April 1, 2021 Hosted by the Department of Asian Studies, the Hong Kong Studies Initiative (HKSI) at the University of British Columbia is devoted to promoting the teaching and research of this most-improbable metropolis, both as an extraordinary Chinese city and as a spectacular international and transnational hub. |
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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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Hong Kong Popular Culture: Imagining a Research Field |
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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 |
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Oxford Hong Kong Forum |
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Becoming and Unbecoming Hong Kong |
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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.” |
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Among Us - Reflections on Discrimination |
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March 5: Amelia Allsop from The Hong Kong Heritage Project shared her experiences in helping to create one of the largest oral history collections in Hong Kong. (photos | webcast). |
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March 19: Convenor Dr. Leo K. Shin was joined by HKSI Associates Dr. Benjamin Cheung and Justin Cheng (as well as co-hosts from Hong Kong Collaborative Academic Network) for a conversation on Hong Kong Studies beyond Hong Kong (webcast).
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March 24: A wonderful time was had by all at the Cantonese Speech Contest 2021. Congratulations to all the contestants and to the UBC Cantonese Language Program! |
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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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