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Language and The Problem of Women’s Authority
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUProf. Deborah Cameron - Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford (https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-deborah-cameron) Abstract The under-representation of women in public discourse and public life—in politics, in the corporate world, […]
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New Directions in Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
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Modernity and Mechanical Reproduction in Gift-Annual Poetry
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr Clara Dawson - The University of Manchester Abstract This paper addresses the absence of gift-annual poetry from critical accounts of the transition from Romantic to Victorian aesthetics. The close […]
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Internationalising Drama
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr Peter Jordan - City University of Hong Kong (https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/peter-edward-rees-jordan(8c512b7d-e06c-441f-a886-528f7d22580f).html) Abstract Live drama performance encompasses many forms not only as an art, but also in diverse applications, such as, public […]
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The Minutiae of Otiose Strokes in Medieval Scribal Practice
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr Anya Adair - The University of Hong Kong (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/84/Dr%20Anya%20Adair) Abstract An otiose stroke in the world of medieval scribal practice is a mark added to a letter that has […]
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Locating the Subject Theatre: Efforts in Southern India during the Colonial Period
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUProfessor Balakrishnan Ananthakrishnan - University of Hyderabad (http://snscomm.uohyd.ac.in/theatrearts/Ananthakrishnan.html) Abstract Nationalism and modernity played a crucial role in creating the sense of modern Indian theatre in colonial India. Both, with mutual […]
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Listening to Beckett: Sounds and the Event of Literature
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr Bobo Wong - The University of Hong Kong Abstract This paper offers a close reading on Beckett’s Watt with special attention paid to its audio qualities in an attempt […]
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The FRANKENREADS: An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for Halloween 2018
Additional Content On October 29, come celebrate Halloween and the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with the School of English and the English Society. The event will take place from 6 to 8 […]
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On the (Im)Possibilities of a Free Theatre: The Impact of Developmental Funding on Palestinian Drama
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr Rashna Darius Nicholson - The University of Hong Kong (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/87/Dr%20Rashna%20Darius%20Nicholson) Abstract This presentation offers an outline of the impact of non-governmental and governmental funding on theatre with additional examples […]
