The Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute will organize the new Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lecture series and is glad to invite Dr. Ye Zi, Associate Professor of Nanjing University to deliver a public lecture at HKBU in mid-April, titled The “Cultural Devil” and Forgotten Forms: A Discussion on the Narrative Paradigms and Erasure of Meaning in Contemporary Novels. All are welcome to register and participate.
Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lecture: The “Cultural Devil” and Forgotten Forms: A Discussion on the Narrative Paradigms and Erasure of Meaning in Contemporary Novels
Organizer: Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, HKBU
Date: 16 April 2025, Wednesday
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Room CEC911, 9/F, Christian Education Centre, Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
Speaker: Dr. YE Zi (Associate Professor and Masters Supervisor, Department of Comparative Literature and World Literature, School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University)
Moderator: Prof. GE Liang (Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Language: Mandarin
Registration link:
https://forms.office.com/r/W465gDNueH
About the Speaker:
葉子，南京大學文學院比較文學與世界文學專業副教授，碩士生導師。南京大學匡亞明學院文科強化部文學學士，復旦大學中文系文學博士，新加坡南洋理工大學訪問研究員，日本東京大學文學部訪問學者，中國現代文學館特邀研究員；入選江蘇首批青年批評拔尖人才、南京大學「仲英青年學者」。英美文學與文化期刊的研究者，業餘從事文學翻譯。著有《不確定的批評》。
Enquiries: shi@hkbu.edu.hk, 3411 2562
Click to know about the register for the other Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lectures:
– Changes and Significance of Studies in Chinese Poetry in the 13th Century, by Prof. UCHIYAMA Seiya: https://shi.hkbu.edu.hk/en/chinese-poetry-in-the-13th-century/
– The Ancestral Temple Stipend System and Travel Literature of the Southern Song Dynasty, by Prof. HOU Tijian: https://shi.hkbu.edu.hk/en/the-ancestral-temple-stipend-system-and-travel-literature-of-the-southern-song-dynasty-10-4-2025/
– Buddhist Stories during the Liu Song Period and War Memories of the Northern and Southern Confrontation: Examining the Documentary Value of the Japanese Collection of Records on Guanyin’s Miracles, by Prof. OHIRA Sachiyo;
How Japanese Gozan Monks Interpreted the Poetry of Huang Tingjian, by Prof. MIDORIKAWAKA Hideki (to be announced)