Ms Kelly Chan Ka Yu, a current student in the English & Education Double Degree program, completed the SUSI Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program and shared her wonderful experience! In 2023 summer, I was fortunate enough to be one of the 80+ participants of the Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) Madeleine K….
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To the Wonderful Days at Olomouc
To the Wonderful Days at Olomouc Kaixin Zhao (PhD Student, ENG, HKBU) 15 July 2023 Olomouc is a small town. It is, in fact, the sixth largest city in Czechia, but for a PhD student cramped up in the bustle of Hong Kong, the space that Olomouc offered was one of mental liberation. It is…
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Benedict Rowlett, Dr Johnathan Harrington, Dr Angela He, and Dr Winnie Chor on being awarded the General Research Fund (GRF) for the year 2023/2024!
Dr Benedict Rowlett’s Project: “Communicating citizenship in Hong Kong: A critical discourse study of letters to the editor” Dr Johnathan Harrington’s Project: “Board Game Production in Hong Kong: Multimethod research on design, communities and outreach” Dr Angela He’s Project: “The role of sleep in learning words and rules in early childhood” Dr Winnie Chor’s Project:…
“PANGS OF THINGS THAT HAVE PASSED—BRIAN SZE-HANG KWOK’S 𝐹𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔’𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒” A REVIEW on CHA BY Prof. LIAN-HEE WEE
Prof Lian-Hee Wee has recently reviewed Brian Sze-hang Kwok, Fading Neon Lights: An Archive of Hong Kong’s Visual Culture on CHA! [REVIEW] “Pangs of Things That Have Passed—Brian Sze-hang Kwok’s 𝐹𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔’𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒” by Lian-Hee Wee
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Rowlett Benedict John Lewis for being awarded the Faculty/School Performance Award – Research Supervision
Dr. Benedict Rowlett has been productive in his PhD supervision and recruitment in the academic year 2021-22. He has supervised two HKBU doctoral students and co-supervised an HKU student. One HKBU student and the HKU student, both in their second year, have completed their fieldwork in Mainland China and Cambodia respectively. The HKBU student presented…
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Lee Jason Eng Hun for being awarded the Faculty/School Performance Award – Individual Teaching
An effective and versatile teacher, Dr. Jason Eng Hun Lee’s emphasis on student-oriented collaboration and creative-led pedagogy helps to foster a learning environment that is both engaging and knowledge-based. Besides his strong reputation for quality pastoral care and supervision to students for MA and PhD studies, Dr. Lee has an impressive track record of connecting…
CHAN Ka Yu, Kelly joining the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Young Women Leaders (SUSIs) on Public Policy, Summer 2023
CHAN Ka Yu, Kelly has been selected to join the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Young Women Leaders (SUSIs) on Public Policy, Summer 2023. During her academic residency, Kelly will examine topics including, but not limited to, women in public service, the roles of government, private sector, civil society, and media in the policymaking…
Dr. Emily Chow-Quesada releases a documentary on Black women artists in Hong Kong
This documentary is about black female artists in Hong Kong, especially their empowerment and self-representations. In Hong Kong, where blackness is very much defined by biased mediatic representations, this documentary lets the interviewees speak to the general public directly. https://echo-hk.net/
“China and Its Nether Zones” by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
The migrant wants to live. —John Berger, A Seventh Man, p. 36 In the Twilight Zone episode “The Eye of the Beholder”, a patient, whom viewers have been led to believe is horrendously disfigured, sits surrounded by medical staff eager to see if surgery to ‘correct’ her appearance has been successful. Unfortunately, the woman remains hideously ugly, and…
Announcement: Members of the ENG Department Join the Cha Writing Workshop Series
Three teaching staff from the Department of English, Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (Assistant Professor), Jason S Polley (Associate Professor) and Lian-Hee Wee (Professor) have joined the Cha Writing Workshop Series as mentors to run workshops for local schoolchildren and economically disadvantaged groups in the city. The series is supported by the English Departments at The Chinese University of…
“The Web” by Justin Yeung
No one can get out of this There were many before me No matter a her or him There’s nothing that sets them free You can run but you can’t hide Turn to your Gods, old and new Why be afraid, my dearest? It hurts a bit, the first time I closed my eyes to…
“Gender Studies Concentration” @ HKBU
Gender Studies Concentration (GSC) at Hong Kong Baptist University is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. It consists of 21 units co-offered by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences. GSC aims at delivering a unique opportunity for students to add breadth to their major studies, through being exposed…
Pet Sounds: Englebert Tse
Pet Sounds: A series in which teaching staff and students from the English Department reflect on a piece of music or song. [Read all entries.] [Revisit the “Headspace” series.] [Revisit the “Ongoing” series.] [Revisit the “Interrogative” series.] On Friday 14 July 2017, four more pro-democracy lawmakers—‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, Edward Yiu Chung-yim…
“Thoughts from Edinburgh” by Grace Wong Hiu Yan
Looking out from where I am sitting at my desk, I count 46 other windows, a lone yellowing tree surrounded by dumpsters and an 11-sided slice of sky framed by sandstone walls and the occasional line of roosting pigeons on a slate roof. Clouds move quickly here. The weather is almost unbearably volatile. On a…
Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University 