Here're some of the student projects for ASIA 325 (Hong Kong Cinema) and the Cantonese Language Program from last term:

★ A creative re-interpretation of Hong Kong martial arts film One-Armed Swordsman (1967) (ASIA 325: Hong Kong Cinema)

★ Mean Girls (CNTO 301: Basic Cantonese)

★ War on Boars (CNTO 401: Intermediate Cantonese)

Webinar
13 January 2022, 16:30 SGT
Radio Broadcasting and the Early Cold War in Hong Kong, 1945–1955
Dr. David Clayton, University of York

// Building on the author’s previous work on the economic history of radio broadcasting in Hong Kong, and showcasing insights from a forthcoming co-written book, The Wireless World: Global Histories of International Broadcasting (Oxford University Press), the paper also seeks to place radio in Hong Kong into global and comparative perspectives. Since the 1930s radio had been the technology of choice for propagandists, including infamously in Nazi Germany, but the paper argues that it was conventional modes of communication that provided propagandists with the capacity to alter Hong Kong hearts and minds during the early Cold War. //

This webinar is organized by the newly-launched Hong Kong Research Hub at the Nanyang Technological University at Singapore.

Details:
ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-events/events/detail/2022/01/13/research-events/radio-broadcasting-and-the-early-cold-war-in-hong-kong-1945-1955

Screening and Q&A with Director
14 January 2022 PST
Drifting 濁水漂流

// Under the flyovers of Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong live a group of down-and-outs. Despised by local residents, they are regularly forced to move due to the city’s redevelopment projects. One winter night, the authorities clear all their personal belongings while they are sleeping. Sick of being evicted, Fai and his companion decide to build wooden fences around their living space. Meanwhile, Ms. Ho, a young social worker, helps them take to court to demand compensation for their losses. //

This screening+Q&A is organized by the Global Hong Kong Studies @ University of California.

Details:
globalhks-uc.org/drifting

Symposium
25 January 2022, 18:00 PST
Queering Global Hong Kong

// This symposium features three speakers who specialize in the queer culture and politics of Hong Kong. Topics to be explored include the development of tongzhi/queer activism in the post-Umbrella Movement period, queer Hong Kongers' experience of class and homophobia, and the recent history of female cross-dressing performance in Cantonese opera. //

This screening+Q&A is organized by the Global Hong Kong Studies @ University of California.

Details:
globalhks-uc.org/queering-global-hong-kong

Webinar
27 January 2022, 16:30 SGT
The World of Amy Stanton: An Anglo-Chinese Girl’s Journey Towards Womanhood and Respectability, 1889–1942
Dr. Vivian Kong, University of Bristol

// This was the story I stumbled across in an archival document, and which marked the beginning of a quest I began amidst lockdown last year to find out what happened to Amy and her family. With newspapers, genealogical websites, and institutional records, I recreate Amy’s eventful life – as an award-winning artist and photographer in Cornwall, a war nurse who served in Malta, a boarding house owner and a brothel keeper in London. In doing so I also uncover the connections she and her family had with colonial policing in Hong Kong, Cornish civil society, Christianity and politics in Republican China, the illicit sex economy in interwar Britain, and the Chinese community in Singapore. This paper traces Amy’s extraordinary life journeys and explores what her life story tells us about racial politics, womanhood, and respectability in the first half of the twentieth century. //

This webinar is organized by the Hong Kong Research Hub at the Nanyang Technological University at Singapore.

Details:
ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-events/events/detail/2022/01/27/research-events/the-world-of-amy-stanton-an-anglo-chinese-girl-s-journey-towards-womanhood-and-respectability-1889-1942

The UBC Journal of Historical Studies, a student-run publication, is accepting submissions until 15 January 2022.

// We encourage submissions from all undergraduate students, regardless of faculty, program, or specialization. Submissions must be of historical relevance. While original research is preferred, we consider all content submitted to us. We ask that book reviews be limited to books published within the past five years. //

Details:
ubcjhs.com/submit

The Dynamics of Political Contention under Authoritarianism
Taiwan Studies Program, University of Alberta
Deadline: 7 February 2022

// On May 20–21, 2022, the Taiwan Studies Program at the University of Alberta will host the online workshop “The Dynamics of Political Contention under Authoritarianism.” This workshop aims to address lacunae in existing literature on social movements by soliciting contributions by scholars worldwide. //

Details:
taiwanstudies.ualberta.ca/index.php/dynamics-of-contention-under-authoritarian-regimes-2021/

December 10: Dr. Maggie Shum and Prof. Victoria Hui, of the University of Notre Dame, offered a fascinating overview of their on-going research project, “Hong Kong Voices in the U.S.” (webcast | photos).

For a complete list of our video recordings, please visit our YouTube channel or the Video Library section of our website.

December 6: 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the UBC Department of Asian Studies, an anniversary of deep cultural significance in a variety of Asian societies. In case you missed this celebration, check out the webcast.