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SUMMARY:April's updates for Alumni Magazine
DESCRIPTION:This issue features an interview with Dr. Hanwool Choe\, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Society of Fellows in the Humanities\, where she delves into her research in food discourse. \n 
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SUMMARY:Job Opening: Project Associate (Ref.: 512643) (to commence as soon as possible for 1 year)
DESCRIPTION:Applicants should be Hong Kong residents and fresh graduates of 2020 and 2021. \nApplications close: May 31\, 2022 (HK Time)
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SUMMARY:School of English Postgraduate Seminar Session
DESCRIPTION:Joseph Tai – Mphil Candidate – School of English\, The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) || Fang Xuan – PhD Candidate – School of English\, The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) || Monirul Huq – PhD Candidate – School of English\, The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) \nAbstract\nWhat is Science?’ Discussion from an Integrationist Semiological Perspective\nJoseph Tai\, Mphil Candidate\, School of English\nThe question “what is science?”\, also known as the demarcation problem\, refers to the search for the criterion/criteria that separates science from non-science. However\, by the standards of philosophers of science\, no criteria proposed thus far have been able to definitively separate science from non-science. This talk proposes that the difficulty in solving the demarcation problem has a semiological basis\, and that it may be understood using linguist Roy Harris’ integrational semiology. Specifically\, from the perspective of integrational semiology\, how one understands science (as a thing)\, and by extension\, what activities one considers to be a part of science\, cannot be separated from how science (as a word) is defined. This talk proposes that one’s semiological leanings will affect how one answers the demarcation problem. \n\nFundamentals of Integrationism and Foundations of Meaning\nFang Xuan\, PhD Candidate\, School of English\nFor the seminar\, I will present a cursory outline of the research I have done for my PhD thesis. First\, I will explain the purpose of my thesis\, which is to address the long-standing issue of considering meaning from an integrational perspective: that is\, the discrepancy between the opaqueness of the nature of meaning\, and the transparency of meaning as a phenomenon. Secondly\, I will put forward the findings of my research: 1) that the meaning issue cannot be adequately handled by any semantic\, semiological\, or semiotic approach alone; 2) that every approach presupposes certain philosophical views. Thirdly\, I will discuss my studies of the impactful schools of thought about meaning that have held sway across the western academic tradition and disclose their latent philosophical positions. Finally\, I will delineate my reconstruction of an integrational philosophy and my construction of a corresponding integrational account of meaning.  \n  \nFinding Agency in the Face of Climate Change: Creative Expressions from the Sundarbans and the Pacific\nMonirul Huq\, PhD Candidate\, School of English\nThe Pacific Island states and the lower Bengal delta\, including the Sundarban\, are among the places most affected by planetary climate change. In response to the “slow violence” wrought on these places\, writers and activists hailing from them often resort to oral tradition and performative practices to emphasise the residents’ “environmental identities” and “environmental heritage\,” both connected to the land they inhabit. Acknowledging the essential differences in perceiving and reacting to the Anthropocene\, this paper discusses how creative expressions situate the residents of these two regions in relation to the land to reinforce their identities and to proclaim their agency as climate warriors. Despite the disparities between these practices and the distinct geographical positions of these places\, this paper highlights the way cultural productions from distant regions may complement each other and bring into view a new kind of cosmopolitics oriented toward a common world composed through agency distributed across ecological borders. \n  \n ||  \nBiography\n ||  \nZoom Details\nZoom link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/95537801179?pwd=cXYwSlh0bzZjSXpBNk5YNWtXZXREdz09 \nMeeting ID:    955 3780 1179\nPassword:      150496 \nIn view of the current pandemic situation\, all face-to-face events or activities shall be suspended in accordance to the notice issued by Task Force. As a matter of fact\, the upcoming seminar will be shifted from hybrid mode to online mode only.
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