Speaker 
Professor Hongwei DING (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
Professor Hongwei Ding is a professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiaotong University, with a background in linguistics (Dr. phil.) and speech technology (Dr.-Ing.habil.). She is the Principal Investigator of the Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China, and she serves as an officer of SProSIG, Vice Chairman of the Phonetics Branch of the Linguistic Society of China. Her current research interests focus on second language speech acquisition and speech prosody from a cognitive neuroscience perspective for individuals with hearing and mental impairments. Additionally, she has continued to collaborate with international companies to develop innovative speech intelligence and speech pathology products.

On March 10, the Centre for China Studies will be screening Chan Kin-long’s HAND ROLLED CIGARETTE 手捲煙 (2020). Chan was awarded the Best New Director at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards for this film and our Centre will invite him to attend the post-screening Q&A session.
 

Speaker 
Chan Kin-long 陳健朗
Director of Hand Rolled Cigarette 手捲煙 (2020)

講者
鄧淑蘋女士（台北故宮博物院研究員（退休））
Ms. Teng Shu-ping (ex-research fellow of the National Palace Museum)
台北故宮博物院已退休研究員。長期專注於中國古代玉器研究，綜合考古出土資料、傳世古玉、海外流散重要古玉、歷史文獻等，建構中國玉器文化發展史。1995年在倫敦的國際會議率先提出史前中國古玉三大板塊的理論。近年更提出史前華西「天體崇拜」、華東「物精崇拜」的觀點。認為通過玉器研究可體察數千年中國文化，循著從「東、西」對峙到「南、北」差異的軌跡發展。除了鑽研早期中國的玉文化外，更長期關注中世紀以來，東亞與中亞、南亞、西亞至東歐，玉器文化的交流與發展。出版專著10餘部，發表學術論文及通俗文章200餘篇。

(Re)conceptualizing and (re)theorizing difference is one of the core ways in which sociolinguistic scholarship involves itself with projects of social advocacy for marginalized groups. While variationist scholars counter deficit views by demonstrating the logic and coherence of linguistic difference, those taking a more social constructivist approach argue that difference and its consequences are ideological constructs that produce marginality. In this talk, I use my own trajectory as a scholar to discuss these approaches, along with an additional way of conceptualizing difference: as a real fact based on embodied experiences of unequal material conditions. I build on theories of chronotopes and scales and my recent ethnographic research with migrant domestic worker activists in Hong Kong to argue that a recognition of difference as real and material has important implications for sociolinguistic research and advocacy. More specifically, I demonstrate how it (1) allows scholars to reflect on the limits and possibilities of research that seeks social transformation through retheorization of language and (2) enables a recognition of the “special” status of the knowledge of materially marginalized groups. I also provide concrete examples of how such materialist approaches have informed my research and advocacy work, and make note of the unresolved dimensions of this ongoing work.

 

Speaker 
Professor Lydia Kwa-Che Medill CATEDRAL (City University of Hong Kong)
Lydia Catedral is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. She is a sociolinguist whose research focuses on the intersections between language, identity, and morality across time and space. She has conducted ethnographic research with different groups of transnational migrants, including her current work with progressive organizations led by migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. In her trajectory as a scholar, she has continuously been on a search for connections between sociolinguistic research and social advocacy for marginalized and exploited communities. She has published in Applied Linguistics, Journal of Sociolinguistics and Language in Society and her co-authored book, Chronotopes and Migration: Language, Social Imagination, and Behavior is published with Routledge.

「跨粵——跨領域粵語書寫研究國際研討會」將於2023年3月7至8日（星期二、星期三）舉行。本研討會由香港中文大學中國語言及文學系香港文學研究中心及粵語研究中心聯合主辦，旨在提供一個平台，讓文學、語言學、文化研究等不同領域的學者就「粵語書寫」這一主題進行深度學術交流。來自美國、加拿大、日本、馬來西亞、中國內地、澳門及本港的學者將發表19篇報告。

本研討會為慶祝香港中文大學六十周年，以及香港中文大學中國語言及文學系六十周年的活動之一。

Xi Xi (1937-2022) was one of the most influential contemporary Hong Kong authors. She devoted her whole life to the writing of Hong Kong, and her works have drawn world’s attention to Hong Kong literature.

The Hong Kong Poetry Festival Foundation holds five in-person and virtual activities under the program title of “Xi Xi ∙ Spring Vista” in March 2023 as part of the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong series. The in-person activities in Hong Kong will be recorded and streamed on Ifengculture and other platforms. A number of international and local scholars, translators, authors, and artists will join together to celebrate Xi Xi’s literary works. These five activities include “An Exhibition of Correspondences between Xi Xi and Chinese Writers”; “Xi Xi and the World”; “Xi Xi and Translation”; “The Museum of Innocence – In Memory of Xi Xi”; “Xi Xi ∙ Music and Poetry Night.” The Music and Poetry Night will feature a chamber opera Women Like Us, which is based on short stories by Xi Xi.

We strive to contribute our event to maximizing Xi Xi’s literary influence in Hong Kong and the world. And we invite you to commemorate this great Hong Kong writer whose literature anticipates a future of hope for the city.

IPNHK: https://ipnhk.org

Organiser: Hong Kong Poetry Festival Foundation

Co-organiser: Faculty of Arts, CUHK; Ifeng

Partners: CUHK Library; The Centre for Cultural Studies, CUHK; School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University; Today Literary Magazine; Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine; Librairie Avant-Garde, Nanjing; The Zall Bookstore, Wuhan; Paper Times Bookstore, Xiamen; Retro Bookstore, Hangzhou; A Space for Art and Creativity, Shenzhen; In The Mirror, Changsha

“An Exhibition of Correspondences between Xi Xi and Chinese Writers”
Date: 1 – 31 March | Venue: Hong Kong Literature Collection Hub, 1/F University Library, CUHK

“The Museum of Innocence – In Memory of Xi Xi”
Date: 18 March (Virtual) (8pm) | Venue: Hong Kong Literature Collection Hub, 1/F University Library, CUHK

Xi Xi devoted her life to create many legendary works for our city. We invite you to commemorate this great Hong Kong writer by joining the programmes together.
 

Organiser: The Hong Kong Poetry Festival Foundation
Co-organiser: Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

“An Exhibition of Correspondences between Xi Xi and Chinese Writers”
Date: 1 – 31 March | Venue: Hong Kong Literature Collection Hub, 1/F University Library, CUHK

“The Museum of Innocence – In Memory of Xi Xi”
Date: 18 March (Virtual) (8pm) | Venue: Hong Kong Literature Collection Hub, 1/F University Library, CUHK

Xi Xi devoted her life to create many legendary works for our city. We invite you to commemorate this great Hong Kong writer by joining the programmes together.
 

Organiser: The Hong Kong Poetry Festival Foundation
Co-organiser: Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Co-organized by the Hong Kong Literature Research Centre and the Research Centre for Cantonese, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK, ‘Kwaa Jyut: International Conference on Cantonese Writing from an Interdisciplinary Perspective’ aims to provide a platform for scholars working on literature, linguistics and cultural study to exchange their views on Cantonese writing. 

This conference will be conduced in hybrid mode (face-to-face & ZOOM live). 

Speaker 
Prof Sherry Simon
Sherry Simon is recently retired Distinguished University Research Professor in the French Department at Concordia
University. She has published widely in the areas of literary and translation studies, in particular exploring the
cultural history of linguistically divided cities and the multilingual cities of the former Habsburg empire. Among
her publications are Translating Montreal. Episodes in the Life of a Divided City (2006) and Cities in Translation: Intersections of Language and Memory. (2012), both of which have appeared in French translation, and Translation Sites: A Field Guide (Routledge 2019). She has edited or co-edited numerous volumes, including Translation Effects: The Shaping of Modern Canadian Culture (with K. Mezei and L. von Flotow) (2014) and Speaking Memory. How Translation Shapes City Life (2016). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a recipient of a Killam Fellowship, and a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec.