by admin | May 15, 2025
After the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, many filmmakers and writers in Hong Kong and elsewhere speculated on the possibility of a resulting identity crisis. Professor Alvin K Wong, Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, says...
by admin | Nov 14, 2024
Hong Kong may be a financial centre, but it is increasingly a cultural one, too. It is the only Asian site for Art Basel; the M+ and Palace Museums both opened within the last four years; and there are growing numbers of public and private art events. With that...
by admin | May 22, 2024
The generally accepted image of the Boston Tea Party is of defiant colonists dumping crates of tea belonging to the East India Company into Boston Harbour in protest at British taxes on tea. Then they opposed the goods themselves, boycotting tea and British products,...
by admin | May 22, 2024
Professor Edwin Michielsen, who joined HKU’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures as an Assistant Professor specialising in modern Japanese literature in July 2022, was given opportunities last year when he received two fellowships to further his research project...
by admin | May 16, 2024
About 15 years ago, Professor Masato Kajimoto from HKU’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) noticed a worrying trend. Reputable media outlets were publishing stories from social media without checking if they were true – stories such as the rumoured death of...
