Public Lecture/Seminar

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Distinguished Lecture by Prof. David Der-wei Wang (9/2018)

The Institute is glad to co-organize a distinguished scholar lecture with the Department of History and the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University on 19 September 2018. Professor David Der-wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and […]

Public Lecture – Professor Ellen B Widmer (11/2017)

Professor Ellen B Widmer, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies and Professor of East Asian Studies, Wellesley College, was invited to deliver a public lecture at HKBU, with the title “‘Learning to Stand and Speak:’ Sarah K. Bolton’s Lives of Girls Who Became Famous (1886) and Its Paths to China […]

Public Lecture by Prof. Li Xiaorong (10/2017)

Female Voice and Subjectivity: Theories and Methods in the Study of Women’s Literature from the Ming and Qing Dynasties Speaker: Prof. Li Xiaorong (Associate Professor of Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara)Date: 19 October 2017 (Thursday)Time: 16:30-18:00Venue: SWT501, Level 5, Shaw Tower, HKBULanguage: […]

Sino-Humanitas Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series – Prof. Chu Hsiao-Hai (6/2017)

Examining Characteristics of Yongming Style Poetry from Two Lesser-known Poems of Shen Yue Speaker: Prof. Chu Hsiao-Hai (Professor of Department of Chinese Literature, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)Date: 22 June 2017Language: Mandarin Abstract:世俗一論到「永明體」,就想到聲律。此乃道地的謬見。沈約是永明體真正的推手,或者說幕後主帥。只有從他具體的作品,並且放在唐以前古詩流變中,才能看出永明體的某些特質。入《選》的沈約詩幾乎篇篇屬於上乘之作,然而由於《文選》編撰者有他或他們自己的收錄尺度,以致永明體的特質不易展現。在下試圖從未入《選》的沈詩將該特質抉發。

Sino-Humanitas Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series – Prof. Ouyang Jianghe (4/2017)

HKBU CHI 55th Anniversary Lecture Series cum Sino-Humanitas Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series:Minor Languages and Contemporary Poetry Speaker: Prof. Ouyang Jianghe (Poet and Professor of Beijing Normal University)Date: 12 April 2017 (Wednesday)Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pmVenue: Room SWT501, Level 5, Shaw Tower, HKBULanguage: MandarinOrganizers: HKBU Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Mr. […]

Sino-Humanitas Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series – Prof Chen Xiao Ming (4/2017)

Topic︰Mysterious Veer — Hometown Narration and Modernism Since the 1980s Speaker︰Prof Chen Xiao Ming, Peking University Date︰ 7 April 2017 (Friday) Time︰4:30pm – 6:00pm Venue : 7/F, Shaw Tower, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong (SWT7) Language︰Putonghua Abstract: 中國當代文學在上世紀80年代曾經對西方現代派表現出極大的熱情,「85新潮」曾經是中國當代文學與世界接軌的一面旗幟。80年代後期的先鋒派也迅速陷落,90年代中國當代文學迅速回歸傳統,鄉土敘事取得了長足發展。終至佔據了當代文學的主導地位,尤其是以莫言獲諾貝爾文學獎為標誌,確立了中國當代文學的高度。因此,中國文學回歸傳統,回到鄉土敘事開闢出一條寬廣的道路,這也基本上達成「共識」。然而,我們則要去思考,對現代派的了結與回到鄉土中國究竟構成了什麼關係?莫言、賈平凹、閻連科、劉震雲等人的鄉土敘事,只是簡單直接回到鄉土敘事嗎?他們又是如何把現代主義的經驗內化為鄉土敘事最為活躍的美學力量,今天中國文學如何與世界文學對話,依然是一個懸而未決的難題,這正是我們要探討的重點所在。 About the speaker:陳曉明,福建光澤縣人,1990年獲中國社會科學院文學博士學位。曾在中國社會科學院文學研究所工作十多年,1992年任副研究員,1998年任研究員。2003年起在北京大學中文系任教授,2011年起受聘教育部「長江獎勵計畫」特聘教授,現任北京大學中文系系主任。主要研究方向為中國當代文學和後現代文化理論等。出版有《無邊的挑戰》(1993)、《現代性的幻象》(2008)、《德里達的底線》(2009)、《中國當代文學主潮》(2009)《眾妙之門——重建文本細讀的批評方法》(2016)等20多部著作。擔任中國文藝理論學會副會長,中國當代文學研究會副會長等職。2003年獲首屆「華語傳媒文學大獎」年度評論家獎項,2007年獲魯迅文學獎理論評論獎,2013年獲騰訊書院年度批評家獎;近年獲北京市、教育部人文社科優秀成果獎等獎項若干。

Sino-Humanitas Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series – Prof Cheng Yu-yu (3/2017)

Topic: Gesture and Language: A New Perspective on Modern Chinese Poetics Speaker: Prof Cheng Yu-yu, National Taiwan University Date: 24 March 2017 (Friday) Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm Venue: 7/F, Shaw Tower, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong (SWT7/F) Language: Putonghua Abstract:當漢語詩成為「『現代』詩」,這所謂「現代質地」(modernity)還是必須回到「漢語」的現代性來討論。晚清民初以來,面對新語詞、新學科、拼音文字、英語文法這些如同外來侵襲的事物,漢語、漢字及其所在的文化系統,從未停止回應與思考;從「如何向新世界開口發聲」到「如何重建與世界的新關係」,我們發現漢語詩「現代化」的進程裡,不應該忽視當時由語法學、文字學、音韻學、心理學、修辭學等不同領域出發而建構的漢語新思維,討論「現代詩」不應該忽略如馬建忠、劉師培、黃人、黃侃、唐鉞、胡樸安、陳望道、李安宅,以至於陳世驤或高友工等人,是如何自覺的去發現漢語、漢字所以存有與應變的依據,而其中允為核心的是漢語的「可發聲性」與「可體現性」,正與晚清以來高張喧騰的現代視線相互拉鋸,呈現不可輕忽的抗衡態勢。 About the speaker:鄭毓瑜教授為國立台灣大學講座教授,中文系特聘教授,在學術研究方面,鄭教授擅長結合中西人文思潮,為古典文學開拓具有前瞻性與跨領域的視野,其中關於「空間」、「身體」與「抒情傳統」的論述尤為海內外注目,近年來則致力於探討近現代知識經驗與文學表述的新關係。研究成果曾獲得中華民國教育部學術獎、國科會傑出研究獎、國科會傑出學者研究計畫,胡適紀念講座,台大傑出專書獎,並曾獲美國Fulbright、國科會(科技部)、蔣基會與Harvard、UCLA、UIUC、UW、Princeton等著名學術機構獎助,出國研究或講學。著有《六朝文氣論探究》、《六朝情境美學》、《性別與家國—漢晉辭賦的楚騷論述》、《文本風景—自我與空間的相互定義》、《引譬連類—文學研究的關鍵詞》、《姿與言:詩國革命新論》等專書。

Public Lecture by Prof. Dai Yan (1/2017)

New Ideas on the Study of Literary History of Medieval China Speaker: Prof. Dai Yan (Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University)Date: 20 January 2017 (Friday)Time: 16:45-18:15Venue: Room SWT501, Level 5, Shaw Tower, HKBULanguage: MandarinOrganizers: Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, Department of Chinese Language […]