[Newsletters] The HKSI 2023 June Update is out!

State of Hong Kong Studies—A Workshop

The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is pleased to be hosting an international workshop on the state of Hong Kong studies on 9–11 June 2023.

[Book Talk] Contemporary Hong Kong Literature in Translation: Conversation with Dorothy Tse & James Shea

Join writers and translators Dorothy Tse and James Shea for a conversation about their co-translated work Moving a Stone: Selected Poems of Yam Gong. Dorothy Tse will also discuss her debut novel Owlish, forthcoming in English translation

City Rebegins 我繫 • 我城

A series of film screenings, seminars, conversations, and associated events to explore community building in Hong Kong and beyond

City Reassembled 我載 • 我城

A series of seminars, conversations, and associated events to explore the past, present, and future of the Hong Kong diaspora

City Archived 我傳 • 我城

A series of seminars, conversations, and associated events to explore the myriad ways Hong Kong has been archived

City in Protest 我衛 • 我城

A series of public lectures, conversations, and events to reflect on the challenges facing Hong Kong

City Inscribed 我寫 • 我城

A series of public lectures and events in celebration of the launch of "Literature of Hong Kong" (ASIA 324) at the University of British Columbia

[Zine-Making Workshop] Places, Histories, Communities: Exploring Queer Asian Identities through Zine-Making

Join us for this Queer Asian Zine-Making Workshop in celebration of the Asian Heritage Month 2023. Free and open to all

[Meet-the-Filmmaker] Hong Kong New Directors in Conversation: HO Cheuk Tin & KA Sing Fung 香港新生代導演對談: 何爵天 x 賈勝楓

Directors HO Cheuk Tin and KA Sing Fung will share their creative journey and thoughts about the recent development Hong Kong cinema

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu talked about heritage conservation and the documentary To Be Continued

Check out the interview by OmniTV on 10 May, 2023

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2023 May Update is out!

[Screening+Conversation] To Be Continued 尚未完場: A Documentary about the State Theatre 皇都戲院 in Hong Kong

Join us for a sneak preview of this latest documentary about the State Theatre in Hong Kong and the legendary impresario Harry Odell, followed by a virtual conversation with the directors in downtown Vancouver

[Photos] End-of-term Celebration 2022/2023

For those who might have missed this talk, here are the photos. Details: https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/celebration-2022-2023/

[Awards] HKSI Associate Dr. Shannon Walsh receives the Governor General’s Award for Artistic Achievement in Visual and Media

[Photos] Rouge + Leslie Cheung—Hong Kong Icon

For those who might have missed this talk, here are the photos. Details: https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/screening-exhibition-rouge/

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu shares the highlights of the special exhibition of Leslie Cheung

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu introduces the Leslie Cheung exhibit at UBC Asian Library

[Photos] Hong Kong Takes Flight: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Global Hub

For those who might have missed this talk, here are the photos. Details: https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-takes-flight/

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Henry Yu comments on foreign interference and anti-Asian sentiment

[Media] The special exhibition “Leslie Cheung 張國榮: Hong Kong Icon (1956-2003)” attracts media and fans attention

[Screening+Exhibition] Rouge (4K Restoration) + Leslie Cheung—Hong Kong Icon

Join us for the screening of the 4K digital restoration of Rouge, an iconic masterpiece of Hong Kong cinema, and a special exhibition of megastar Leslie Cheung who resided in Vancouver from 1990 to 1992

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2023 March Update is out!

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Su-Ann Yeo talks about remembering Leslie Cheung 20 years after his death

[Webcast]Minority Tactical ‘Be-longing’: Conviviality through Participation among South Asian Youths in Hong Kong

For those who might have missed this conversation, here are the webcast and the photos. Details: https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/webinar-minority-tactical-belonging/

[News] The exhibition “Leslie Cheung 張國榮: Hong Kong Icon (1956-2003)”– co-presented by UBC Asian Library and the Department of Asian Studies, and supported by UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the Department of Theatre and Film–takes place at the Asian Library runs from 16 Feb to 6 April, 2023.

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2023 February Update is out!

[Publications] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu on citizen-spectator and indie documentaries in Hong Kong

Check out Dr. Helena Wu's journal article "The making of the citizen-spectator in postmillennial Hong Kong: Authorial and spectatorial engagement with independent documentary films"

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu on Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year films in Vancouver