Samuel Johnson, the Journey (1775), and the Terror of Sight
by Dr. Anne M. Thell (National University of Singapore)
by Dr. Anne M. Thell (National University of Singapore)
by Dr. Leah Benedict (Washington State University)
by Dr. Leon Hilton (University of Pennsylvania)
by Dr. Lim Wah Guan (Bard College)
by Dr. Elizabeth Ho (Lingnan University)
24, 25 February, 3, 4, March, 2017
by Dr. Huang Yu Ting (Amherst College)
Professor Saskia Witteborn - The Chinese University of Hong Kong (http://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/en-GB/people/teaching-staff/witteborn-saskia) Abstract How does the local become mobile? This central question shifts conventional discussions about migration and the Other as either an opportunity or a challenge to be managed towards the practices that (re)constitute the local, social alliances, and potential solidarities. When migrants travel across […]
Dr Nan Zhang - School of English, HKU (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/116/Dr%20Nan%20Zhang) Abstract This talk analyzes Virginia Woolf’s exploration of a public spirit exceeding both bourgeois egotism and narrow patriotic allegiances prescribed by the imperial state. Excavating hitherto unexamined affinities between Woolf and Edmund Burke, the talk shows how Woolf’s vision of "solemn progress" in Mrs. Dalloway effectively conjoins a […]