Tonal parameters for forensic speaker recognition
by Dr. Ricky Ka Wai Chan (City University of Hong Kong)
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“The rights they claim over our bodies”: Intersex experience and biomedical regimes of the normal
by Dr. Brian W. King (City University of Hong Kong)
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An Introduction to Theatre: History and Practice
Wednesdays: October 4, 11, 25, November 1, 8; Fridays: October 6, 13, 27, November 3, 10
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What’s behind variation with (A) LOT (OF)? A view from World Englishes
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUProfessor Marianne Hundt - English Department, University of Zurich (https://www.es.uzh.ch/en/Subsites/Personal/mhundt.html) Abstract In English, lot is used in the complex quantifier a lot of (as in a lot of fun) and as a degree adverb (e.g. a lot more helpful, a lot better). Both constructions show variation in contact varieties of English, either in the way that elements from the construction are […]
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“Cousin, I am too young”: Age and Royalty in Shakespeare’s Richard II
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr. Rudolph Glitz - Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam (https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/g/l/r.w.h.glitz/r.w.h.glitz.html) Abstract Shakespeare’s second history tetralogy has long been recognised as centring round Prince Hal’s legendary coming of age. In the two parts of Henry IV, after all, Shakespeare repeatedly stages the prince’s surprising reformation from dissolute youngster to resolute adult ruler of the realm. The […]
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Arts and the Language of Recovery
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUProfessor Paul Crawford - School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/people/paul.crawford) Abstract In this talk, Professor Crawford will report on a key strand of his £1.5m Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK. In addition to outlining this innovative programme of work and its mixed methodology, […]
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“Silas Mullett His Book His Hand & Pen”: an unpublished MS song & ballad collection from 1806
Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr. Simon Alderson - Cygnet Communications Ltd (https://www.cygnet.com.hk/about.html) Abstract For a number of reasons, the English ballad and popular song have always stood in an uncomfortable relationship with traditional literary history. This is partly because ballads and songs have mostly lacked the features of single authorship, educated readership, and mainstream printing and publishing validation that […]
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‘Thus Began Outrage from Liveless Things’: Nature’s Hostile Turn in Milton’s Paradise Lost
Room CRT-7.58, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKUDr. Miles Link - Department of English, Fudan University Abstract After Adam and Eve’s temptation in John Milton’s biblical epic Paradise Lost, the Earth is drastically altered to reflect humans’ fallen state. The planet is knocked off its axis, animals turn on one another, and the character of existence itself changes: from now on, life on […]
