
Details: https://bit.ly/31Bb5xM
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RESPONSES TO ANTI-ASIAN RACISM |
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“The Department of Asian Studies joins voices across UBC and the world in condemning the violent hate crime in Atlanta which targeted Asian American women at a time of ongoing anti-Asian racism in Canada and the US. We invite faculty, staff, students, alumni, and all members of our Department of Asian Studies community to recognize this incident and to reflect on racism experienced and witnessed in the US, and in Canada, British Columbia, and Vancouver.”
Full statement and resources: https://asia.ubc.ca/slideshow/asian-studies-statement-on-anti-asian-racism/
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Source: CBC News
HKSI Associates respond to anti-Asian racism
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Among Us - Reflections on Discrimination
11 April 2021, 18:00 (PDT)
via Zoom
Join members and guests of the UBC Hua Dialogue for this timely dialogue on how to cope with unfair treatment and what can be done to combat prejudice and discrimination.
Registration: https://bit.ly/3weiL7h
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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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