HONG KONG STUDIES
Call for Papers
Submissions are solicited for the inaugural issue of Hong Kong Studies. Hong Kong Studies is the first bilingual academic journal to focus on Hong Kong from an interdisciplinary arts and cultural studies perspective. Published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, the journal will launch in 2017. The editors believe that the timely expansion of the field of Hong Kong Studies warrants a journal of its own, in order to provide a focused platform for facilitating exchange between different disciplines and viewpoints in relation to Hong Kong. We welcome papers from multiple fields in the humanities and the social sciences, including but not limited to literature, linguistics, cultural studies, sociology, politics, history, education, and gender studies. We also encourage intersectional and cross-disciplinary dialogues on Hong Kong affairs.
Our inaugural issue will be themed “Hong Kong: Twenty Years after the Handover” and it is due out in late 2017. 2017 marks the end of Hong Kong’s second decade under Chinese sovereignty, with only three more decades to go before the expiration of “One Country, Two Systems” in 2047. It also marks the first time Hong Kong citizens allegedly get to elect their Chief Executives. Already, the official preparations for the 2017 commemorative extravaganza elicit the region’s divided loyalties; British army personnel have been invited back to the city to “smarten up” the city’s beleaguered police force for the big day, while the government also seeks to build a HK$3.5 billion commemorative replica of Beijing’s Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District. But if the first decade after the handover demonstrated Hong Kong’s “exciting post-colonial metamorphosis” as suggested in the edited volume China’s Hong Kong Transformed: Retrospect and Prospects Beyond the First Decade (2008), the second decade has been marked by high-profile socio-political activism and protests, demonstrating a nuanced reservation about this supposedly exciting reinvention of Hong Kong.
Submissions are sought in English or traditional Chinese and should aim to articulate the changes and transformations as well as to interpret their significance in Hong Kong culture, society, and politics in the post-handover period while keeping in mind the prospects for the coming three decades.
Articles no longer than 6,000 words should be sent to osullivan@cuhk.edu.hk or tammyh@hkbu.edu.hk before 31 May 2017. The style sheet can be found here: http://bit.ly/2k9pvgu. Please also provide an abstract of 250 words and a short biographical note of no more than 50 words. Submissions will be double-blind reviewed.
Editors
Michael O’Sullivan, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, Eddie Tay, Michael Tsang
Advisory Editors
Stephen Ching-kiu Chan Lingnan University
Rey Chow Duke University
Stuart Christie Hong Kong Baptist University
Stephen Chu Yiu Wai The University of Hong Kong
Helene Fung The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Elaine Ho The University of Hong Kong
Louise Ho Australia
Douglas Kerr The University of Hong Kong
Andy Kirkpatrick Griffith University
Leo Ou-fan Lee The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lo Kwai Cheung Hong Kong Baptist University
Lui Tai Lok The Education University of Hong Kong
Eva Man Kit Wah Hong Kong Baptist University
Gina Marchetti The University of Hong Kong
Stephen Matthews The University of Hong Kong
Timothy O’Leary The University of Hong Kong
Pang Laikwan The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jason S Polley Hong Kong Baptist University
Douglas Robinson Hong Kong Baptist University
Steve Tsang School of Oriental and African Studies
Jessica Yeung Hong Kong Baptist University
Audrey Yue The University of Melbourne