15 January 2024 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, Hope you were able to take some time off over the holidays and that you are ready for another term of Hong Kong–related events and activities. Below you will find details for two upcoming screenings HKSI is hosting to inaugurate the Asian Independent Cinema Showcase as well as for a variety of opportunities offered by our friends and partners the world over. We trust you would find something of interest. With very best wishes for 2024!
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Asian Independent Cinema Showcase Cantonese | English subtitles | 110 mins | 2021 | Post-screening conversation in English Join us for the North American premiere of Drifting Petals 花果飄零, to be followed by a virtual conversation with director Clara Law 羅卓瑤 and producer/writer Eddie Fong 方令正. Shot in Australia, Hong Kong, and Macau, Drifting Petals is the latest work by the critically-acclaimed director Clara Law, who won the Best Director Award in the Golden Horse International Film Festival 2021. Made over five years, the bold feature explores the possibility of alternate cinema and is, in the words of the filmmaker, a "eulogy in memory of the City." Through the lens of Macau-born, Hong Kong-raised, and Melbourne-based Clara Law, the audience is invited to ponder on diaspora, home, and memory. Free and in-person. Details and registration: |
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Asian Independent Cinema Showcase Join us for the short-film program "Away From Home," featuring Sze-wai HO's Before the Box Gets Emptied 直到我看見彼岸, Chi-him YUEN's The Reticent Wave 爺爺來訪的夜, and Chi-yan SIU's About Simon Says, Simon Says 呼～. Produced in Hong Kong between 2022 and 2023, the three short films share the theme of diaspora and explore the city's past and present through the eyes of the children, the elderly, and the migrant worker. English and Chinese subtitles are provided, and the post-screening conversation will be conducted in English. |
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CNTO: Cantonese Language Courses The University of British Columbia is the only Canadian university to offer a comprehensive, for-credit Cantonese language program.ASIA 323/HIST 377: History of Cantonese Worlds The history, culture, languages, and identities of the multi-faceted Cantonese worlds, in the context of Chinese history and the Cantonese diaspora. Introduces the literature of Hong Kong from the late-19th century to the 21st century, with a goal to explore how the stories of Hong Kong are narrated and mediated over time. A survey of the cinema of Hong Kong from the post-war period to the present. Explores the history, culture, and identities of Hong Kong from the port’s pre-colonial settings in the early nineteenth century to its post-colonial contexts. |
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14–15 December 2023: Jointly organized by the Hong Kong Studies Programme at HKU and the Hong Kong Studies Initiative at UBC, "Theory Hong Kong 2023: Conference in Cantonese" featured 12 academic presentations that explored cultural theories and Hong Kong studies through the lens of cinema, literature, song/lyrics, drama, place, and translation studies. The occasion also celebrates the 10th year anniversary of the inauguration of the Hong Kong Studies Program at the University of Hong Kong (photos). |
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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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