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SUMMARY:Launch of Hong Kong Literary Review
DESCRIPTION:Launch of Hong Kong Literary Review\nDate: March 5\, 2026 (Thursday) \nTime: 5:00pm – 7:00pm \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \n\nYou are warmly invited to the launch of Hong Kong Literary Review\, a new journal of bold\, original writing from Hong Kong and beyond. \nThe inaugural issue\, Voices\, showcases a dynamic range of fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry attuned to the urgencies of our time — from the shifting conditions of storytelling in an AI‑inflected world to the enduring human experiences of grief\, memory\, and desire. \nThe evening will open with remarks from Editor‑in‑Chief Maria Chaudhuri\, followed by a keynote talk by renowned author Xu Xi on why literary journals matter — for writers\, for readers\, and for the cultural life we build together. A Q&A and reception will follow. \nPresented by the HKU School of English\, in collaboration with The HKU Guild and the English Society\, as part of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2026. \nWe would be delighted to have you join us for this special evening celebrating new writing and the launch of this exciting addition to Hong Kong’s literary landscape. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited\, and advance registration is required. \nPlease register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-introducing-voices-hong-kong-literary-review-debuts-at-hkilf-tickets-1981827558577?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1 (FULL) \n 
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/launch-of-hong-kong-literary-review/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260307
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SUMMARY:Emma Pei Yin (Spring 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Emma Pei Yin – Black Box Writers’ Series (Spring 2026)\n   \nEmma Pei Yin\, an Australian-Chinese writer and editor\, joins us to discuss her novel When Sleeping Women Wake. The book follows the lives of three women who fled to Hong Kong under British colonial rule when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded the city\, and the talk will explore historical fiction as a genre that navigates documented history and narrative reconstruction. Emma will be in conversation with Dr Antony Huen\, followed by an audience Q&A. This session is a collaboration with the Hong Kong International Literary Festival (March 1-8\, 2026). \nDate: March 6\, 2026 (Friday) \nTime: 4:00pm – 5:30pm \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \nRegistration is required and no walk-ins are allowed due to limited seatings. Successful registrants will be informed in due course. \n\n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=105468\n	 \n\n\nAbout Emma Pei Yin\nEmma is an Australian-Chinese writer and editor. Her debut novel\, When Sleeping Women Wake\, has been published globally\, translated into multiple languages. It was longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2025) and shortlisted for the Australian Indie Book Awards (2026). She is the founder of yinfluence editorial\, an agency supporting PoC\, queer and neurodivergent writers by connecting them with editors and mentors who understand the stakes of telling stories from the margins. She also co-hosts Served With Rice Poddy\, a cultural podcast and visual series that centres conversations about books\, publishing\, identity and community through food-infused discussion. \n\nAbout Black Box Writers’ Series\nThe Black Box Writers’ Series celebrates creative voices and craft\, with a focus on writers and works with local connections. Featured guests present their latest work and discuss their creative practice with the moderator and audience. All are welcome. \nConvenor & Moderator: Dr Antony Huen \n\nAbout Hong Kong International Literary Festival\n\nThe Hong Kong International Literary Festival inspires the joy of reading by bringing the world’s writers and stories to Hong Kong’s diverse communities. A dynamic year-round programme and an annual festival offer dialogue\, entertainment and perspective\, while the Young Readers Festival motivates students to engage with all aspects of the written word\, improving communication skills\, while nurturing the art of writing and storytelling. The annual festival features established and emerging writers from around the world\, alongside local literary talents\, in a programme that includes panel discussions\, book talks\, readings\, workshops\, walks\, school programmes\, performances\, and more. \nHKILF is a registered charity non-profit organisation championing stories\, words and language in Hong Kong. To find out more\, please visit their official website: https://www.festival.org.hk. \n\nMore information about Emma Pei Yin can be viewed from here.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/emma-pei-yin-spring-2026/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319
DTSTAMP:20260213T122111Z
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SUMMARY:Mr. Greg Eldridge - Public Lecture & Workshops
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nMr. Greg Eldridge – Public Lecture & Workshops\nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \nRegistration is required. Very limited seats. No walk-in allowed. Successful registrants will be selected after the deadline of 12:00 noon on March 11\, 2026 (Wednesday). \n ||  \nPublic Lecture\n\n\n\n\nEvent\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\nTitle\n\n\nAbstract\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nPublic Lecture \n\n\nMarch 17\, 2026 (Tuesday)\n			4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \n\n\nPublic Lecture \nDrama in the Opera House: The Evolution of Dramatic Theory in Operatic Performance from Declamation to Individualism \n\n\nIn this lecture\, Maestro Eldridge will lead an exploration of dramatic theory and its uses from antiquity up to the present day\, with a focus on observing the socio-political threads that run through performance practices from vastly different eras. \n\n\n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):\n				Click here\n				 \nFor non-HKU members:\n				Click here\n\n\n\n\n\n ||  \nWorkshops\nIn a series of three workshops\, Maestro Eldridge will look at dramatic theories from various time periods\, and how these can be applied to performing for today’s audiences. These sessions will encourage participation from audience members and feature a live performance aspect. \n\n\n\n\nEvent\n\n\nDate & Time\n\n\nTitle\n\n\nAbstract\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop \n\n\nMarch 17\, 2026 (Tuesday)\n			10:00 am – 1:00 pm \n\n\nWorkshop 1 \nOpera as a Bloodsport–How to Act on Stage: Acting Pre-Enlightenment \n\n\nIn this workshop\, Maestro Eldridge will look at dramatic theories ranging from antiquity to the 17th century. \n\n\n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):\n				Click here\n				 \nFor non-HKU members:\n				Click here\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop \n\n\nMarch 18\, 2026 (Wednesday)\n			10:30 am – 1:30 pm \n\n\nWorkshop 2 \nOpera as a Bloodsport–How to Act on Stage: Acting Post-Enlightenment \n\n\nIn this workshop\, Maestro Eldridge will look at dramatic theories ranging from the 17th century to the early 20th century. \n\n\n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):\n				Click here\n				 \nFor non-HKU members:\n				Click here\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop \n\n\nMarch 18\, 2026 (Wednesday)\n			3:00 pm – 6:00 pm \n\n\nWorkshop 3 \nOpera as a Bloodsport–How to Act on Stage: Acting in the Modern Era \n\n\nIn this workshop\, Maestro Eldridge will look at dramatic theories covering 20th century and the most recent contemporary dramatic works. \n\n\n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):\n				Click here\n				 \nFor non-HKU members:\n				Click here\n\n\n\n\n\n ||  \nBiography\nMaestro Greg Eldridge has worked on over 80 productions in 14 countries at theatres including Teatro à la Scala Milan\, the Royal Opera House London\, Teatro Real Madrid\, Houston Grand Opera and LA Opera in America\, as well as the national opera companies of Norway\, Australia\, Iceland\, Israel\, Scotland\, Wales\, and Northern Ireland. He was also a former Professor of Stage Directing at the College of Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. 
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/mr-greg-eldridge-public-lecture-workshops/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260320
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SUMMARY:Professor Matthew Reynolds - Public Lecture: Translalia: A possible Future for Translation with GenAI
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nProfessor Matthew Reynolds – Public Lecture\nTranslalia: A possible Future for Translation with GenAI\nDate: Mar 19\, 2026 (Thursday) \nTime: 4:00pm – 5:30pm \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \nRegistration is required. Seats are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):  https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=105508\nFor non-HKU members:  https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105508\n\n ||  \nAbstract\nLarge Language Models (LLMs) are biased\, error-prone\, and bad for the environment; they reinforce the dominance of English and generate large amounts of terrible writing; and they are associated with a simplistic\, functional conception of translation. But they can also represent language variety in unprecedentedly fluid ways\, and enable new kinds of translational creativity that nurture an ethical awareness of difference. I call this potential ‘translalia’: in the talk I will explain what it is\, how it relates to the history of translation\, and why we should all be practising and promoting it. \n ||  \nBiography\nMatthew Reynolds is Professor of English and Comparative Criticism at Oxford\, where he founded and chairs the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre (OCCT) and the associated Masters in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation. Some of his books are: the open access Prismatic Jane Eyre: Close-Reading a World Novel Across Languages (2023) which includes interactive digital elements; Prismatic Translation (2019); Translation: A Very Short Introduction (2016); The Poetry of Translation: From Chaucer & Petrarch to Homer & Logue (2011); Likenesses (2013); The Realms of Verse (2001); and the novels Designs for a Happy Home (2009) and The World Was All Before Them (2013). He is currently leading a collaborative research investigation into 'AI\, Decoloniality and Creative Poetry Translation' and developing an app to support creative\, ethically reflective translation through language(s) in dialogue with AI tools. \n ||  \nAdditional Content
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/professor-matthew-reynolds-public-lecture-translalia-a-possible-future-for-translation-with-genai/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260320
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SUMMARY:Professor Matthew Reynolds - Workshop: Constraints as a Route to Creativity with GenAI (and In General)
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nProfessor Matthew Reynolds – Workshop\nConstraints as a Route to Creativity with GenAI (and In General)\nDate: Mar 20\, 2026 (Friday) \nTime: 4:00pm – 5:30pm \nVenue: Seminar Room\, Room 7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nRegistration is required. Seats are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required):  https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=105510\nFor non-HKU members:  https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105510\n\n ||  \nAbstract\nVerse form\, narrative voice\, Oulipian lipograms – all are constraints which release creativity through the paradoxical act of confining it. What happens if we impose these or similar constraints on Large Language Models (LLMs)? – and how might this stimulate our own creativity\, in translating/versioning and/or in single-author writing? Please bring a device with which to connect to an LLM\, a text or idea you would like to work with\, and a readiness to explore and share. \n ||  \nBiography\nMatthew Reynolds is Professor of English and Comparative Criticism at Oxford\, where he founded and chairs the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre (OCCT) and the associated Masters in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation. Some of his books are: the open access Prismatic Jane Eyre: Close-Reading a World Novel Across Languages (2023) which includes interactive digital elements; Prismatic Translation (2019); Translation: A Very Short Introduction (2016); The Poetry of Translation: From Chaucer & Petrarch to Homer & Logue (2011); Likenesses (2013); The Realms of Verse (2001); and the novels Designs for a Happy Home (2009) and The World Was All Before Them (2013). He is currently leading a collaborative research investigation into 'AI\, Decoloniality and Creative Poetry Translation' and developing an app to support creative\, ethically reflective translation through language(s) in dialogue with AI tools. \n ||  \nAdditional Content
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/professor-matthew-reynolds-workshop-constraints-as-a-route-to-creativity-with-genai-and-in-general/
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Room 7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260326
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SUMMARY:Dream Big\, Plan Smart Series – Are YOU the right candidate?
DESCRIPTION:Additional Content\nThe School of English would like to invite you to attend our forthcoming Dream Big\, Plan Smart Series – Are YOU the right candidate?\n  \nDate: March 25\, 2026 (Wednesday) \nTime: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nSpeakers: Ms. Eva Chau and Ms. Reina Cheng \nIn this interactive talk\, the speakers\, who are experienced HR professionals\, will share their front-line experiences in talent acquisition and offer some tips for you to plan smart in your job searches. More information about the talk and the speakers could be found in the poster attached. \nRegistration with your HKU Student Portal ID is required. Please scan the QR code shown on the attached poster\, or click this link https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=105518 to reserve a seat. All HKU students are welcome. \nWe look forward to seeing you at the talk! \n \n 
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/dream-big-plan-smart-series-are-you-the-right-candidate/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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SUMMARY:Suspended Circulation and the Double Life of Things in Dickens: The Pawnbroker's Shop and the Debtor's Prison
DESCRIPTION:Ben Moore – Assistant Professor\, University of Amsterdam (https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/m/o/b.p.moore/b.p.moore.html) \nTHIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nAbstract\nThis talk brings together two contexts prominent in Charles Dickens’s work where the economic circulation of things and people is suspended: the pawnbroker’s shop and the debtors’ prison. Reading these two settings together\, I suggest\, allows us to recognise a homology in the way things (in the case of the former) and people (in the case of the latter) are withdrawn from circulation\, with their existence equated to money in both cases. In a strange modification of Marx’s circuit of capitalist profit\, the commodity character of both people and things is highlighted precisely when they cease to circulate. At the same time\, in texts such as ‘The Pawnbroker’s Shop’ (1835) and Little Dorrit (1855-7)\, affective and symbolic economies continue to operate in the place of inactive or hindered economic ones\, as people and objects come to stand in for or refer to each other even as they are prevented from working or being used. Drawing on Walter Benjamin’s understanding of symbol and allegory\, I argue that these two contexts in Dickens’s writing should be read as allegorically referring to one another. \nI position these readings in relation to my wider project\, which argues that the specific spaces in which money operates (or fails to operate) in the nineteenth century shape its cultural and affective entanglements more deeply and thoroughly than has been previously recognised. \n ||  \nBiography\nBen Moore is Assistant Professor in English Literature at the University of Amsterdam. His research areas include nineteenth-century literature\, cities\, money\, modernity\, childhood and the figure of the human. He is the author of Invisible Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Literature: Rethinking Urban Modernity (Edinburgh UP\, 2024) and Human Tissue in the Realist Novel\, 1850–1895 (Palgrave\, 2023). His work has appeared in journals including Victorian Literature and Culture\, Modernism/modernity\, Modern Language Review and the Journal of Victorian Culture\, as well as in various handbooks and edited collections. He is Co-Editor of the Gaskell Journal and Secretary of the Dickens Society.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/suspended-circulation-and-the-double-life-of-things-in-dickens-the-pawnbrokers-shop-and-the-debtors-prison/
LOCATION:Room CRT-7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, The University of Hong Kong
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260328
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SUMMARY:Sheung-King & JeeMin Kim (Spring 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Sheung-King & JeeMin Kim – Black Box Writers’ Series (Spring 2026)\n     \nSheung-King\, a Canadian-Chinese novelist\, and JeeMin Kim\, a South Korean artist\, join us for the durational performance Displaced Nostalgia: Temporality. In the performance\, time follows JeeMin Kim’s rhythm\, with live writing from Sheung-King\, and audience participation. The audience is welcome to drop in freely to observe and take part at your own pace.   \nThis session is presented with the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. \nDate: March 27\, 2026 (Friday) \nTime: 10:00am – 5:00pm \nNo registration is required. Come and go as you wish and take part at your own pace — everyone is welcome. \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \n\nAbout Sheung-King\nSheung-King is a novelist. His novel BATSHIT SEVEN\, published by Penguin Random House\, won the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. His debut novel\, You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked (Book*hug Press\, 2020)\, is a finalist for the 2021 Governor General’s Award\, a finalist for the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award\, longlisted for CBC’s Canada Reads 2021\, and named one of the best book debuts of 2020 by The Globe and Mail. Sheung-King was born in Vancouver and grew up in Hong Kong. \n\nAbout JeeMin Kim\nJeeMin Kim is an artist with a BA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design\, an MA in Critical Practice from the Royal College of Art\, London\, and a PhD in Painting from Hong Ik University. Her ongoing research and solo exhibition series\, Prototype Temple\, unfolds within constructed stage-like spaces where forms of various civilisations and ruins are layered together. The project questions the fictive nostalgia produced by Western archaeology and colonial perspectives. Kim’s works have also been featured at Horse Hospital Gallery\, London (2019); Arts Council Korea (2021); Culture Station Seoul 284 and Namsan Library\, Seoul (2023); and KL Museum\, Seoul (2024). \n\nAbout Black Box Writers’ Series\nThe Black Box Writers’ Series celebrates creative voices and craft\, with a focus on writers and works with local connections. Featured guests present their latest work and discuss their creative practice with the moderator and audience. All are welcome. \nConvenor & Moderator: Dr Antony Huen \n\nAbout Hong Kong International Literary Festival\n\nThe Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF) inspires the joy of reading by bringing the world’s writers and stories to Hong Kong’s diverse communities. A dynamic year-round programme and an annual festival offer dialogue\, entertainment and perspective\, while the Young Readers Festival motivates students to engage with all aspects of the written word\, improving communication skills\, while nurturing the art of writing and storytelling. The annual festival features established and emerging writers from around the world\, alongside local literary talents\, in a programme that includes panel discussions\, book talks\, readings\, workshops\, walks\, school programmes\, performances\, and more. \nHKILF is a registered charity non-profit organisation championing stories\, words and language in Hong Kong. To find out more\, please visit their official website: https://www.festival.org.hk. \n\nMore information about Sheung-King can be viewed from here. \nMore information about JeeMin Kim can be viewed from here.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/sheung-king-jeemin-kim-spring-2026/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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