Dr. Charlotte Taylor - Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics (English) - School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex (https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p329327-charlotte-taylor) Abstract In this talk, I discuss the presence and role of nostalgia in contemporary discourses of migration in the UK. I start by examining nostalgia in immigration discourses and take the case-study […]
Commence on June 30, 2022 for one year, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
Applications close: May 20, 2022 (HK Time)
9:30 am
Dr. Claire Gullander-Drolet - Postdoctoral Fellow - Society of Fellows in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/243/Dr_Claire_Gullander-Drolet)
Postponed to September
Dr. Jerrine Tan - Assistant Professor, Department of English - City University of Hong Kong (https://jerrinetan.squarespace.com/) Abstract The assertion of national powers and enforcement of authority in wartime are often inscribed through the enactment of sexual violence on women’s bodies. This talk will read Korean American writer Chang-Rae Lee’s A Gesture Life, which broaches the […]
Friday, 9:30 am
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.
Applicants should be Hong Kong residents and fresh graduates of 2020 and 2021.
Applications close: May 31, 2022 (HK Time)
