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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231031
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SUMMARY:Inter-Island Festival 2023: Rhythms of the Inter-Island
DESCRIPTION:An experiential learning opportunity funded by the Transdisciplinary Experiential Learning Fund by contributing to the 2nd Inter-Island Festival\, will be held in Peng Chau\, Mui Wo\, Chi Ma Wan\, and Cheung Chau in November 2023. Students are invited to participate in one of the featured projects of the Festival\, entitled “Rhythms of the Inter-Island”.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/inter-island-festival-2023-rhythms-of-the-inter-island/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231005T163000
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SUMMARY:“Why shouldn’t the flâneur be stoned”: Anglo-Québécois Writer Gail Scott’s Turn-of-the-Millennium Novel My Paris
DESCRIPTION:Simon Ng – The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/69/Dr_Simon_Ng) \nTHIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nAbstract\nThis talk offers a slice of my ongoing book project “Imperfect Flâneurs” (in contract with McGill-Queen’s UP) which studies reïnterpretations of the flâneur in contemporary novels. Baudelaire sketches the perfect flâneur as a cosmopolitan spectator who feels everywhere at home and sees the world from the privileged position at the centre. My project emerges from this simple question: can the flâneur be imperfect? \nMy example for the talk is Gail Scott’s 1999 novel My Paris – a fictional travel journal of the writer who won a six-month residency with studio space in Paris. Like many travellers and sojourners in Paris today\, during her stay\, the narrator is tempted to taste the pleasures of walking Paris as a flâneur. Her daily flânerie leads her to this unexpected question with a street slang in the predicate\, “why shouldn’t the flâneur be stoned[?]” I propose an innovative reading of this novel by way of critical reflection on this rhetorical question. The profound implications behind it are relevant to Scott’s creative process and such unprecedented features in this novel as the conversion of most of the verbs into present participles and the fabrication of a narrative voice that can be described as porous and sutured. \n ||  \nBiography\nSimon Ng is a Full-time Lecturer in the School of English\, HKU. He obtained a PhD in English Studies in a francophone research university in Canada\, the University of Montreal. His primary field of specialization is literature and the city. The substance in this talk comes from the unique environment of his PhD study: the work of a Montreal-based literary writer who is committed to writing in English with the sound of French in her ear. \nTHIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/why-shouldnt-the-flaneur-be-stoned-anglo-quebecois-writer-gail-scotts-turn-of-the-millennium-novel-my-paris/
LOCATION:Room 7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231012T163000
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SUMMARY:Iconicity\, virality and the intercorporeal speech chains of TikTok
DESCRIPTION:Rodney H. Jones – University of Reading (https://www.reading.ac.uk/elal/staff/professor-rodney-jones) \nTHIS IS A HYBRID EVENT (SPEAKER IN PERSON). \nAbstract\nThis paper analyses the way lip-synching on TikTok contributes to the reproduction and circulation of racial stereotypes. Drawing on recent work on the role of iconicity in sociolinguistics\, it examines two ‘audio memes’ that feature the lip-synching of minoritized voices by mostly White creators. Understanding how these practices of ‘digitally assisted crossing’ operate ideologically\, it is argued\, requires that we go beyond traditional concerns with indexicality to examine the more sensuous\, embodied aspects of such performances\, especially the ways lip-synching allows creators to simultaneously embody the affect of both speaker and listener. The perspective offered in this paper contributes to our understanding of language crossing by accounting for the experiential\, and intercorporeal dimension of such practices as well as our understanding of how new forms of embodiment made possible by digital technologies are affecting semiotic and social practices around social categories like race. \n ||  \nBiography\nRodney H. Jones is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading. His research interests include language and digital media\, health communication\, language and sexuality\, and language and creativity. His recent books include Understanding Digital Literacies: A practical introduction\, 2nd edition (Routledge\, 2021) Viral Discourse (Cambridge University Press\, 2022) Introducing Language and Society\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2022). In March 2022 he was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. \n  \nTHIS IS A HYBRID EVENT (SPEAKER IN PERSON). \n ||  \nZoom Details\nZoom Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/2262396829?pwd=WUhyZXc5YUx4TkNjd1VQeUJQeFNTQT09 \nMeeting ID: 226 239 6829\nPassword: 438643
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/iconicity-virality-and-the-intercorporeal-speech-chains-of-tiktok/
LOCATION:Zoom and Room 7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231026
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SUMMARY:Briefing Session: Applying for Postgraduate Programmes in the School of English
DESCRIPTION:Additional Content\nRegister Now!\n  \n \nProgramme\n\n\n\n\nTime\n \nProgramme(s)\nSpeaker(s)\n\n\n5:00 – 5:30 p.m.\n \n\nTaught postgraduate programme: \n\nMaster of Arts in English Studies (MAES)\n\n\nDr. Otto Heim and Dr. Agnes Kang (MAES Programme Directors)\n\n\n5:30 – 6:00 p.m.\n \n\nResearch postgraduate programmes: \n\nMaster of Philosophy (MPhil)\nDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)\n\n\nDr. Daniel Weston (Chair\, Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee)\n\n\n6:00 – 6:30 p.m.\n \n\nTaught postgraduate programmes: \n\nMaster of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in English (MFA)\nMaster of Arts in Creative Communications (MACC)\n\n\nDr. Page Richards (MFA and MACC Programme Director)\n\n\n\n\nEnquiries\nEmail: english@hku.hk     Tel: 3917-2749 \nRegister Now!\n 
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/briefing-session-applying-for-postgraduate-programmes-in-the-school-of-english/
LOCATION:Room 403\, T.T. Tsui Building\, HKU
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231029
DTSTAMP:20231019T163942Z
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SUMMARY:Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2023
DESCRIPTION:Additional Content\n \nInformation Counter\n\nTime: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.\nVenue: CPD-LG.07\, Centennial Campus (map) \nIf you want to know more about the School of English and our programmes\, come and meet our student ambassadors. \nInformation Talk\n\nTime: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nVenue: CPD-3.04\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus (map) \nCome and join us for introduction to English Studies programme\, student sharing on study and academic exchange\, and experience in mock lectures in Literature and Linguistics. \nIntroduction to English Studies programme\nDr. Elizabeth Ho\nUndergraduate Coordinator\, School of English \nGraduate sharing on academic exchange\nMr. Angus Chan\nEnglish Studies graduate\nTeaching Assistant\, School of English\nFormer exchange student at the University of Oxford in 2021-22 \nStudent sharing from English Society\nMs. Chloe Mak & Ms. Ariel Tam\nEnglish Studies major \nMock lecture in Literature\nProfessor Kendall Johnson\nHead\, School of English \nMock lecture in English Linguistics\nDr. Brian King\nAssistant Professor\, School of English \n  \nPhoto Highlights
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/information-day-for-undergraduate-admissions-2023/
LOCATION:CPD-LG.07 & CPD-3.04\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231101
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SUMMARY:Job Opening: Executive Officer/Senior Executive Assistant (at the rank of Clerk I) (Ref.: 523615)
DESCRIPTION:Applications close:  Nov 30\, 2023 (HK Time)
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/job-opening-executive-officer-senior-executive-assistant-at-the-rank-of-clerk-i-ref-523615/
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