Upcoming Events

This talk will enrich current studies of self-translation by proposing a new hypothesis of theorizing self-translation as a performative act

Drawing on five years of global ethnography and 161 interviews with Hong Konger activists, Kennedy Wong argues that transnational migrant politics cannot be reduced to a single binary

Backreading Hong Kong brings together scholars, writers, translators, and artists to share their cross-disciplinary humanities research and findings on Hong Kong

Analyzing Nathan Road through the Dimensions of “Time and Space”

Join us for a captivating talk with Calvin Wong, Director and Executive Producer of Below the Lion Rock

Graduate students in the Greater Toronto Area are welcome to participate this in-person event

The Eighth Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies with Dr. Peter Baehr

Featuring selected paintings of Hong Kong and Canada by Mr. Lai Bing Chiu Michael

Book Talk on Legal Resistance under Authoritarianism

This talk will explore how the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is reimagining teaching and learning through educational technology

This inaugural event highlights the impactful legacy of the Parsee-Zoroastrian Ruttonjee family

A book talk with Dr. Ting Guo as she discusses her new book on how love (愛 ai) has shaped political discourse in modern China and Hong Kong

"Dreaming Blossoms: The Princess' Fate | 夢影帝女花" is a unique cross-arts production that fuses drama, music, and Cantonese opera.

A conversation with The Last Dance director Anselm Chan, art director Hon Man Yiu

Learn how you can navigate the confusing media landscape in this digital age.

RCLCHKL is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Tammy Lai-Ming Ho as Honorary Researcher

The symposium explores the evolving intersections between Sinophone studies and translation studies, bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines to examine how translation mediates Sinophone cultural production, identity, and reception.

Inspired by Dr. Vivienne Poy’s research on Chinese immigrant women to Canada, the exhibition uncovers the stories of women immigrants across generations.

In this presentation, Dr. Cheng presents a critical analysis that intersects mobilities studies with music theory to dissect the representation of Hong Kong-ness in 20th-century American popular music.

“Backreading Hong Kong” is an annual symposium which brings together scholars, emerging and established, to share their cross-disciplinary research and findings.

In this talk the author would share how the original idea of the book established and developed, and some highlights of the contributions of the Ruttonjee family plus his experiences of working with the family and the Parsee community in Hong Kong.

This talk examines the experiences of three figures whose life and work traversed Hong Kong’s border with China.

The speaker will share her own journey, discuss some of the challenges of doing border history, and lead a broader discussion on Hong Kong in various academic disciplines.

An online Q&A with the director will follow after the screening.

Drawing on contextualized personal accounts, Rowena He will illustrate the challenges and hopes in her journey of teaching the taboo from Harvard to Hong Kong.