Events

Dr. Jaspal Singh - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/62/Dr_Jaspal_Singh) Abstract As the right-wing Hindutva (Hinduness) movement is gaining political momentum, exclusionary, racist and nationalistic ideologies and practices become normalised and mainstreamed across Indian cultural spheres. Hindu enthusiasts, both from the higher echelons of society and from the grassroots, have made significant progress with ‘purifying’ […]

Mr. John Scott Daly - The University of Hong Kong || Ms. Giulia Usai - The University of Hong Kong || Mr. Sean Philip Smith - The University of Hong Kong Abstract Interdiscursive Intersections: Social Class, Citizenship and Migration in YouTube Comments Mr. John Scott Daly YouTube’s comment feature provides the affordance of persistent interdiscursivity, […]

Professor Adam Jaworski - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/48/Professor_Adam_Jaworski) Abstract Traditional monuments and commemorative structures used to be tall and domineering. Since the middle of the 20th century, monuments have had their verticality diminished, and their design has become more abstract, or linguistic. In this talk, I examine the three-dimensional semiotics of Ibsen Sitat, […]

Dr. Nishaant Choksi - Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (https://iitgn.ac.in/faculty/hss/fac-nishaant) Abstract The idea of ‘mother tongue’ is ubiquitous in South Asia, both in policy and in people’s common-sense understanding of language. However, in a highly plurilingual environment, the concept of "mother tongue" is far from fixed and is articulated through a range of variable ideological positions […]