Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute is very glad to jointly organise the “Sharing from Distinguished Scholars in History and Literature”, together with the Department of History and the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology of Hong Kong Baptist University.
The four lectures of the “Sharing from Distinguished Scholars in History and Literature” were held on 26 June, and attracted nearly 400 participants at the venue and online. Please find below summary of one of the lectures:
Celebrating the Death of a Daughter: The Glory and Agony of the Father of a Chastity Martyr in Early Qing China
Speaker: Martin W. Huang (Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of California Irvine)
Date: 26 June 2023 (Monday)
Time: 4:30–6:00 pm
Language: Putonghua
Moderator: Kelvin Yu-hin Ho (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, Hong Kong Chu Hai College)
In-person venue: SWT 702, Level 7, Shaw Tower, Hong Kong Baptist University
On-line platform: Zoom
https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/99573375618?pwd=UlpwOUo2Ui9IcVdhVGhla2dkMzRDUT09
Meeting ID: 995 7337 5618
Password：919824
The lecture was given by Prof. Martin W. Huang. He analyzed the depiction of events of widow sacrificing, leading participants to explore and discuss the culture and writing during the Ming Qing dynasties. It was chaired by Dr. Kelvin Yu-hin Ho, from the Department of Chinese Literature, Hong Kong Chu Hai College.
