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Dear Friends of HKSI,
We are excited about co-hosting the sneak preview of the film To be Continued 尚未完場 in Vancouver. The documentary unfolds the stories of impresario Harry Odell and the State Theatre in post-war Hong Kong and the directors will share their film-makng experience in a virtual conversation.
Moreover, in celebration of the Asian Heritage Month, we are co-presenting a zine-making workshop "Places, Histories, Communities" with SFU Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, SFU Institute For Transpacific Cultural Research, and Queer Reads Library, to explore diasporic queer Asian identities.
We look forward to seeing you.
Dr. Helena Wu
Canada Research Chair, Hong Kong Studies
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
Convenor, Hong Kong Studies Initiative 共研香江
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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To Be Continued 尚未完場:
A Documentary about the State Theatre 皇都戲院 in Hong Kong
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 15:00 - 17:00 PDT
Room 1700, Labett Hall, SFU Harbour Centre,
555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
What began as a conservation campaign to save the iconic State Theatre in Hong Kong morphed into five years of research and interviews with those who witnessed Harry Odell, Hong Kong’s first impresario, in action. The result: a film that is as much a study of one indomitable pioneer as it is a soul-searching journey of what defines Hong Kong. The screening will be followed by a virtual conversation with directors Haider Kikabhoy and Dora Choi to be hosted by Dr. Helen Leung (SFU) and Dr. Helena Wu (UBC).
Watch the trailer.
The event is free and open to all. English subtitles provided.
Limited seats available. RSVP now.
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Zine-Making Workshop
Places, Histories, Communities:
Exploring Queer Asian Identities through Zine-Making
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 14:30 -16:30 PDT
1510 Tree Island Industries Conference Room, SFU Harbour Centre,
555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
As queer Asian individuals, how do we carve out our own space in official history? How might we write alternative histories, create our own senses of place and belongings, build communities, and make sense of our identities? In this interactive workshop co-presented by UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative, SFU Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, SFU Institute For Transpacific Cultural Research, and Queer Reads Library, artist-writer Rachel Lau will guide us through the process of zine-making as a way to rewrite queer Asian narratives and places.
The workshop is free and open to all. Attendees will create their own personal zines. No prior skills or experience necessary.
Limited spots available. Registration required.
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Exhibition
Hearts of Freedom Exhibition: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees
May 13 – 31, 2023
UBC Robson Square
// The national traveling exhibition entitled Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees is brought to BC by the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration Society (PCHC-MoM) and is an extension of a national research project that has documented an oral history of Southeast Asian refugees from 1975 to 1985 – the longest and largest migration and settlement of non-European refugees in Canada, and the stories of people who assisted them. //
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Book Talk
Unsettling Exiles: Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong and the Southern Periphery During the Cold War
Friday, May 12, 2023, 13:00 - 14:30 HKT
Angelina Y. Chin, Pomona College
// The conventional story of Hong Kong celebrates the people who fled the mainland in the wake of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. In this telling, migrants thrived under British colonial rule, transforming Hong Kong into a cosmopolitan city and an industrial and financial hub. Unsettling Exiles recasts identity formation in Hong Kong, demonstrating that the complexities of crossing borders shaped the city’s uneasy place in the Sinophone world. //
This book talk is organized by the Society for Hong Kong Studies.
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Symposium
Daily Wish: Hong Kong Artists in the World
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 PDT
// The speakers will reflect on questions of art and social media and the Hong Kong "art diaspora", before and after 2019. The discussion will revolve around Hong Kong’s art history since the 19th Century, the contemporary situation of Hong Kong art and artists abroad, and, in particular, artist Justin Wong's Daily Wish series and Hong Kong Book series. //
This symposium is organized by the Global Hong Kong Studie @ University of California.
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Workshop
Hong Kong in the Global Cold War: Smuggling and Cooperation During Korean War 1951-1953
Friday, May 19, 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 HKT
John Carroll, University of Hong Kong
via Zoom
// Research on East Asian Cold War history has gained momentum in the last decade due to the methodology of global history. Instead of putting East Asia into U.S.-Soviet or capitalist-communist camps division, scholar argues East Asia countries or cities should be an individual unit to put under a globalized Cold War. This proposed research paper attempts to analyze how different forces cooperated and adjusted through the smuggling patterns in Hong Kong during Korean War (1951-1953). //
This workshop is organized by the Society for Hong Kong Studies.
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Hong Kong Studies Association Annual Conference
Hong Kong Beyond Geopolitics: Diaspora, Institution and Agency
29 - 30 May 2023
via Zoom
The conference will feature a keynote lecture titled "Generational differences in local identities, participation in social movements, and migration intention among Hongkongers" to be presented by Professor Man-yee Kan of the University of Oxford.
This conference is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Association.
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April 13: We celebrated the end of term with our students and showcased all the amazing student projects from the Hong Kong studies and Cantonese language-related courses [photos].
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